2019 Daytona Tortugas Game Notes
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FLORIDA STATE 2019 DAYTONA TORTUGAS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1995, 2000, 2004, GAME NOTES 2008, 2011, 2013 HIGH-A AFFILIATE OF THE CINCINNATI REDS | DAYTONATORTUGAS.COM Wednesday, July 17, 2019 | 7:05 p.m. ET | Jackie Robinson Ballpark | Daytona Beach, Fla. | Game #93 | Home Game #52 Daytona Tortugas (12-15, 47-45) Jupiter Hammerheads (13-14, 34-56) RHP Mac Sceroler (4-2, 4.60) LHP Braxton Garrett (3-4, 3.01) LAST TIME OUT: The Tortugas 3-game winning streak was snapped on Tuesday night, as Daytona fell to the Jupiter Hammerheads, 5-3, in 10 in- nings in front of 2,032 fans at Jackie Robinson Ballpark...The Hammerheads took the lead for good in the top of the 10th on an RBI single by 2B Micah 2019 AT A GLANCE Brown (1-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, SO) and a wild pitch...Jupiter lead 3-2 entering the 9th before Daytona tied it on a bases-loaded walk to 3B Yonathan Overall Record 47-45 Mendoza (2-4, 2B, RBI, BB, SO)...C Hendrik Clementina (2-4, R) and 1B Bruce Yari (2-5) each tallied multi-hit games for the ‘Tugas...LF Jhonny First-Half Record 35-30 Santos (3-5, 2 R) ignited Jupiter with a game-high 3 hits...RF Jerar Encarnación (2-6, RBI, 4 SO) and 1B Ángel Reyes (2-4, R, 2B) each posted multi-hit games for the Hammerheads, too...RHP Colton Hock (1.0 IP, 2 H, R, ER, BB, 3 SO) earned his 3rd win in relief despite a blown save...RHP Second-Half Record 12-15 Jeff Lindgren (1.0 IP) tossed a scoreless 10th for his first professional save...LHP Andy Cox (1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, ER, 2 SO) suffered his 2nd defeat... Home Record 25-26 Daytona’s LHP Connor Curlis (4.0 IP, 5 H, R, ER, 2 BB, 5 SO) and Jupiter’s LHP Trevor Rogers (7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 6 SO) each received no-decisions. Away Record 22-19 TONIGHT’S HAMMERHEADS STARTER: In search of a series win, Jupiter is set to give the ball to LHP Braxton Garrett on Wednesday...Con- Current Streak L1 sidered the Marlins’ No. 13 prospect entering the season by Baseball America...Ranked as Miami’s 7th-best farmhand by MLBPipeline.com...The 21-year-old enters the day 2nd in the Florida State League in batting average against (.201), 4th in strikeouts (91), and 5th in WHIP (1.14)...Did Place (FSL North) T-3rd not receive a decision in his last start on Thursday night vs. St. Lucie (6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO)...Received a no-decision in his lone start vs. Daytona on April 15 (4.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO)...Garrett has gotten of to strong second half, hoisting a 2-1 record with a 2.28 ERA (6 Games Ahead/Behind -5.0 ER in 23.2 IP) in 4 starts... Garrett missed the entire 2018 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery in June of 2017...Had completed just 15.1 professional innings prior to this season...Made four starts for Low-A Greensboro in 2017...Went 1-0 with a 2.93 ERA (5 ER in 15.1 IP) and 16 2019 Home Attendance 108,196 strikeouts for the Grasshoppers...Began the 2017 campaign as Miami’s top prospect and the No. 76 prospect in all of baseball according to Baseball America...Selected by the Miami Marlins in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 2016 MLB Draft out of Florence (Ala.) High School...Signed for $4.15 Home Dates (Lost) 48 (2) million...Was the highest drafted prep pitcher out of Alabama since RHP Rick James was taken by the Chicago Cubs with the 6th-overall selection Nightly Average Attendance 2,254 in 1965...Was committed to Vanderbilt University before signing with Miami. Florida State League Rank 2nd PLAYOFF PICTURE: With 45 games remaining in the 2019 regular season, Daytona remains in the thick of the playoff race in the Florida State League North Division...Entering Wednesday’s matchup with Jupiter, the Tortugas hold a 12-15 mark in the season’s second half...They are currently 2019 SECOND HALF FSL STANDINGS tied for 3rd with the Tampa Tarpons and 1.5 games back of the Clearwater Threshers for 2nd place...The Dunedin Blue Jays currently lead the way NORTH SOUTH with a 17-10 mark and are 5 games up on the ‘Tugas...Since Dunedin captured