DURHAM, N.C. – Five Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp pitchers combined to limit the Durham Bulls to just one run on Saturday in a 2-1 victory from Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
After Jacksonville (41-32) starter Karson Milbrandt fanned seven Bulls (28-46) in 4.0 innings of one-run ball, Mason Vinyard (2-0) and Zach Pop each tossed scoreless innings around 2.0 shutout frames from William Kempner. Stephen Jones worked a perfect ninth to earn his second save.
With the score tied at one, Matthew Etzel led off the fifth by blasting a home run against Durham reliever Michael Grove (0-2).
The Jumbo Shrimp started the scoring in the fourth. Griffin Conine led off with a single before going to second on a passed ball. He advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt, and following a walk, scored on Graham Pauley’s sacrifice fly.
Durham answered in their half of the fourth. Homer Bush Jr. walked to start the inning before moving to third on a two-base error. A Cooper Kinney sacrifice fly knotted the score at one.
The clubs wrap up their series with Sunday’s 5:05 p.m. contest. LHP Patrick Monteverde (0-2, 5.40 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Bulls RHP Michael Forret (0-0, 6.30 ERA).
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.