Chirinos sparkles as Jacksonville blasts Nashville 10-1
NASHVILLE – Yonny Chirinos struck out 10 Nashville Sounds in 6.0 masterful innings on Saturday as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp rolled to a 10-1 win at First Horizon Park. Chirinos (9-5) finished one punchout shy of a career-high and did not walk a batter, scattering four hits to earn the
NASHVILLE – Yonny Chirinos struck out 10 Nashville Sounds in 6.0 masterful innings on Saturday as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp rolled to a 10-1 win at First Horizon Park.
Chirinos (9-5) finished one punchout shy of a career-high and did not walk a batter, scattering four hits to earn the win.
The victory was wire-to-wire for Jacksonville (60-63, 25-23). Javier Sanoja reached on a bunt single to begin the game before Nashville (65-59, 27-22) starter DL Hall (1-2) walked José Devers. After a double play ground ball, Tristan Gray smashed a home run to give the Jumbo Shrimp a 2-0 lead.
Bennett Hostetler singled to begin the third. Two batters later, Devers walked. Deyvison De Los Santos then smashed a two-run double. Gray followed with a walk, and after a strikeout, Griffin Conine socked the second two-run two-bagger of the inning to make it 6-0.
Devers drew his career-high-matching third walk to jumpstart the fifth. Two batters after that, Gray doubled. Augustín Ramírez notched an RBI single and Conine added an RBI fielder’s choice to widen the gap to 8-0.
The Sounds’ lone offense came in the seventh. Owen Miller singled with one out and Brian Navarreto doubled. After Chris Roller was hit by a pitch, Isaac Collins walked to force in a run.
In the ninth, Devers, De Los Santos and Gray collected one-out singles to load the bases. After a lineout, Conine and Will Banfield registered bases-loaded free passes to set the final margin at 10-1.
Jacksonville and Nashville wrap uup their series with Sunday’s 7:05 p.m. ET contest. LHP Jonathan Bermúdez (1-2, 6.46 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Sounds RHP Chad Patrick (11-1, 3.18 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. ET on ESPN 690 AM and www.ESPN690.com.
ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The team calls 121 Financial Ballpark home for baseball but also a wide variety of additional community focused events with a goal of providing Affordable, Family, FUN to Northeast Florida. Winners of many marketing and sales awards and recognition since the team was rebranded prior to the 2017 season, the Jumbo Shrimp continually lead the state of Florida in attendance across all minor league professional sports organizations.