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OFFICIAL GAME NOTES George M. Steinbrenner Field • One Steinbrenner Drive • Tampa, FL 33614 Phone: (813) 875-7753 • E-Mail: [email protected] • Social Media: @TampaTarpons Florida State League Champions: 1957, 1961, 1994, 2001 (co. w/ Brevard County), 2004 (co. w/ Daytona), 2009, 2010 DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS (0-5) at TAMPA TARPONS (5-0) RHP Rafael Ohashi (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Matt Sauer (0-0, 0.00) Sunday, May 9, 2021 • George M. Steinbrenner Field • Tampa, FL • 12:00 p.m. Game #6 • Home Game #6 • Radio: N/A • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST TIME OUT: In the closest game of the season, the Tampa Tarpons (5-0) edged the Dunedin Blue Jays (0-5), 12-11, in yet another high-scoring affair on Saturday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field …Down 6-0 at the end of two, Tampa loaded the bases in the 3rd…a walk by Carlos ACTIVE ROSTER (30) Narvaez (0-for-4, BB, RBI, R) forced home a run, and Chad Bell (1-for-3, HR, BB, 4RBI, 2R) smashed a grand slam over the wall in right-center, cut- ting the deficit to 6-5…Dunedin struck back with a 3-run HR by PK Morris (his 2nd of the night), giving the Blue Jays a 9-5 lead in the 4th…Again, 11 Abeyta, Blane ......................RHP the Tarpons loaded the bases in the 5th…a walk by Elijah Dunham (1-for-3, BB, RBI, R, 2SB) scored a run, followed by back-to-back RBI singles by 39 Aguilar, Clay ......................... LHP Pat DeMarco (2-for-4, 2B, 2RBI, R) and Juan De Leon (2-for-3, 2B, BB, RBI, R) …Later in the frame, a 3-run HR by Trevor Hauver (1-for-4, HR, BB, 45 Anderson, Ryan .................. LHP 3RBI, 2R) put Tampa ahead, 12-9…A pair of runs in the 6th brought the Blue Jays within one, but RHP Zach Kohn (W, 1-0)(1.2IP, 1H, 2ER, 1BB, 5K) 26 Barclay, Edgar ..................... LHP and RHP Connor Pellerin (H, 1)(1.1IP, 1H, 4BB, 2K) maintained the lead…RHP Trevor Holloway (SV, 1) closed the game with a scoreless 2.0IP (1H, 43 Boyle, Sean ..........................RHP 3K)…Andres Chaparro (2-for-5, R) also had a multi-hit game…Tampa pitchers tallied 17 strikeouts. 34 Coleman, Carson ...............RHP 32 Correa, Nelvin .....................RHP HIT PARADE! Through five games, the Tarpons have collected a whopping 68 hits, leading all of Minor League Baseball. Tampa's 13HR, 75 RBI and 46 BBs also outright lead all of MiLB. 23 Cortijo, Harold ....................RHP 10 Giancone, Michael ............ LHP HAUVER'S HOMERS: Tarpons 2B Trevor Hauver homered again on Saturday - his 5th in four games, leading all of MiLB - and has reached base 29 Holloway, Trevor ................RHP safely in 16-of-26 plate appearances, batting .643/.727/1.786 (9-for-14, 2B, 5HR, 12RBI, 7BB) in that span. The 2020 4th-Round Pick currently lead- 43 Keizer, Ben ............................ LHP ing the SouthEast League with a ridiculous 2.513 OPS. 46 Kohn, Zach ...........................RHP 31 Milam, Kevin ........................RHP SWEET START BY SAUER: RHP Matt Sauer will make his second start of the season this afternoon. Last time out, the right-hander scattered three 40 Munoz, Jhonatan ...............RHP walks and one hit while keeping Dunedin off the board for three and one-third innings, tallying six strikeouts along the way on Opening Day. It 20 Pellerin, Connor .................RHP was Sauer’s first game action back after having Tommy John surgery 2019. Among the top Yankees prospects, Sauer enters the season ranked No. 47 Sauer, Matt ...........................RHP 21 by Baseball America and No. 26 by MLB Pipeline. 3 Vasquez, Randy .....................RHP VS. DUNEDIN: Today, the Tarpons wrap up a six-game series against the Dunedin Blue Jays. Tampa leads the season-series, 5-0. The teams are 5 Narvaez, Carlos ...........................C scheduled to square off a total of 24 times throughout the season. In 2019, Tampa finished 6-10 vs. Dunedin, going 3-4 as the home team. 28 Wells, Austin ..............................C 19 Bell, Chad................................INF 1ST ROUND PICKS HIGHLIGHT OPENING DAY ROSTER: Among the players listed on the opening day roster for Low-A Tampa are catcher 21 Burt, Max ................................INF Austin Wells and shortstop Anthony Volpe. Wells was drafted in the first round (28th overall) by the Yankees in the 2020 draft and is ranked by 24 Chaparro, Andres .................INF Baseball America as the No. 5 prospect in the Yankees organization. In 2019, Volpe was selected in the first round (30th overall) by the Yankees, 17 Hauver, Trevor .......................INF and enters 2021 ranked by Baseball America at No. 17 among Yankees prospects. 14 Henson, Spencer .................INF 12 Volpe, Anthony .....................INF ADAMS LEADS NEW COACHING STAFF: The New York Yankees have officially announced the 2021 Tampa Tarpons Field Staff.David Adams will manage the club and will be joined by Pitching Coach Brett DeGagne, Hitting Coach Kevin Martir, Defensive Coach Michel Hernández, 1 Alexander, Evan .......................OF Defensive Coach Ryan Hunt, Trainer Michael Sole and Strength/Conditioning Coach Cole Russo. 