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 TAMPA TARPONS (12-16) AT FLORIDA FIRE FROGS (11-16) RHP Frank German (0-1, 3.77) vs. RHP Freddy Tarnok (0-1, 7.20) Saturday, May 4, 2019 • Osceola County Stadium • Kissimmee, FL • 6:00 p.m. Game #29 • Away Game #13 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Florida Fire Frogs) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST TIME OUT: The Tarpons suffered their second shutout loss of the season as the Florida Fire Frogs claimed a 3-0 win in the ACTIVE ROSTER series-opener on Friday night at Osceola County Stadium…Diego Castillo (1-for-3, BB), Steven Sensley (1-for-4, 2B) and Welfrin Mateo (1-for-3) had the only hits for Tampa…LHP JP Sears (L, 0-1) made his second start since joining the Tarpons (4.1IP, 7H, 2ER, 11 Blanton, Bryan ....................RHP 2BB, 2K, HR, 71P/47S)…LHP Dalton Lehnen (3.2IP, 4H, 1ER, 1BB, 2K) pitched in relief. 22 Frawley, Matt .......................RHP 30 German, Frank ....................RHP GO, DIEGO, GO!: After starting the season 0-for-28, Diego Castillo (1-for-3, BB on Friday) has since batted .314 (22-for-70) with 14 Harris, Hobie ........................RHP 1HR and 6 doubles since April 11th. Entering today, Castillo is on a 17-game hitting streak, batting .328 (21-for-64) in that span. 15 Junk, Janson ........................RHP ANDÚJAR RETURNS TO NEW YORK: This morning, the New York Yankees offically reinstatedMiguel Andújar off the 10-Day In- 17 Lehnen, Dalton ................... LHP jured List in time for the 24-year-old to start at 3B against the Minnesota Twins this afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Andújar played 32 Schmidt, Clarke ..................RHP in three rehab games with the Tarpons, going 3-for-10 with a HR and 4RBI and playing a total of 11 innings at 3B. 23 Sears, JP ................................ LHP 16 Semple, Shawn ...................RHP RAINY RUBBERGAME: Thursday night's game was preceeded by a 32-minute rain delay. The rain picked back up in the third and 28 Valdes, Jefry .........................RHP remained steady, with a mix of heavier rainfall, but the teams kept playing. The game would not have been completed without 48 Wivinis, Matt ........................RHP the efforts of Tampa's grounds crew, manicuring the field between innings. Led my Turf Manager, Richie Anderson, the Tarpons 31 Yajure, Miguel .....................RHP have received the "Best Overall Field Award" in each of the last two seasons, recognized by Florida State League President Ken 25 Zurak, Kyle ...........................RHP Carson and the Sports Turf Crew Awards Committee. 10 Lopez, Jason ..............................C 33 Sands, Donny ............................C ERRORS GALORE: The Tarpons and Stone Crabs combined for eight errors (four apiece) in Thursday night's rainy series-finale. 4 Burt, Max .................................INF Four errors was a season-high for both teams. Among the errors were an interference on 1B Dermis Garcia (running into the 3 Cabrera,Oswaldo .................INF runner) and a catcher's interference on Charlotte backstop Joey Roach. 2 Castillo, Diego .......................INF 40 Garcia, Dermis ......................INF ANDÚJAR HITS IT FAR!: In his third rehab game with the Tarpons, Miguel Andújar (2-for-2, HR, 2RBI, R) pulled a two-run homer just over the wall in the left-field corner, giving Tampa a 2-0 lead in the 1st. After playing four errorless innings at 3B, Andújar 1 Mateo, Welfrin .......................INF lined a leadoff single in the 4th and left for a pinch-runner, completing his rehab assignment. The 24-year-old joined Tampa on 27 Sensley, Steven.....................INF Tuesday, committing two fielding errors while playing seven innings at 3B, and began his assignment going 0-for-7 before lining 24 Gilliam, Isiah ...........................OF a two-run single in his final at-bat as the designated hitter on Wednesday night. Andújar hit safely in his final three at-bats. 9 Hill, Tyler ..................................OF 7 Olivares, Pablo .......................OF The New York Yankees placed Andújar on the 10-day injured list on April 1 with a right shoulder strain, which later was diagnosed 6 Pita, Matt ..................................OF as a small tear in his right labrum. This season, the third-baseman has batted .231 (3-for-13) with 1RBI in three games with New York. Andújar originally played for High-A Tampa for the entire 2015 season, as well as the first half of 2016. LAST 10 GAMES (5-5) DERMIS DELIVERS: Dermis Garcia jumped on the first pitch he saw from Charlotte reliever Mikey York, crushing a go-ahead, 4/23 @ Charlotte ..................W, 5-3 leadoff homer in the 8th in Tampa's 6-5 win on Thursday night. Garcia ranks first in the Florida State League in RBI (25), second in Total Bases (54) and HRs (7) and third in SLG (.563). 4/24 @ Charlotte ....................L, 5-3 4/25 vs. Clearwater .............W, 6-3 TULOWITZKI EXITS: On Tuesday, Troy Tulowitzki batted second and started at shortstop in his second rehab game with Tampa. 