JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Despite six scoreless innings from Karson Milbrandt in his Triple-A debut, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp fell short 2-1 to the Nashville Sounds, Saturday night at VyStar Ballpark in front of 7,556 fans.
Trailing 1-0 in the top of the ninth, Nashville (37-25) took their first lead of the contest. Akil Baddoo singled with two outs and Luke Adams (4) followed with a go-ahead two-run homer off Jacksonville (35-27) hurler Josh White (L, 4-1).
After six scoreless innings, the Jumbo Shrimp broke through on the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh. Jared Sernaled off with a single and stole second. Two batters later, he scored on Jacob Berry’s ground out, putting Jacksonville in front 1-0.
The Jumbo Shrimp and the Nashville Sounds conclude their series in Sunday’s 2:05 p.m. contest. LHP Patrick Monteverde (0-2, 5.98 ERA) starts for Jacksonville against Nashville’s RHP Easton McGee (4-1). Coverage begins at 1:50 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690AM and www.ESPN690.com.
Gates open Sunday at 1 p.m. for Baptist Health Sunday Family FUNday. There will be a pregame catch on the field for the first 20 minutes after gates open, plus each Sunday kids can feel like the pros by rounding the bases after the game, presented by Goodwill Industries of North Florida. Bring the kids out for Kids Meme Day on 6/7! Sunday, our Junior Jumbos take over VyStar Ballpark, starting with a pregame parade as well as a potential play ball kid, first pitch, emcee and more! Finally, everyone will have an opportunity to meet Sonic the Hedgehog.
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.