the first-half crown in the North, the playoffs could come down to a wild-card berth given to the team with the second-best overall record in the division...Entering the day, Daytona is 47-45 overall, which is good for 3rd Team W-L GB Team W-L GB place in the overall North Division standings...The Tortugas are 11.0 games behind Dunedin for the best total mark in the division...However, Daytona DUN* 17-10 - CHA 21-5 - trails Clearwater by just 2.0 contests for 2nd place in the total standings...The Fort Myers Miracle were the first-half champions in the South Division, CLR 14-14 3.5 STL 18-10 4.0 while the Charlotte Stone Crabs currently have a 4.0-game lead over the St. Lucie Mets in the 2nd half race...Daytona has not won a second-half crown since the franchise rebranded prior to the 2015 season...The last time the organization emerged on top in the season’s second half was in DBT 12-15 5.0 BRD 14-13 7.5 2014 when they finished 41-27, 3.5 games ahead of the then-Tampa Yankees...The Tortugas have only once earned a wild-card bid to the playoffs... TAM 12-15 5.0 FTM* 13-14 8.5 That came in 2015 when Clearwater won both halves...Daytona was 77-58 overall that season and beat out Tampa by 12.5 games for the playoff spot. LAK 12-16 5.5 JUP 13-14 8.5 TAMING THE TIGERS: Daytona has been utterly dominant against the Lakeland Flying Tigers in 2019...After Sunday’s 6-3 triumph, the Tortugas now FLO 8-19at TNS9.0 atPMB MIS 9-18Overall12.5 hold a perfect 9-0 record against Lakeland this season...Daytona has swept all 3 series they have played from May 9-11 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark, 2015 0-0 2-2 2-2 June 10-12 at Joker Marchant Stadium, and again from July 13-14 at The Jack...One game was cancelled – the final game of the first half – on June SERIES HISTORY 13...As a team, the Tortugas have registered a .293 average (84-287) with 49 runs scored (5.4/g), 31 extra-base hits (3.4/g), and 14 stolen bases 2014 6-4at DBT 1-4at JUP 7-8Overall (1.6/g) against Lakeland...On the mound, Daytona’s pitching has twirled a 2.54 ERA (22 ER in 78.0 IP) and have held the Flying Tigers to a .228 Since2019 ‘10 18-120-1 17-172-4 35-292-5 average (64-281)...Against all 10 other Florida State League opponents, the Tortugas have a .239 team batting average (659-2754) with 324 runs Since ‘05 27-26 27-30 54-56 scored (4.0/g) and a 3.94 ERA (318 ER in 725.2 IP). 2018 5-4 2-4 7-8 Since 2005 51-34 39-46 90-80 INDI-STRUCTABLE: INF Jonathan India has begun to find his rythym at the plate again...The 22-year-old enters Wednesday on a 6-game hitting streak dating back to July 5 at St. Lucie...In his last 25 plate appearances, India has tallied a .333 average (7-21) with a run scored, 2 doubles, an 2019 TEAM COMPARISONS RBI, 3 walks (1 intentional), and 3 stolen bases...During the streak, the Coral Springs, Fla. native has slashed .333/.400/.429 with a .438 BABIP... Going back to July 3 vs. Tampa, India is on an 8-game on-base streak, too...In that slate of contests, the infielder has hit at a .296 clip (8-27) with a TORTUGAS HAMMERHEADS run scored, 3 doubles, 2 RBI, 5 walks (1 IBB), and 3 swipes...In 4 games placed at the leadoff spot, India has gone 5-for-14 at the plate (.357) with a .244 (T-4th) Batting Avg .231 (T-10th) run scored, 2 doubles, an RBI, and 3 stolen bags. 376 (5th) Runs 291 (12th) 752 (2nd) Hits 678 (12th) ANDY’S HIT COLLECTION: OF Andy Sugilio continues to pepper the ball across the diamond for the Tortugas...The 22-year-old had a season-high 137 (5th) Doubles 120 (T-10th) 10-game hitting streak snapped on July 7...Dating back to the beginning of the recent homestand on June 25 vs. Tampa, Sugilio accumulated a .429 average (18-42) with 9 runs scored, a double, a triple, 4 runs batted in, 3 walks, and 2 stolen bases...During that time, Sugilio slashed .429/.467/.500 30 (3rd) Triples 16 (T-8th) with an .967 OPS and a .500 BABIP...The Dominican native has picked up a base-hit in 14-of-his-last-17 games entering Wednesday...In that time, 49 (T-7th) Home Runs 42 (T-10th) he has tallied a .338 average (23-68) with 11 runs scored, a double, 3 triples, 4 RBI, 3 walks, a hit-by-pitch, and 3 stolen bases...Since the beginning 336 (5th) RBI 274 (12th) of May, the Reds’ No.