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JACKSONVILLE ( www.sportsdayjax.com )  – Former Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp reliever Robert Garcia made his MLB debut Friday for the Miami Marlins against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Garcia is the 973rd player to don both a Jacksonville uniform and play in the major leagues, including the 135th former Jumbo Shrimp.  The history of Minor League Baseball in Jacksonville dates back to 1904. Garcia entered the game in the bottom of the seventh inning, replacing right-hander Sandy Alcantara. He pitched 0.1 innings, allowing zero runs, one hit, and a walk for the Marlins.   Garcia was a 15th-round pick by the Royals in the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft out of the University of California, Davis. Starting with the AZL Royals in 2017, he then played for the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League. In 2018, he worked to a 1.94 ERA in 23 games between Rookie-level Idaho Falls and Low-A Lexington. He made the jump to High-A with the Wilmington...

 CHARLOTTE – Despite long balls from C.J. Hinojosa, Jake Mangum and Peyton Burdick, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp blew three separate leads on Sunday and lost 9-8 on Evan’s Skoug’s walk-off home run to the Charlotte Knights from Trust Field. Jacksonville (7-7) led 8-7 going to the bottom of the ninth. With one out, Erik González doubled to left against reliever Anthony Maldonado (2-2). Skoug then cracked a two-run homer to right to win it for Charlotte (8-7). The Jumbo Shrimp initially grabbed the advantage just two batters into the contest. Brian Miller singled to begin the game before Hinojosa bopped a two-run shot to open up the scoring. After Zach Remillard led off the bottom of the first with a home run, Jacksonville answered quickly in the second. Mangum doubled with one out. After a pop out, Hinojosa’s single plated Mangum to make it 3-1. Remillard again helped the Knights score in the third. He doubled to begin the frame, scoring two batters later on Victor Reyes’ RBI two-b...

File Photo by Steve Meadows/Jumbo Shrimp JACKSONVILLE (SportsTicker) – Trevor Rogers tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp won 5-1 over the Norfolk Tides Thursday night at 121 Financial Ballpark. Rogers dazzled throwing six no-hit innings while tying a career-high with 12 strikeouts.  George Soriano locked the game down with two scoreless frames, allowing one hit and walking a pair to pick up his seventh save. Jacksonville (64-56) took the lead late after being held scoreless through the first five innings. Brian Miller led off with a double against Norfolk (54-65) reliever Denyi Reyes. Jordan Groshans flew out in the next at-bat and Miller tagged up for third.  On a ground ball to first, Miller scored ahead of the throw to give the Jumbo Shrimp a 1-0 lead. Bryan De La Cruz followed with a single and Jesús Sánchez advanced to third.  With runners at the corners, Erik González flew out to right and Sánchez scored on the sac fly for the inni...