Jacksonville evens ILCS with 6-4 win over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp evened the ILCS with a 6-4 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Wednesday night. Tied at two, Jacksonville (1-1) took the lead in the bottom of the third and never looked back. With two outs, Kemp Alderman (1) and Matthew Etzel (1) crushed back-to-back
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp evened the ILCS with a 6-4 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Wednesday night.
Tied at two, Jacksonville (1-1) took the lead in the bottom of the third and never looked back. With two outs, Kemp Alderman (1) and Matthew Etzel (1) crushed back-to-back homers giving the Jumbo Shrimp a 4-2 lead.
The Jumbo Shrimp added to their advantage in the bottom of the fourth. Jared Serna led off with a single and stole second. Three batters later, Victor Mesa Jr. drove in Serna with a base hit, extending the advantage to 5-2.
The RailRiders (1-1) closed the gap in the top of the sixth. With one out, Andre Velazquez singled and Jorbit Vivas (1) clobbered a two-run homer, cutting the deficit to one, 5-4.
Jacksonville padded their lead in the bottom of the eighth. Etzel started the frame with a double and stole third. Two batters later, Etzel scored on a wild pitch giving the Jumbo Shrimp a 6-4 lead.
Jacksonville and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre conclude the International League Championship Series in Thursday’s deciding game. First pitch is slated for 7:05 p.m. Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m. on Bally Live, MLB.tv, MiLB.tv, ESPN 690 AM and ESPN690.com.
International League Championship Series: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp clinched the first half of the 2025 season with a 47-28 record and will host the International League Championship series at VyStar Ballpark from September 23-24, 25(If necessary).Playoff packages are already on sale and can be found *HERE**.
ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The team calls 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.