RHP Taylor Jungmann will take the mound for Biloxi against RHP West Parsons for the Braves. The Shuckers head home for a 10-game homestand at MGM Park beginning on Saturday against the Mississippi Braves. #Jacob nottingham the shuckers seriesThe only other five-game series sweep came last year at MGM Park against the Mississippi Braves, August 22-26. The Shuckers collected double-digit hits in all five of the games in Jacksonville, totaling 60 for the entire series. DeMuth upped his on-base streak to 20 games with a 1-for-4 night at the plate. Dubon picked up his league and Double-A-leading 18 th stolen base and went 2-for-4, extending his hitting streak to six games. The win was already the seventh for the Shuckers in their last at-bat and improved Biloxi's road record to 14-6. Derby pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to finish off the win. Then, with two outs, Nottingham lined a base hit to bring in the eventual game-winning run. Dubon, who had stolen his league-leading eighth base earlier in the game, advanced to third when a hard-hit grounder off the bat of DeMuth got by second baseman David Vidal for an error. Biloxi left two runners on base in the top of the seventh, and Johnny Davis threw out the potential go-ahead run at the plate in the bottom half of the inning.īubba Derby (W, 2-0) pitched a perfect eighth inning, and Mauricio Dubón started the top of the ninth with a single off Greg Nappo (0-1). The Shuckers and Jumbo Shrimp both threatened in the late innings. After two of those runners came in off Forrest Snow, the Shrimp had tied the game 3-3 to end Wilkerson's chance at a winning decision. Wilkerson was effective against the Jumbo Shrimp, but allowed a run back in the fourth inning and left with the bases loaded and nobody out in the sixth. Back-to-back doubles from Angel Ortega and Dustin DeMuth in the third stretched the lead to 3-0. Shuckers' starter Aaron Wilkerson helped his own cause with an RBI single to score Betancourt and put the Shuckers up 2-0. The double was one of three on the night for the second baseman, and five for his team. The Shuckers struck early off Jacksonville starter Omar Bencomo, getting an RBI double from Javier Betancourt in the second to open the scoring. They end the night tied with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos atop the Southern League's South Division after seeing themselves seven games back as recently as April 26. JACKSONVILLE, FL - Jacob Nottingham's ninth-inning single gave the Biloxi Shuckers a 4-3 victory over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp on Friday night and just the second five-game series sweep in team history.Īs they hit the halfway point of the season's first half, the Shuckers have won 12 of 15 and three series' in a row.
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