NASHVILLE – Braxton Garrett tossed 8.0 shutout innings on Wednesday as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp blanked the Nashville Sounds 1-0 from First Horizon Park.
Garrett (3-2) needed just 90 pitches to get through his 8.0 innings. He struck out eight without walking a batter and yielded three hits.
The lone run of the game came in the third. Nashville (47-36, 4-4) starter Gerson Garabito (2-3) yielded three consecutive two-out singles to Jared Serna, Andrew Pintar and Kemp Alderman, with the latter scoring a run to give Jacksonville (48-34, 6-2) a 1-0 lead.
The only times the Jumbo Shrimp advantage came in jeopardy was in the eighth and ninth innings. Luis Matos led off the eighth with a double before advancing to third on a sacrifice bunt. However, Garrett fanned each of the next two hitters to keep Jacksonville in front.
In the bottom of the ninth, Jett Williams and Luis Lara each singled before reliever Zach Pop walked Luke Adams to load the bases with no one out. A ground out to third forced out Williams at the plate. Pop then struck out Brock Wilken before getting Luis Matos to fly out to center to end the ballgame and pick up his fourth save.
Jacksonville and Nashville meet again in Thursday’s 7:35 p.m. ET contest. RHP Brandon White (3-3, 6.07 ERA) makes the start for the Jumbo Shrimp against Sounds RHP Tyson Hardin (3-1, 3.20 ERA). Coverage begins at 7:20 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.