Edward Cabrera pitched one-hit ball over six innings and Peyton Burdick hit a three-run homer as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp blanked the Norfolk Tides 8-0 on Saturday night before 5,137 fans at 121 Financial Ballpark in Florida.
The Jumbo Shrimp (55-57, 23-15 in the second half) won their fifth straight game in the series and handed the Tides (68-44, 20-18) their season-high sixth straight loss.
It was only the fifth time Norfolk has been shut out this season.
Cabrera started 17 games for the Miami Marlins this season before being optioned to Jacksonville on Aug. 1 to work on control issues. He had gone 5-6 with a 4.79 ERA and had 52 walks in 77 innings with the Marlins.
But since he’s been with the Jumbo Shrimp, he’s gone 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 0.67 WHIP. On Saturday, he struck out 10 Tides and walked two.
Enmanuel De Jesus pitched the final three innings to finish a four-hit shutout and earn his first save.
Seven of the first nine Tides batters struck out. Norfolk didn’t get a runner into scoring position until the seventh inning, when Joey Ortiz singled on a soft grounder to third to lead off the inning and advanced to second on a passed ball.
Norfolk’s only significant scoring threat came in the top of the ninth when Ortiz and Josh Lester each singled and Lewin Diaz walked to load the bases, but Joseph Rosa struck out and Jose Godoy lined out to left to end the game.
Tides starter Bruce Zimmermann (3-5) lasted three innings, giving up two runs on five hits.
Burdick’s three-run homer came in the fifth and doubled Jacksonville’s lead to 6-0. Xavier Edwards and Dane Myers added three hits apiece for the Jumbo Shrimp.
The teams will conclude their series with a 3:05 p.m. game Sunday.