27 De Leon, Juan ........................OF 16 DeMarco, Pat ..........................OF Adams joins the Tarpons after managing short-season Single-A Staten Island in 2019 and the GCL Yankees West in 2018. The 33-year-old was set 13 Dunham, Elijah ......................OF to manage Tampa in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to the global pandemic. 22 Sanford, Jacob .......................OF Selected by the Yankees in the third round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, Adams spent nine minor league seasons with the Yankees (2008-13), Orioles (2014), Marlins (2015) and Blue Jays (2016), batting .282 (707-for-2507) with 347R, 167 doubles, 22 triples, 45HR and 341RBI in 701 games. LAST 10 GAMES (5-0) In 2013, Adams appeared in 43 Major League games for New York. 5/4 vs. Dunedin ..................W, 11-7 Adams played for the Tampa Yankees in 2009 and 2011, taking home a Florida State League Championship in 2009. The Margate, Florida native played collegiately at the University of Virginia, where he was named to the Baseball America Freshman All-America Second Team and a Louisville 5/5 vs. Dunedin ..................W, 19-9 Slugger Freshman All-American. 5/6 vs. Dunedin ..................W, 10-6 MLB DEBUTS BY 2019 TARPONS: Several players from the 2019 Tampa Tarpons made Major League debuts with the New York Yankees during 5/7 vs. Dunedin ...............W, 25-10 the 2020 season, including: RHP Brooks Kriske (July 29th), RHP Nick Nelson (August 1st), RHP Albert Abreu (August 8th), OF Estevan Florial 5/8 vs. Dunedin ...............W, 12-11 (August 28th), RHP Deivi Garcia (August 30th), RHP Miguel Yajure (August 31st) and RHP Clarke Schmidt (September 4th). Selected by Detroit in the 2019 Rule-5 Draft, RHP Rony García made his debut with the Tigers on July 28th. In addition, a pair of 2019 Tarpons plucked in the 2020 5/9 vs. Dunedin Rule-5 Draft made MLB debuts in 2021: RHP Trevor Stephan (April 3rd w/ Cleveland) and RHP Garrett Whitlock (April 4th w/ Boston). 5/11 at Lakeland MiLB REALIGNMENT: Among the many changes to Minor League Baseball over the offseason, the Florida State League has been renamed the 5/12 at Lakeland Low-A Southeast League. The league will now consist of 10 teams acting as the Low-A Affiliates (as opposed to High-A) of their respective parent 5/13 at Lakeland clubs. Bradenton (PIT), Clearwater (PHI), Dunedin (TOR), Fort Myers (MINN), Lakeland (DET) and Tampa (NYY) will compete in the West Division, while Daytona (CIN), Jupiter (MIA), Palm Beach (STL) and St. Lucie (NYM) play in the East Division. 5/14 at Lakeland UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. DUNEDIN (5-0) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME 5/4 6:30 p.m @ Tampa W, 11-7 Mon., May 10 OFF-DAY 5/5 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 19-9 Tue., May 11 @ Lakeland TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, 0.00) 6:30 p.m. 5/6 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 10-6 Wed., May 12 @ Lakeland TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, 0.00) 6:30 p.m. 5/7 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 25-10 5/8 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 12-11 LOW-A SOUTHEAST STANDINGS TARPONS AT A GLANCE 5/9 12:00 p.m. @ Tampa 5/25 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin* Record 5/26 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin* EAST RECORD GB Overall Record: .............................5-0 5/27 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin* Place: ................................................ 1st 5/28 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin* Games Back: .......................................- St. Lucie (NYM) 4-1 - Home: .............................................5-0 5/29 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin* Daytona (CIN) 3-2 1.0 Away: ..............................................0-0 5/30 1:00 p.m. @ Dunedin* Palm Beach (STL) 2-3 2.0 Last 5: ...............................................5-0 7/6 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Last 10: ............................................5-0 Jupiter (MIA) 1-4 3.0 7/7 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Hitting Leaders 7/8 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Batting Average: .... Hauver (.643) 7/9 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin WEST RECORD GB Runs Scored: ....................Volpe (10) 7/10 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Home Runs: ................... Hauver (5) 7/11 1:00 p.m. @ Dunedin Runs Batted In: ........DeMarco (14) Tampa (NYY) 5-0 - 9/7 6:30 p.m @ Tampa Stolen Bases: .Dunham/Volpe (4) 9/8 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Clearwater (PHI) 3-2 2.0 Pitching Leaders 9/9 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Fort Myers (MIN) 3-2 2.0 Wins: ....................................5-Tied (1) 9/10 6:30 p.m.