MEMPHIS – After a two-hour, seven-minute rain delay forced a late Saturday start time, the Memphis Redbirds racked up ten hits in a 10-0 defeat of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp at AutoZone Park.
Memphis (69-56, 22-28) opened the scoring against Jacksonville (62-61, 20-29) starter Karson Milbrandt (L, 0-6) in the bottom of the first inning when Victor Scott II walked, moved to third on a Colton Ledbetter single, and scored on a Nolan Gorman groundout to hand the Redbirds a 1-0 lead.
Memphis tacked on two more in the third inning after loading the bases with nobody out. A leadoff single for Noah Mendlinger and back-to-back walks from Scott II and Ledbetter set up a run-scoring groundout from Leo Bernal. Gorman bounced out to plate another run one batter later to put the Redbirds ahead 3-0.
A five-spot in the fourth inning brought Milbrandt’s night to a close. Bligh Madris began the frame with a walk and scored on a Ramon Mendoza double. Scott II brought around Mendoza with a double of his own. Following a Ledbetter walk, Bernal (16) capped the rally with a three-run home run to push the Memphis advantage to 8-0.
The final Redbirds runs arrived in the seventh thanks to a two-out rally. Madris reached on a walk and advanced to third on a fielding error on a ball put in play by Mendoza. Madris then scored on a wild pitch, which placed Mendoza on second. He scored on a Mendlinger single to cap a 10-run night for Memphis.
The series concludes Sunday at 2:05 p.m ET/1:05 p.m. CT with Jacksonville searching for the series win against Memphis left-hander Josh Fleming (4-6, 3.16).
Coverage begins at 1:50 p.m. ET on ESPN 690 and 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.