Jacksonville takes season finale over Gwinnett 5-1

Myers and Pauley tally multi-homer games

Graham Pauley rounds third base after hitting his second home run of the game against Gwinnett in Sunday's season finale at 121 Financial Ballpark. (Photo Courtesy: Wyatt Lucovsky/Jumbo Shrimp)

By Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

September 22, 2024

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Behind a four-home run performance, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp beat the Gwinnett Stripers 5-1 in front of 6,280 fans on Sunday at 121 Financial Ballpark. Jacksonville (73-76, 38-36) ambushed Gwinnett (72-78, 37-38) starting with the first batter of the bottom of the first. Dane Myers (2) launched

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Behind a four-home run performance, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp beat the Gwinnett Stripers 5-1 in front of 6,280 fans on Sunday at 121 Financial Ballpark.

Jacksonville (73-76, 38-36) ambushed Gwinnett (72-78, 37-38) starting with the first batter of the bottom of the first. Dane Myers (2) launched a leadoff home run off of Stripers right-hander AJ Smith-Shawver (L, 3-7) to put the Jumbo Shrimp up 1-0.

Lightning struck twice, this time in the third inning. Myers (3) cranked his second solo home run of the game to make the score 2-0.

The Jumbo Shrimp dialed up the longball again in the fourth. Graham Pauley (1) crushed a solo home run, his first with Jacksonville to increase the Jumbo Shrimp’s lead to three runs.

In the sixth inning, Jacob Berry notched a leadoff single. Two batters later, Pauley (2) blasted his second homer of the day that pushed the score to 5-0.

Gwinnett didn’t go down without a fight. In the ninth inning, Harold Ramírez cracked a leadoff double. After a grounder moved Ramírez to third, Brian Anderson lined a single that brought home the Stripers’ only run.

Jumbo Shrimp left-hander Dale Stanavich (W, 1-0) tossed two innings of one-hit ball while fanning three Stripers. Jacksonville’s pitching staff combined for 10 total strikeouts on the day.

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.