Jacksonville Wins 10-5, Stripers Win Series While Murphy & Strider Look Great in Rehab Starts

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LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia – Rehabbing Atlanta Braves catcher Sean Murphy went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, but a late onslaught by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (13-14) sent the Gwinnett Stripers (17-10) to a 10-5 loss on Sunday afternoon at Gwinnett Field. Fellow rehabbing Brave Spencer Strider allowed two runs on four hits over 5.0 innings and struck out seven. Gwinnett won the series 4-2.

Final:
Stripers – 5
Jumbo Shrimp – more than 5
— Gwinnett Stripers (@GoStripers) April 26, 2026

Decisive Plays: Murphy staked the Stripers to a 1-0 lead in the third inning with the first hit of his rehab assignment, a double to left scoring Ben Gamel. Jacksonville scored twice against Strider (L, 0-1) to go up 2-1 after six. In the seventh, Kemp Alderman’s opposite-field grand slam (4) created a 6-1 advantage for the Jumbo Shrimp. Gwinnett got two runs back in the seventh on a solo homer by Gamel (2) and RBI single by Murphy, but Jacksonville responded with two runs in the eighth to go back up 8-3. Gamel’s RBI double and an RBI fielder’s choice by Tyler Tolve cut it to 8-5 in the eighth, but again the Jumbo Shrimp answered with two runs in the ninth to make it 10-5.

Murph contributing to the comeback campaign 👀 pic.twitter.com/sVK9H9J0fH
— Gwinnett Stripers (@GoStripers) April 26, 2026

Key Contributors: Murphy (3-for-4, double, 2 RBIs) and Gamel (2-for-3, double, homer, 2 RBIs) each had multi-hit, multi-RBI games for the Stripers. Jacksonville was led by Alderman (3-for-5, homer, 4 RBIs) and former Striper Jesus Bastidas (2-for-4, double, 2 RBIs). Ryan Gusto (W, 2-2) held Gwinnett to one run on five hits over 5.1 innings while striking out four.

7 Ks? Easy like Sunday morning for Strider.
5.0 IP | 4 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 2 BB | 7 K pic.twitter.com/smjxAv2gi8
— Gwinnett Stripers (@GoStripers) April 26, 2026

Noteworthy: Strider took the loss for the first time in his Triple-A career (sixth appearance, fifth start with Gwinnett). Rowdy Tellez went 0-for-5 to snap a 14-game on-base streak. Brewer Hicklen went 1-for-3 with a run scored, extending his on-base streak to 10 games and run scoring streak to seven games.

MURPHHHHH.
ROPED TO LEFT FOR A REHAB RIBBIE. pic.twitter.com/VKJmYvDP25
— Gwinnett Stripers (@GoStripers) April 26, 2026

Next Game (Tuesday, April 28): Gwinnett Stripers at Charlotte Knights, 6:05 p.m. ET at Truist Field. Radio Broadcast: 5:50 p.m. on MyCountry993.com. Live Video Stream: Bally Sports Live.