Shrimp Bites: Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp-Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders series preview
The Jumbo Shrimp will travel to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for six games from Tuesday, May 24 through Sunday, May 29. Here's what to know about the series:
Who: Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
When: Tuesday through Sunday:
T: 6:05 p.m.
W: 11:05 a.m.
TH: 6:35 p.m.
F: 6:35 p.m.
SA: 4:05 p.m.
SU: 1:05 p.m.
Where: PNC Field, Moosic, Pa.
Series recap: The Jumbo Shrimp dropped four of six games against the Durham Bulls, the team's second consecutive series loss at 121 Financial Ballpark. The coming series in Pennsylvania will start a run of 12 consecutive road ballgames for the Jumbo Shrimp.
Highlight: Highlights were few and far between for the Jumbo Shrimp in the Durham
series, but Joe Dunand contributed one big hit on Thursday after his return from a Miami Marlins call-up. Dunand hit a solo home run in the fourth inning that helped Jacksonville pull away from Durham in a 6-3 victory.
Crustacean sensation: The Jumbo Shrimp were up and down at the plate in the Durham series, but when good things happened, Lewin Diaz generally wasn't too far away. The 25-year-old first baseman from the Dominican Republic homered twice and
contributed seven RBI in the six-game set.
On deck: Affiliated with the New York Yankees, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre has found the going tough in 2022. They're near the rear with a .366 winning percentage, scoring an International League-worst 150 runs. Yet The RailRiders' roster includes four of the Yankees' top-10 prospects, including shortstop Oswald Peraza (.200, 4 HR, 13 RBI) and the pitching trio of Luis Gil (0-3, 7.89), Ken Waldichuk (4-0, 1.32) and Hayden Wesneski (1-4, 2.31). They also field several experienced big leaguers, including former Atlanta Braves All-Star outfielder Ender Inciarte; veteran pitcher Shelby Miller, another former Braves All-Star now adapting to a bullpen role; Miguel Andujar, who crushed 27 home runs with the Yankees as Rookie of the Year runner-up in 2018; and utility man Derek Dietrich, noted for nearly a decade in MLB with the Marlins and other clubs.
Probable pitchers Tuesday: To be determined.
Clayton Freeman covers high school sports and more for the Florida Times-Union. Follow him on Twitter at @CFreemanJAX.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Minor League Baseball series preview: Jacksonville at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
