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TAMPA TARPONS OFFICIAL GAME NOTES George M. Steinbrenner Field • One Steinbrenner Drive • Tampa, FL 33614 Phone: (813) 875-7753 • E-Mail: Tarpons [email protected] • Social Media: @TampaTarpons Florida State League Champions: 1957, 1961, 1994, 2001 (co. w/ Brevard County), 2004 (co. w/ Daytona), 2009, 2010 CLEARWATER THRESHERS (9-3, 41-39) vs. TAMPA TARPONS (6-6, 41-41) LHP Bailey Falter (5-3, 3.32) vs. RHP Nick Green (5-3, 2.77) Wednesday, July 4, 2018 • George M. Steinbrenner Field • Tampa, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #13/83 • Home Game #8/45 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Tampa Tarpons) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST NIGHT: The Tarpons settled for a split of the two-game set in Dunedin, dropping the second game, 4-2, on Tuesday night at Dunedin Stadium…LHP Dalton Lehnen (4.2IP, 6H, 2ER, 4BB, 4K, HR, 90P/49S) took a no-decision in his Tarpons debut…Dunedin RHP Yennsy Diaz (W, ACTIVE ROSTER 1-2) retired the first nine batters he faced and went on to log a quality start (6.0IP, 5H, 2ER, 1BB, 9K, 88P/61S)…Dom Thompson-Williams 49 Diehl, Phillip .................LHP (1-for-4, 2RBI) gave Tampa the lead with an RBI groundout in the 4th and lined a game-tying, two-out RBI single in the 6th…Diego Castillo (2-for-4, 2B, R, SB) and Rashad Crawford (2-for-4, CS) had multi-hit games…Andres Sotillo (1-for-3, HR, Sac-F, 2RBI, R) homered in the 5th 48 Frawley, Matt ................RHP and later hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 6th…Kacy Clemens (1-for-4, RBI) tied the game with an RBI single in the 5th…LHP Phillip Diehl (L, 1-2) shouldered the loss (1.1IP, 1H, 1R/0ER, 1BB, 1K)…RHP Greg Weissert tallied 5K's in 2.0IP (2H, 1ER, 0BB). 12 Green, Nick....................RHP STRIKEOUT KINGS: Dalton Lehnen (4K), Phillip Diehl (1K) and Greg Weissert (5K) combined for 10 strikeouts on Tuesday. Tampa pitchers 8 Kamplain, Justin ............LHP have tallied double-digit strikeouts in 38 games this season, with the Tarpons going 22-16 in such games. Tampa, by far, leads the Florida 47 Lane, Trevor ..................LHP State League in strikeouts, totaling 799K entering today. That is 82K more than the team ranked second (Clearwater - 717K). Tampa is aver- aging 9.74 K-per-game and is on pace for 1,364K, which would crush its own FSL single-season strikeout record set last season with 1,215K. 17 Lehnen, Dalton ............LHP VS. CLEARWATER: Tonight will be the eighth of 15 games scheduled between the Tampa Tarpons and Dunedin Blue Jays. Clearwater cur- 27 Nelson, Nick ..................RHP rently leads the season-series, 5-2. Tampa took two-of-three at GMS Field on 4/20-22 before getting swept in a four-game series at Spectrum Field on 6/11-15. Brandon Wagner has played in all seven matchups and is batting .360 (9-for-25) with 4R, 1 double, 3HR, 6RBI and 2BB 4 Rosa, Adonis ...................RHP against the Threshers. 22 Schwaab, Andrew .......RHP PALMA OUT FOR THE SEASON: A scary moment occurred on Monday in the bottom of the 7th when play was halted for 27 minutes. LF Alexander Palma and SS Diego Castillo collided in left-centerfield while pursuing a shallow fly ball. Castillo managed to stay in the game, 34 Weissert, Greg ..............RHP but Palma remained on the ground until being taken out of the stadium on an ambulance. The 22-year-old suffered a lower body injury and 19 Whitlock, Garrett .........RHP was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa for evaluation. Palma had season-ending surgery and was placed on the 60-Day Disabled List 28 Wivinis, Matt .................RHP BABY BOMBERS: Alexander Palma and Steven Sensley both homered on Saturday, marking the 17th multi-homer game by Tampa this season. The Tarpons are 12-5 in such games. Tampa currently leads the league with 71 home runs, which is nine more than second on the 25 Deglan, Kellin .................... C list (Bradenton- 62HR). 15 Sands, Donny .................... C 2ND-HALF BEGINS: The Tarpons finished with an even 35-35 record at the half way point, falling 4.0GB of the 1st-Half Champion Daytona Tortugas (37-29). Meanwhile, the early postseason spot in the South Division was captured by the Palm Beach Cardinals (39-25). Tampa will 16 Barrios, Daniel ............... INF look to win its second-straight 2nd-Half North Division title and return to the playoffs for the third-straight season. 2 Castillo, Diego ................. INF FOR STARTERS: RHP Nick Green (5-3, 2.77) will make his 14th start of the season. Last time out, took the loss at Charlotte on 6/29 (5.0IP, 1 Metzgar, David ................ INF 8H, 6ER, 2BB, 6K, HB, 91P/58S)…currently ranks third in Florida State League in ERA and fifth among starters in K/9.0IP (7.960)…has made a quality start (6.0+ IP/3ER-or-less) in eight of his 13 starts this season…named a 2018 FSL Mid-Season All-Star and started for the North 11 Surum, Ricky .................. INF Division, tossing a perfect 1st-inning (1.0IP, 1K). 33 Wagner, Brandon ......... INF VS. CLEARWATER: Green made a quality start and earned the win vs. the Threshers in Tampa on 4/22 (6.0IP, 6H, 1R/0ER, 2BB, 5K, 95P/59S). 5 Crawford, Rashad ............ OF 2017: Went 8-9 with a 4.49 ERA (126.1IP, 131H, 74R/63ER, 39BB, 112K) in 26 starts with Single-A Charleston…held left-handed batters to a .201 (38-for-189) batting average…went 4-4 with a 2.77 ERA (65.0IP, 20ER) in 13 starts before the All-Star break…did not allow an earned 24 Gilliam, Isiah ................... OF run in three consecutive starts from 4/29-5/13 (20.2IP, 2R) 6 Ruta, Ben ............................ OF Personal: 23-years-old, 6-1, 175 - Fountain, Colorado…Acquired from Texas, along with RHPs Dillon Tate and Erik Swanson, in exchange for 3 Sensley, Steven ................ OF OF Carlos Beltrán and cash on 8/1/16…was originally selected by the Rangers in the seventh round in 2014 out of Indian Hills Community College…Played one season (2014) at Indian Hills Community College (Iowa), going 3-1 wit ha 2.97 ERA (36.1IP, 12ER)…graduated in 2013 21 Thompson-Williams, Dom ....OF from Fountain-Fort Carson H.S. (Colo.). UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS 1SEASON SERIES vs. CLEARWATER (2-5) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Thur. July 5 vs. Clearwater RHP Mauricio Llovera (2-5, 4.29) vs. RHP Garrett Whitlock (3-1, 2.00) 6:30 p.m. 4/20 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 4-3 Fri. July 5 at Lakeland RHP Nick Nelson (3-2, 3.52) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. 4/21 10:30 a.m. @ Tampa L, 7-3 Sat. July 6 at Lakeland RHP Adonis Rosa (8-2, 3.84) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:00 p.m. 4/22 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa W, 2-1 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS 2018 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE LEADERS 6/11 7:00 p.m. @ Clearwater L, 4-1 6/12 7:0 p.m. @ Clearwater L/10, 4-3 NORTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Batting Clearwater 9-3 0.0 32-36 41-39 AVG: Nathaniel Lowe (CHA) .356 6/13 10:30 a.m. @ Clearwater L, 4-3 Hits: Adam Haseley (CLR) 91 Lakeland 8-3 0.5 36-34 44-37 6/14 7:00 p.m. @ Clearwater L, 7-4 X-Daytona 6-5 2.5 37-29 43-34 Runs: Jared Oliva (BRD) 53 Dunedin 6-6 3.0 31-37 37-43 HR: Ibandel Isabel (DBT) 18 7/4 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa RBI: Jesus Sanchez (CHA) 49 Tampa 6-6 3.0 35-35 41-41 Stolen Bases: Jared Oliva (BRD) 24 7/5 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Florida 3-8 5.5 29-37 32-45 Base On Balls: Hoy Jun Park (TAM)/Brett Cumberland (FLO) 40 7/31 7:00 p.m. @ Clearwater SOUTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Pitching 8/1 7:00 p.m. @ Clearwater Fort Myers 7-5 0.0 28-40 35-45 Wins: 3 tied at 8 8 8/2 7:00 p.m. @ Clearwater X-Palm Beach 6-6 1.0 39-25 45-31 Saves: Eduardo Jimenez (LAK) 12 8/6 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa St. Lucie 5-6 1.5 27-40 32-46 Strikeouts: Ian Anderson (FLO) 87 ERA: Spenser Watkins (LAK) 1.67 Charlotte 5-7 2.0 34-33 39-40 8/7 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa WHIP: Spenser Watkins (LAK) 0.97 Jupiter 5-7 2.0 41-28 46-35 AVG: Spenser Watkins (LAK) .211 Bradenton 4-8 3.0 35-30 39-38 8/8 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa MINOR LEAGUE REPORT TEAM HIGHS/LOWS 2018 RECORDS Triple-A: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders GENERAL (42-40), 2nd in International League North Division. Longest Winning Streak ............................................5 (4/22-26) TOTAL HOME ROAD Last: 7/3 at Buffalo: W, 6-3. Longest Losing Streak ................................................6 (6/11-19) Next: 7/4 at Buffalo - 7:05 p.m. Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. ......................... 3:20 (4/12 at STL) Overall: .............................41-41 ........25-19 .......16-22 Notes: RHP Luis Cessa (W, 1-0) made a quality start (6.0IP, 4H, Longest Game, Time .....................................3:22 (6/22 vs. JUP) 3R/2ER, 1BB, 3K). Rey Navarro (3-for-4, HR, 4RBI, R) homered for Longest Game, Innings ..................