4/26 vs. Clearwater ...............L, 5-3 Tulowitzki lined a single to left in the bottom of the first, but was lifted for a pinch-runner. According to reports, the 34-year-old 4/27 vs. Clearwater ........L/10, 6-3 was bothered by tightness in his left calf. Tulowitzki had joined Tampa on Tuesday, batting second as the designated hitter in his 4/28 vs. Clearwater .............W, 7-6 first rehab game, and went 1-for-3 (HR, HBP, 2RBI, R) with a two-run homer. The New York Yankees placed Tulowitzki on the 10-day injured list on April 4 with a strained left calf. The shortstop was signed by New York on January 4 and was batting .182 (2-for-11) 4/30 vs. Charlotte ................W, 6-4 with 1HR, 2BB, 1RBI and 1R in five games. 5/1 vs. Charlotte .....................L, 5-3 5/2 vs. Charlotte ...................W, 6-5 HOMER HAPPY: After the home runs by Miguel Andújar and Dermis Garcia on Thursday night, the Tampa Tarpons now lead 5/3 @ Florida ...........................L, 3-0 the Florida State League with 23 homers. A dozen different Tarpons have contributed, led by Garcia's seven dingers. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. FLORIDA (0-1) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Sun., May 5 @ Florida RHP Janson Junk (1-0, 3.97) vs. RHP Jasseel De La Cruz (1-0, 1.50) 12:00 p.m. 5/3 6:00 p.m @ Florida L, 3-0 Mon., May 6 vs. Dunedin TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Clarke Schmidt (1-1, 3.97) 6:30 p.m. 5/4 6:00 p.m. @ Florda Tue., May 7 vs. Dunedin TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Shawn Semple (0-1, 7.20) 6:30 p.m. 5/5 12:00 p.m. @ Florida FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS TARPONS AT A GLANCE 5/20 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Records 5/21 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa NORTH 1st Half GB Overall Record: ..............................................................................12-16 Dunedin (TOR) 17-10 - Place: ..................................................................................................... 3rd 5/22 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Daytona (CIN) 14-14 4.5 Games Back: ........................................................................................5.5 Home: ...................................................................................................7-9 6/7 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Tampa (NYY) 12-16 5.5 Away: ....................................................................................................5-7 Florida (ATL) 11-16 6.0 Last 5: .....................................................................................................3-2 6/8 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Last 10: ..................................................................................................5-5 Lakeland (DET) 10-15 6.0 6/9 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa Clearwater (PHI) 11-17 6.5 Hitting Leaders Batting Average: ..................................................Isiah Gilliam (.306) 6/28 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Runs Scored: .............................Diego Castillo/Dermis Garcia (17) SOUTH 1st Half GB Home Runs: .............................................................Dermis Garcia (7) 6/29 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Fort Myers (MIN) 18-10 - Runs Batted In: ..................................................... Dermis Garcia (25) 6/30 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa Bradenton (PIT) 17-10 0.5 Stolen Bases: .............................................................. Isiah Gilliam (4) 8/20 6:00 p.m. @ Florida Palm Beach (STL) 17-10 0.5 Pitching Leaders St. Lucie (NYM) 15-12 2.5 Wins: .................... Greg Weissert/Dalton Lehnen/Braden Bristo (2) 8/21 6:00 p.m. @ Florida Charlotte (TB) 13-15 5.0 ERA: ...........................................................................Rony Garcia (2.45) Strikeouts: .................................................................. Deivi Garcia (33) 8/22 12:00 p.m. @ Florida Jupiter (MIA) 8-18 9.0 Saves ..................................................................................Kyle Zurak (5) TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER #30 FRANK GERMAN RHP HT: 6'2 WT: 195 AGE: 21 BORN: September 22, 1997 in Queens, New York ACQUIRED: Selected by the Yankees in the fourth round in 2018. SCHOOL: University of North Florida (2016-18) @fgswift ARSENAL: Fastball, Curveball, Changeup. LAST TIME OUT: Allowed a career-high 3ER/6H in 5.0IP (0BB, 3K, HR, WP) in a no-deci- sion vs. Clearwater on April 28; Tossed a season-high 91 pitches (60 strikes). 2018: Made his professional debut on June 23rd, starting 2019 GAME-BY-GAME for Yankees GCL West and retiring all six batters he faced Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR ERA NP-S (3K) vs. GCL Phillies West…Pitched his final 10 games (four 4/15 vs. BRD L 4.1 3 2 2 1 3 1 4.15 67-50 starts) with short-season Single-A Staten Island, going 1-3 4/22 @ CHA ND 5.0 3 1 1 4 5 0 2.89 80-44 with one save and a 2.22 ERA (28.1IP, 22H, 9R/7ER, 6BB, 4/28 vs. CLW ND 5.0 6 3 3 0 3 1 3.77 91-60 38K).