Miscues haunt Jacksonville in 10-5 loss

NORFOLK, Va. – Cam Cannarella reached base four times on Friday, but the Norfolk Tides took advantage of six Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp errors in a 10-5 win at Harbor Park.

The Jumbo Shrimp (67-67, 25-35) led 5-4 when a Rece Hinds single coupled with a two-base error put a runner on third to start the seventh. Creed Willems’ sacrifice fly off Amos Willingham (1-4) tied the score. José Barrero walked and stole second before scoring on another error to give the Tides (52-81, 24-34) the lead at 6-5.

Norfolk blew it open in the eighth. Enrique Bradfield Jr. walked before Jeremiah Jackson was hit by a pitch. Hinds followed with an RBI single. A Willems RBI single coupled with another error scored two runs. After a Barrero walk, Eeles’ RBI base hit made it 10-5.

Jacksonville got the scoring started in the third. Cannarella singled with one out before Brandon Compton walked. Juan Matheus laced an RBI double for the game’s first run before Matthew Etzel’s sacrifice fly put things at 2-0.

Logan Driscoll led off the fourth with a home run. Johnny Olmstead singled. Following a fly out, Olmstead advanced to second on a ground out before scoring on a Cannarella base hit to widen the gap to 4-0.

Hinds led off the bottom of the fourth with a single before stealing second. Willems walked before a Barrero single loaded the bases. Hinds scored the Tides’ first run on a double play.

Brandon Butterworth started the Norfolk fifth with a walk before stealing second. After a line out, Bradfield Jr. walked. A fielder’s choice coupled with an error plated Butterworth to cut things to 4-2.

The Jumbo Shrimp got the run back, however, when Olmstead homered to lead off the sixth.

Eeles was hit by a pitch with one out in the sixth. A Luis Vazquez single coupled with an error brought in Eeles. After another error, Silas Ardoin’s RBI double pulled Norfolk to within 5-4.

Jacksonville and Norfolk meet again in Saturday’s 6:35 p.m. ET contest. LHP Patrick Monteverde (3-2, 5.84 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Tides LHP Cade Povich (2-4, 5.68 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:20 p.m. ET on ESPN 690AM 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 2025 International League and Triple-A National Champions, the Jumbo Shrimp call VyStar 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.