Jacksonville’s Right Field Power Alley is now open. Check out video.
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp has opened Right Field Power Alley. It features 180 seats at $15 apiece at VyStar Ballpark in Jacksonville, Fla. and also and air-conditioned facility complete with a bar called Right Field Hall.
First, an International League first-half championship. Now, a no-hitter.
The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp can call it a week to remember.
Anderson Pilar, Matt Pushard, Christian Roa and George Soriano combined on a no-hitter on June 27 at VyStar Ballpark, blasting the Nashville Sounds 15-3 in Triple-A baseball.
The no-hitter is the first for the Jumbo Shrimp since Devin Smeltzer’s performance against the Charlotte Knights on Sept. 1, 2023, a 3-0 victory in a seven-inning ballgame.
With victory in hand almost from the start — the Jumbo Shrimp scored in each of the first seven innings, piling on quickly against Sounds starter Josh Maciejewski — the only question was whether the Jumbo Shrimp would nail down the no-hitter from a bullpen game.
Pilar worked the first two innings for Jacksonville (49-30, 2-2), followed by Pushard for three, Roa for two and Soriano for the eighth and ninth. The pitchers combined for five walks and 14 strikeouts, with three runners scoring in the ninth for Nashville (46-31, 2-2) on a hitless combination of walks, hit batsmen and an error.
Jumbo Shrimp batters cranked out 17 hits, beginning the onslaught with a three-run Deyvison De Los Santos home run in the first inning. Joe Mack homered in the fourth in a 4-for-5 ballgame and Jacob Berry reached five times while coming a home run away from the cycle.
The franchise’s most recent regular-season no-hitter to go the full nine-inning distance came from Kevin Mobley on Aug. 3, 2000, against the Tennessee Smokies while the Jacksonville Suns were still competing in the Double-A Southern League.