DURHAM, N.C. – Braxton Garrett registered a season-high nine strikeouts in 6.0 scoreless innings on Wednesday as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp cruised to an 8-0 victory over the Durham Bulls from Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Jacksonville (38-32) got on the board early against Durham (28-43) starter Brody Hopkins (1-6). Rece Hinds and Graham Pauley each walked with two outs in the first before Deyvison De Los Santos was hit by a pitch. Andrew Pintar drilled a two-run single for the game’s first runs.
Brian Navarreto drew a leadoff free pass in the second. Gage Miller followed by blasting a two-run shot to increase the lead to 4-0.
The Jumbo Shrimp put the game out o freach in the fourth. Navarreto earned another leadoff walk. After a fielder’s choice, Miller stole second before scoring on a Matthew Etzel RBI double. Two batters later, Hinds lashed an RBI single. Hinds stole second, and then an infield Pauley singled coupled with an error scored Hinds to put things at 7-0.
Another walk led to a run in the sixth. Pauley drew a one-out free pass before De Los Santos singled. Two batters later, Johnny Olmstead cashed in Pauley with an RBI double to set the final margin at 8-0.
Garrett (2-2) scattered five hits without walking a batter during his 6.0 innings. Zach Brzykcy tossed 2.0 scoreless innings before Jake Walkinshaw fanned two in a perfect ninth to seal the Jumbo Shrimp’s fifth shutout victory of the season.
Jacksonville and Durham meet again in Thursday’s 6:45 p.m. ET matinee. RHP Eury Pérez (0-0, 0.00 ERA) makes a rehab start for the Jumbo Shrimp against Bulls RHP Ty Johnson (2-0, 1.85 ERA). Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on 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.