{"id":201071,"date":"2026-03-22T04:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201071\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T04:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:57:08","slug":"jacksonville-drops-4-1-decision-at-queens-series-heads-to-rubber-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201071\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Drops 4-1 Decision at Queens, Series Heads to Rubber Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013 Jacksonville fell 4-1 in game two of the series at Queens on Saturday, setting up a rubber match on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins struck first in the opening inning, manufacturing a run as <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cade-walter\/7051\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7051\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Walter<\/a> came around to score on a sacrifice fly from <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/roger-vergara\/8591\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8591\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Vergara<\/a>. Jacksonville put pressure on early with traffic on the bases, but couldn&#8217;t extend the lead beyond 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>Queens responded in the bottom half with a three-run home run that flipped the momentum and gave the Royals a lead they would not lose.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville scattered five hits on the night, with <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/archer-ogbourne\/8599\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8599\" target=\"_blank\">Archer Ogbourne<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/derek-bermudez\/8601\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8601\" target=\"_blank\">Derek Bermudez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sam-grunberg\/8593\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8593\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Grunberg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/griffin-pomper\/8596\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8596\" target=\"_blank\">Griffin Pomper<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sammy-mummau\/7048\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7048\" target=\"_blank\">Sammy Mummau<\/a> each recording one. The Dolphins threatened late, putting two on in the eighth and bringing the tying run to the plate, but were unable to break through.<\/p>\n<p>On the mound, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ben-baker-livingston\/8594\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8594\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Baker-Livingston<\/a> provided a strong response out of the bullpen, tossing 4.0 scoreless innings while allowing just three hits and striking out two to keep Jacksonville within striking distance. <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kyle-powers\/7026\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7026\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Powers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/scout-updike\/6813\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6813\" target=\"_blank\">Scout Updike<\/a> also combined for solid relief work down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Queens added an insurance run in the seventh to make it 4-1.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville will look to secure the series in the rubber match on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins and Royals will meet in the series finale on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. ET.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/74292ebf-d9e5-45ad-90b9-10ad6bec92e3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013 Jacksonville fell 4-1 in game two of the series at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-201071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}