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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 TAMPA TARPONS (0-0, 28-38) @ DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS (0-0, 41-24) RHP Miguel Yajure (3-6, 2.64) vs. RHP T.J. Zeuch (0-0, 0.00) Monday, June 17, 2019 • Jack Russell Memorial Stadium • Clearwater, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #67 • Away Game #32 • Radio: Not Available • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch FSL ALL-STAR GAME RECAP: The South Division shut out the North Division, 2-0, in the Florida State League All-Star Game on Saturday night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. Bradenton's Cal Mitchell doubled and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Fort Myers's Lewin Diaz in ACTIVE ROSTER the 1st. Bradenton's Travis Swaggerty homered off Tampa RHP Braden Bristo (1.0IP, 1H, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, HR) in the 2nd. A pair of Tampa players had 5 Bristo, Braden ......................RHP two of the three hits collected by the North, with 1B Dermis Garcia (1-for-4) snapping a no-hitter with a one-out single in the 7th, and RF Isiah 12 Garcia, Rony.........................RHP Gilliam (1-for-4) lining a one-out single in the 9th. Garcia and Gilliam both started and played all nine innings. Tampa's Jason Lopez (0-for-2, BB) also started and played five innings at catcher. 30 Germán, Frank ....................RHP 14 Harris, Hobie ........................RHP DERMIS DOMINATES DERBY: On Saturday, Dermis Garcia won the Florida State League All-Star Home Run Derby. Entering All-Star Weekend 15 Junk, Janson ........................RHP with a league-high 14 homers, Garcia totaled 25 homers over the three-round competiton. The 21-year-old blasted six in Round 1 and seven in 22 Orozco, Jio ............................RHP Round 2 before smashing a dozen to beat Fort Myers catcher Ryan Jeffers in the final round. 28 Reeves, James ..................... LHP 23 Sears, JP ................................ LHP LAST TIME OUT: Giancarlo Stanton and Isiah Gilliam each homered twice, and RHP Shawn Semple logged six strong innings as the Tampa 16 Semple, Shawn ...................RHP Tarpons clobbered the Fort Myers Miracle, 6-2, on Wednesday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field…Gilliam (2-for-4, 2HR, 3RBI, 2R) opened the 34 Weissert, Greg .....................RHP scoring with a leadoff homer in the 2nd before blasting a two-run homer in the 8th…Stanton (2-for-3, 2HR, 3RBI, 2R) crushed a go-ahead, leadoff 17 Wivinis, Matt ........................RHP homer off the batter's eye in the 3rd and smacked a two-run homer to right in the 5th…Semple (W, 1-1) posted his second quality start of the season, holding the Miracle to 2ER in 6.0IP (6H, 1BB, 5K, WP, 77P/55S)…RHP Braden Bristo (H, 2)(1.2IP, 1H, 1BB, 2K) and RHP Matt Wivinis (SV, 31 Yajure, Miguel .....................RHP 3)(1.1IP, 1H, 3K) logged scoreless outings…Oswaldo Cabrera (2-for-3, BB, R, 2SB) and Angel Aguilar (2-for-3, 2B, R) also had multi-hit games. 25 Zurak, Kyle ...........................RHP 10 Lopez, Jason ..............................C STANTON SMASH: New York Yankees OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton (2-for-3, 2HR, 3RBI, 2R) crushed a pair of home runs while playing seven innings 33 Sands, Donny ............................C in right field in his second game of his rebooted rehab assignment on Wednesday. The 29-year-old had four home runs in three games with the 6 Aguilar, Angel ........................INF Tarpons this season. Stanton was placed on the 10-day injured list on April 1 with a left biceps strain. The Panorama, California native was 2-for-8 3 Cabrera,Oswaldo .................INF with seven walks, four strikeouts and a run scored in three games with New York prior to being sidelined. Stanton originally began a rehab as- 2 Castillo, Diego .......................INF signment with the Tarpons on May 20, going 1-for-3 with a home run and a pair of strikeouts while playing seven innings in right field in Tampa’s 40 Garcia, Dermis ......................INF 9-2 win over the Florida Fire Frogs. Stanton was returned by the Yankees from his original rehab assignment on May 22nd with left calf tightness. 8 Metzgar, David ......................INF 4 Sensley, Steven .....................INF GILLY GILLY!: Not to be outdone by the 2017 National League MVP, OF Isiah Gilliam (2-for-4, 2HR, 3RBI, 2R) matched Giancarlo Stanton with a multi-HR game of his own, smashing his sixth and seventh dingers of the season. It was Gilliam's second-career multi-HR game, and his first since 11 Florial, Estevan.......................OF August 14, 2016 with Rookie-level Pulaski (2-for-2, 2HR, 2BB, 2RBI, 2R). 24 Gilliam, Isiah ...........................OF 9 Hill, Tyler ...................................OF CABRERA STAYS HOT: After going 5-for-8 in the doubleheader on Tuesday, Oswaldo Cabrera (2-for-3, BB, R, 2SB) logged his third-straight multi- 7 Olivares, Pablo .......................OF hit game on Wednesday and is batting .406 (13-for-32) over his last nine games. Since 5/28, the 20-year-old is batting .364 (20-for-55). LAST 10 GAMES (5-5) DERMIS DELIVERS: Dermis Garcia ranks first in the Florida State League in HR (14) and RBI (45), is tied for first in XBH (26), and ranks third in SLG (.514) and Total Bases (107). 