DURHAM, N.C. – Brandon White tied a career-high with 11 strikeouts while allowing one hit in seven scoreless frames helping the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp defeat the Durham Bulls 5-3 Friday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Jacksonville (40-32) opened the scoring in the top of the first. With one out, Matthew Etzel singled and went to third on a throwing error two batters later. With runners at the corners, Agustín Ramírez singled home Etzel, giving the Jumbo Shrimp a 1-0 lead.
The offense continued in the top of the second. Johnny Olmstead (5) led off the inning with a solo homer off Durham (28-45) hurler Mason Englert (L, 0-2).
On his way to seven scoreless frames, White (W, 2-3) retiring 22-straight Durham Bulls from the final out of the first to the final out of the bottom of the seventh.
Jacksonville padded their lead in the sixth. Etzel singled and stole two bases. Three batters later, Ramírez singled, scoring Etzel for a three-run advantage.
Two more Jumbo Shrimp runs crossed in the eighth. Andrew Pintar singled and went to third on a double from Etzel. Following a strikeout, Graham Pauley knocked in both runners, putting Jacksonville ahead 5-0.
Durham woke up in the ninth inning. Logan Davidson and Connor Hujsak started the inning with consecutive singles. Oliver Dunn (11) walloped a three-run homer cutting the deficit to two. Following two outs, a single and an error brought the potential game-winning run to the plate. Zach Pop (S, 1) induced a groundout, sealing the Jumbo Shrimp win.
The Jumbo Shrimp and the Bulls continue their series in Saturday’s 6:45 p.m. contest. RHP Karson Milbrandt (0-0, 0.82 ERA) starts for Jacksonville. Coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. Bally Live, MLB.tv and MiLB.tv.
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.