The Jupiter Hammerheads are the single-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins. On Tuesday they began a six-game homestand against the Dunedin Blue Jays and it did not go well. The Blue Jays won 19-5 and it was even uglier than the final score suggests.
The Hammerheads pitchers combined to give up just nine hits, but walked 22 batters, which is apparently a minor league record.
They issued six bases-loaded walks and hit three batters, with one of those HBP’s coming with the bases loaded for another run. They also threw three wild pitches, with one of them allowing a run to score.
The home team’s announcer could barely take it.
Jupiter Hammerheads walk a record 22 hitters in a game.
Announcers ROAST their team. 😂🔊 pic.twitter.com/SHELAt0NBf
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 9, 2025
“This is only my fifth season,” he said. “And I’ve been in baseball a little under a decade because of my college days. I’ve never written so many RBI walks in a book before. This is, listen, I know that I’m supposed to be optimistic about our team here, but I mean, come on guys. I could go out there. Let me loosen up my shoulder. I’ll go help things out. Because you’ve gotta put it over the plate. You’ve gotta give your defense a shot. They’ve not been given a shot all game.”
JUPITER HAMMERHEADS PITCHING TONIGHT MY GOODNESS
3 wild pitches and 3 hit batters too pic.twitter.com/FyndIuzeTT
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 9, 2025
With five games remaining in this early season series it can only get better.