6/4 at St. Lucie ......................W, 6-4 6/5 at St. Lucie ........................L, 7-3 BABY BOMBERS: The Tarpons are currently second in the league with 51 home runs, trailing only Fort Myers (53HR). 18 different Tarpons have contributed to the total, led by Dermis Garcia (14HR). 6/6 at St. Lucie ........................L, 5-4 6/7 vs. Florida ........................W, 1-0 RACKING UP THE Ks: Tampa pitchers tallied 10 more strikeouts on Wednesday. Entering today, Tampa's pitching staff ranks third in the Florida 6/8 vs. Florida ........................W, 7-3 State League with 578 strikeouts., trailing Clearwater (656) and Fort Myers (610). 6/9 vs. Florida ........................W, 5-0 STEINBRENNER FIELD REHAB CENTER: Yankees SS Didi Gregorius ("Tommy John" surgery) joined Tampa on May 25, becoming the sixth player 6/10 vs. Fort Myers ................L, 1-0 to rehab with the Tarpons this season. LHP CC Sabathia made a rehab start on April 7th, recovering from offseason heart surgery.3B Miguel 6/11 vs. Fort Myers ............L/7, 6-1 Andújar (right shoulder strain) and SS Troy Tulowitzki (strained left calf) joined the Tarpons on April 30. OF Aaron Hicks (left lower back strain) 6/11 vs. Fort Myers ............L/7, 7-2 joined Tampa on May 6. OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton (left bicepts strain) played a game with the Tarpons on May 20 and rejoined Tampa on June 6/12 vs. Fort Myers ..............W, 6-2 11. Fun Fact: Andújar, Tulowitzki, Stanton and Gregorius have all homered with the Tarpons this season. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. DUNEDIN (1-5) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Tue., June 18 @ Dunedin RHP Frank Germán (3-3, 3.83) vs. RHP Justin (4-1, 4.21) 6:30 p.m. 5/6 6:30 p.m @ Tampa L, 5-3 Wed., June 19 @ Dunedin RHP Jio Orozco (1-1, 4.66) vs. RHP Joey Murray (3-1, 1.49) 6:30 p.m. 5/7 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 4-1 Thu, June 20 @ Bradenton RHP Rony Garcia (0-2, 2.16) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. 5/8 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa L, 1-0 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS TARPONS AT A GLANCE 5/28 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin L, 10-5 5/29 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin L, 4-1 Records NORTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Overall Record: ..............................................................................28-38 5/30 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin L, 12-4 Clearwater 0-0 0.0 36-30 36-30 Place (2nd-Half): ............................................................................ T-1st Daytona 0-0 0.0 35-30 35-30 Games Back (2nd-Half): ..................................................................0.0 6/17 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Home: ..............................................................................................17-18 Dunedin 0-0 0.0 41-24* 41-24 Away: ...............................................................................................11-20 6/18 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Florida 0-0 0.0 25-41 25-41 Last 5: .....................................................................................................2-3 6/19 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Lakeland 0-0 0.0 29-36 29-36 Last 10: ..................................................................................................5-5 Tampa 0-0 0.0 28-38 28-38 Hitting Leaders 7/8 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Batting Average: ..................................................Isiah Gilliam (.275) 7/9 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Runs Scored: ................................Pablo Olivares/Isiah Gilliam (29) SOUTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Home Runs: .......................................................... Dermis Garcia (14) 7/10 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Bradenton 0-0 0.0 36-30 36-30 Runs Batted In: ..................................................... Dermis Garcia (45) Stolen Bases: ............................................................Isiah Gilliam (12) 7/11 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Charlotte 0-0 0.0 35-31 35-31 Pitching Leaders Fort Myers 0-0 0.0 39-27* 39-27 Wins: .................................Miguel Yajure/JP Sears/Frank German (3) 8/16 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin ERA: ........................................................................Miguel Yajure (2.64) Jupiter 0-0 0.0 21-42 21-42 8/17 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Palm Beach 0-0 0.0 35-29 35-29 Strikeouts: ...............................................................Miguel Yajure (56) Saves: .................................................................................Kyle Zurak (5) 8/18 1:00 p.m. @ Dunedin St. Lucie 0-0 0.0 32-34 32-34 WHIP: .....................................................................Miguel Yajure (1.24) TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER #31 MIGUEL YAJURE RHP HT: 6'1 WT: 175 AGE: 21 BORN: May 1, 1998 in Cabimas, Venezuela.