Braves’ AJ Smith-Shawver, Darius Vines combine for Gwinnett shutout
AJ Smith-Shawver opened the game with three hitless innings, and Darius Vines finished it with six four-hit frames as the Gwinnett Stripers shut out the Jumbo Shrimp 2-0 on Friday night in Jacksonville.
The Stripers (67-73) went ahead in the fifth inning with two outs as Joe Hudson doubled and scored on a single by Dalton Guthrie. In the eighth, Andrew Velazquez singled, stole second, and scored on a Braden Shewmake sacrifice fly to raise the lead to 2-0. After Smith-Shawver faced the minimum in the first three innings, excellent defense helped Vines (3-2) strand six Jacksonville baserunners.
Smith-Shawver, who walked one and struck out two, and Vines (two walks and three strikeouts) combined to allow just seven baserunners.
Gwinnett’s Vaughn Grissom drew three walks and extended his on-base streak to 43 games (second-longest in the International League this season) but went 0-for-1 to snap his team-best 14-game hitting streak.
Braves infielder Ehire Adrianza went 0-for-3 in his third rehab game.
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