NASHVILLE – A four-run Jacksonville first inning was not enough for the Jumbo Shrimp on Tuesday in an 8-4 loss to the Nashville Sounds at First Horizon Park.
By the time the seventh had rolled around, the Jumbo Shrimp’s (47-34, 5-2) 4-0 first-inning advantage had been whittled to a 4-4 tie. Luis Lara led off the inning with a single against Jacksonville reliever Stephen Jones (0-2) before stealing second. Two batters later, Luke Adams walked. Two batters after that, Brock Wilken smashed a three-run home run to give the Sounds (47-35, 4-3) their first lead at 7-4.
Nashville added an extra run in the eighth. Eduardo Garcia singled with two outs and scored on Lara’s RBI triple.
Lyon Richardson (3-2) earned the win for the Sounds with 3.2 scoreless innings of relief.
The Jumbo Shrimp started off hot in the first. Kemp Alderman and Connor Norby each singled with one out. After a pop out, Agustín Ramírez drove both of them in with a double for the game’s first runs. Matthew Etzel followed with an RBI single. Johnny Olmstead cashed in Etzel with an RBI triple to make it 4-0.
The Sounds began whittling away the deficit in the second. Wilken led off with a single. After a strikeout, Eddy Leonard singled and Darrien Miller walked to load the bases. A Jett Williams RBI ground out brought in Wilken to get Nashville on the board.
Jeferson Quero homered in the third to draw Nashville within 4-2.
The score remained that way until the sixth. With two outs, Greg Jones walked, stole second and advanced to third on an error. He scored on an infield single from Leonard. After Miller was hit by a pitch, Williams’ bloop base hit plated Leonard to tie the score at four.
Jacksonville and Nashville meet again in Wednesday’s 7:35 p.m. ET contest. LHP Braxton Garrett (2-2, 1.77 ERA) makes the start for the Jumbo Shrimp. 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.