WORCESTER, Mass. – Home runs from Rece Hinds and Andrew Pintar were not enough for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, as they were swept on Sunday with a 4-3 loss to the Worcester Red Sox at Polar Park.
The Jumbo Shrimp (50-50, 8-18) led 3-2 when Kristian Campbell doubled to lead off the bottom of the eighth for the WooSox (51-46, 15-11). Two batters later, Braiden Ward tied the score with an RBI single off Stephen Jones (0-4) before moving to second on the throw home. An error allowed Ward to score, putting Worcester ahead 4-3.
Tommy Kahnle then fired a scoreless ninth to seal Jacksonville’s club record 12th-straight loss.
The Red Sox opened up the scoring in the third. Jason Delay led off with a walk before advancing to second on a wild pitch. After a pair of outs, he scored on Ward’s RBI double.
Hinds tied the score with a long home run to left in the fourth.
Worcester regained the lead in the fifth. Allan Castro led off with a walk. He scored from first two batters later on Campbell’s double.
Jacksonville grabbed their first advantage in the sixth. Kemp Alderman led off with a single. Following two outs, Pintar launched a two-run shot to vault the Jumbo Shrimp to a 3-2 edge.
After Monday’s off day, Jacksonville returns to VyStar Ballpark for Tuesday’s 7:05 p.m. first pitch to start a six-game series against the Memphis Redbirds. Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. ET on MLB.tv, Bally Live, 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.