Jacksonville Suns Vs Birmingham Barons
Jarrett Santos of the Jacksonville Suns (Scott Jontes/MiLB.com)
I had the chance to shoot my first Double A game this past Sunday in Jacksonville Florida. The game featured the Jacksonville Suns and the Birmingham Barons playing a postponed game 3 of the Southern League Semi Finials. My original plan was to cover the Florida State League Finials game in Charlotte, but the game between the Tampa Yankees and Charlotte Stone Crabs was rained out the night before so it would not be a deciding game on Sunday. That made it an easy decision for me between a 4 hour drive or a 1 hour drive to Jacksonville.
Scott Cousins of the Jacksonville Suns (Scott Jontes/MiLB.com)
Bryan Petersen of the Jacksonville Suns (Scott Jontes/MiLB.com)
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Jacksonville is an absolutely beautiful ballpark with a top notch and friendly staff that is very accommodating. The stadium has a nice feel to it and it rivals some of the spring training parks in the Florida State League.
Jacksonville is an absolutely beautiful ballpark with a top notch and friendly staff that is very accommodating. The stadium has a nice feel to it and it rivals some of the spring training parks in the Florida State League.
Matt Dominquez of the Jacksonville Suns (Scott Jontes/MiLB.com)
The game resumed from the night before in the bottom of the first inning with the Suns having the bases loaded. The Suns scored 2 runs in the inning and never looked back winning the game 12-2 and advancing to the finials against the Tennessee Smokies.
After it started to get dark I decided to try some diffrent types of photos
Chris Leroux of the Jacksonville Suns (Scott Jontes/Milb.com)
Chris Leroux of the Jacksonville Suns (Scott Jontes/Milb.com)
The game turned out to be a good one and I was able to get some great celebration photos after game of the players and fans.
Jacksonville Suns players celebrate after their sweep of the Birmingham Barons in the Southern League Semi Finials (Scott Jontes/MiLB.com)
Jacksonville Suns players celebrate after their sweep of the Birmingham
Barons in the Southern League Semi Finials (Scott Jontes/MiLB.com)
Jacksonville Suns Fans wait for autographs after the Suns sweep of the Birmingham
Barons in the Southern League Semi Finials (Scott Jontes/MiLB.com)
(Scott Jontes/MiLB.com)
This was the last photo that I took that night of Logan Morrison of the Jacksonville Suns leaving the field and heading up the tunnel.
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