Jumbo Shrimp's Glenn taketh, giveth homer
In one inning, Alex Glenn took a souvenir away and gave one right back.The Miami outfield prospect flashed his glove and his bat during the fourth inning of Double-A Jacksonville's 12-11 win over Mobile on Monday at Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. Glenn made a leaping grab at the left-field wall
In one inning,
The Miami outfield prospect flashed his glove and his bat during the fourth inning of Double-A Jacksonville's 12-11 win over Mobile on Monday at Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. Glenn made a leaping grab at the left-field wall in the top of the frame before delivering a grand slam to right in the bottom half.
With two outs and a runner on second base, Mobile's
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The web gem appeared to activate the Jumbo Shrimp's bats.
Facing Mobile starter and Angels No. 27 prospect
The 2012 12th-round pick took a hack on a 2-1 offering from Jewell and tucked it inside the foul pole down the right field to get Jacksonville on the board.
The Jumbo Shrimp tacked on four more runs to round out the inning and added one more in each of the following frames to take a commanding 10-2 lead, but a grand slam by
Anderson took it from there, belting a game-tying homer to lead off the eighth before providing a walk-off RBI double to center in the ninth to win the slugfest for Jacksonville. Norwood and
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