DURHAM, N.C. – Matthew Etzel reached base five times and drove in four runs as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp cruised to a 9-2 victory on Sunday over the Durham Bulls from Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Jacksonville (17-16) mounted a two-out rally in their first at-bats against Durham (11-22) opener Luis Guerrero (1-3). Heriberto Hernández reached on an error, Kemp Alderman singled and Andrew Pintar walked to load the bases. Etzel followed with a two-run single to open up the scoring.
Hernández and Alderman each singled with one out in the third to put runners on the corners. On a strikeout, Alderman stole second. Etzel brought in both runners with a double down the right field line, increasing the Jumbo Shrimp’s advantage to 4-0.
The only offense for the Bulls came in the fifth. Logan Davidson led off with a walk. After a strikeout, he scored from first on Blake Sabol’s double. Sabol advanced to third on a wild pitch and then scored on a fielder’s choice to shrink the deficit to 4-2.
The Jumbo Shrimp answered in the sixth. Etzel earned a leadoff walk and stole second. After a pair of outs, Jared Serna chopped an RBI double over the head of Durham third baseman Carlos Colmenarez to plate Etzel.
Jacksonville landed a haymaker in the eighth. Etzel singled with one out. After a strikeout, Brian Navarreto doubled before Serna walked to load the bases. Deyvison De Los Santos promptly cleared the bases with a three-run double to widen the gap to 8-2.
Alderman blasted a solo homer in the ninth to set the final margin at 9-2.
Ryan Gusto (3-2) earned the win by yielding only two runs on three hits in 6.0 innings. He struck out six and walked three. Zach McCambley pitched 3.0 shutout frames with four strikeouts to earn his first save.
Following Monday’s off day, Jacksonville returns to VyStar Ballpark to begin a six-game series against the Charlotte Knights with Tuesday’s 7:05 p.m. first pitch. LHP Braxton Garrett (0-1, 1.71 ERA) makes the start for the Jumbo Shrimp. Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. on MLB.tv, Bally Live, ESPN 690 AM 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.