SCRANTON (Interstat) — The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp continue their International League (AAA) series against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, at PNC Field. Jacksonville is the visiting team. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is the home team. The game-time forecast calls for 71 degrees and cloudy skies. Jacksonville enters 72-69. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is 74-66.

Jacksonville’s probable pitchers include Jace Beck (7-4) and Kyle Carr (6-6). The Jumbo Shrimp are coming off a 9-6 win Wednesday at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. In that game, Matt Pushard pitched 2.1 innings, allowing one hit, no earned runs, one walk and one strikeout. Cam Cannarella went 3-for-5 with one RBI. Luis Palacios worked three innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs with one walk and four strikeouts.

Pushard has been active out of the Jacksonville bullpen. He threw 2.1 innings with one hit and one strikeout Wednesday. He allowed one earned run on three hits over three innings Sept. 10 against Gwinnett. He pitched 2.1 scoreless innings with two hits and one strikeout Sept. 6 at Norfolk. He gave up one earned run on two hits over two innings Sept. 3 at Norfolk. He allowed one earned run on three hits over 2.2 innings Aug. 30 against Nashville. He tossed three scoreless innings with no hits and two strikeouts Aug. 26 against Nashville. He also worked 1.2 scoreless innings with two hits and two strikeouts Aug. 22 at Memphis.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s Jasson Domínguez is a player to watch. He went 3-for-3 with one home run and two RBIs Wednesday against Jacksonville. He had three hits in four at-bats Sept. 4 against Lehigh Valley. He went 1-for-4 with one RBI Sept. 2 against Lehigh Valley. He finished 2-for-3 Sept. 1 in a 16-0 win over Lehigh Valley and 2-for-4 in the other Sept. 1 game at Lehigh Valley. He also had three hits in five at-bats Aug. 30 at Worcester and two hits in five at-bats with two RBIs Aug. 29 at Worcester. He went 0-for-2 Sept. 15 against Jacksonville and 0-for-4 Sept. 3 against Lehigh Valley.

The RailRiders won Tuesday’s meeting 6-5 before Jacksonville took Wednesday’s game 9-6. The series is tied 1-1. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre recently dropped two of three at Rochester, falling 6-4 on Sept. 13 and 7-6 in 10 innings Sept. 12. Jacksonville had lost four of six before Wednesday’s win, including a 10-2 defeat against Gwinnett on Sept. 10. The teams are scheduled to continue their series Friday, Saturday and Sunday at PNC Field.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5, Jacksonville 4. Interstat’s ELO system gives Scranton/Wilkes-Barre a 56.3 percent probability to win.