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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 TAMPA TARPONS (23-28, 58-63) at PALM BEACH CARDINALS (26-25, 65-50) RHP Deivi Garcia (0-0, 0.77) vs. RHP Jake Walsh (5-4, 2.30) Wednesday, August 15, 2018 • Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium • Jupiter, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #53/123 • Road Game #28/61 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Palm Beach Cardinals) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST NIGHT: After tallying double-digit hits in three-straight games, the Tarpons were stymied by Palm Beach pitching in a 6-1 loss on Tuesday ACTIVE ROSTER night…RHP Jesus Cruz (W, 5-0) tallied 9K's in 6.0IP (4H, 1ER, 0BB) for the Cardinals…RHP Ramon Santos (2.0IP, 1BB, 1K) and LHP John Kilichowski (1.0IP, 1K) held Tampa hitless for the final three frames…RHP Nick Nelson (L, 6-5) started (5.1IP, 5H, 5R/2ER, 3BB, 6K, WP, 93P/58S)…Ben Ruta (1- 36 Abreu, Albert ................RHP for-4, RBI) drove in the only Tarpons run with an RBI single in the 6th…RHP Hobie Harris logged a scoreless outing (1.2IP, 2H, 2K)…RHP Braden Bristo (1.0IP, 1H, 1R/0ER) allowed an unearned run in the 8th…Tampa committed three fielding errors, resulting in four unearned runs. 47 Bristo, Braden ...............RHP 4 Garcia, Deivi ....................RHP LET'S GO STREAKING: Dom Thompson-Williams (1-for-4, R, SB) extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Over that span, the 23-year-old is bat- ting .381 (16-for-42) with 13 runs scored.In August (13 games), Thompson-Williams is batting .347 (17-for-49) with 3HR, 8RBI and 7BB. 22 Garcia, Rony ..................RHP RUTA'S RAKING: Ben Ruta is batting .378 (37-for-98) with 20RBI and 14 runs scored over his last 26 games. The 24-year-old also leads all Yankees 23 Harris, Hobie .................RHP minor-leaguers with 35 stolen bases. 8 Kamplain, Justin ............LHP GARCIA NAMED FSL PITCHER OF THE WEEK: On Monday, the Florida State League named RHP Deivi Garcia the latest FSL Pitcher of the Week. 17 Lehnen, Dalton ............LHP The 19-year-old tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts over 7.0 perfect innings in a no-decision vs. Clearwater in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Monday, August 6th. Garcia joins RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (April 5th-15th) as Tarpons to have received the award in 2018. 48 Morris, Christian ..........RHP VS. PALM BEACH: Tonight will be the seventh of eight games scheduled between the Tampa Tarpons and Palm Beach Cardinals. The season- 27 Nelson, Nick ..................RHP series is currently tied, 3-3. In four games against the Cardinals, Estevan Florial is batting .438 (7-for-16) with 1R, 6 RBI and 4BB. Dom Thompson- 30 Ort, Kaleb.......................RHP Williams is batting .391 (9-for-23) with 3R, 1 double and 1RBI in five games against Palm Beach. 34 Weissert, Greg ..............RHP 1,000 K CLUB: The Tarpons' pitching staff became the first to reach 1,000 strikeouts in the Florida State League this season. Tampa leads the league in strikeouts, totaling 1,123K entering today. That is 81K more than the team ranked second (Clearwater - 1,042). Tampa is averaging 19 Whitlock, Garrett .........RHP 9.28K-per-game and is on pace for 1,299K, which would crush its own FSL single-season strikeout record set last season with 1,215K. 28 Zurak, Kyle .....................RHP STRIKEOUTS FOR A CAUSE: The Tarpons have partnered with the American Cancer Society. Throughout the month of August, each time a 3 Lopez, Jason ........................ C strikeout is recorded by a Tampa pitcher, money will be raised for cancer research. The Tarpons are asking fans to donate $1.00 for every time a Tampa pitcher strikes out an opposing batter in the 31 games scheduled for August. To donate, fans must visit www.PledgeIt.org/TampaTarpons. 16 Mora, Gabriel .................... C BABY BOMBERS: The Tarpons currently lead the league with 93 home runs. No other team has more than 88. 7 Aguilar, Angel .................. INF 10 Barrios, Daniel ............... INF FOR STARTERS: RHP Deivi Garcia (0-0, 0.77) will make his third start with Tampa…Last time out, took a no-decision despite throwing 7.0 perfect innings (12K, 82P/56S) in Game 2 of a doubleheader vs. Clearwater on 8/6…Made his season debut by starting for Tampa on 6/5 vs. St. 2 Castillo, Diego ................. INF Lucie (4.2IP, 2H, 2R/1ER, 3BB, 7K, 1HB, 83P/50S)…Has spent most of his season with Single-A Charleston, going 2-4 with a 3.76 ERA (40.2IP, 31H, 19R/17ER, 10BB, 63K, 5HR, 6HB) in eight starts…Tallied a career-high 12K in 6.0 shutout IP (2H, 0BB, 1HB, 96P/62S) in a win vs. Augusta on 7/25. 1 Park, Hoy Jun ................... INF 2017: Combined with the DSL Yankees, the GCL Yankees West and Rookie-level Pulaski to go 6-2 with a 3.30 ERA (60.0IP, 42H, 23R/22ER, 19BB, 5 Sensley, Steven ............... INF 85K, 7HR) in 13 games (10 starts)…held opponents to a .202 (42-for-208) BA…started the season with the DSL Yankees, going 1-1 with a 1.17 11 Florial, Estevan ............... OF ERA (15.1IP, 10H, 3R/2ER, 2BB, 18K, 1HR) in three starts…was transferred to the GCL Yankees West on 6/26 and went 3-0 with a 3.24 ERA (16.2IP, 9H, 6ER, 4BB, 24K, 3HR) in four games (two starts)…was promoted to Pulaski on 7/24 and went 2-1 with a 4.50 ERA (28.0IP, 23H, 14ER, 13BB, 43K, 24 Gilliam, Isiah ................... OF 3HR) in six games (five starts). 6 Ruta, Ben ............................ OF Personal: 19-years-old, 5-9, 163 - Bonao, Dominican Republic…Signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 7/2/15…Ranked as the No. 21 Thompson-Williams, Dom ....OF 14 Yankees prospect by Baseball America and the No. 12 Yankees prospect by MLB Pipeline. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. PALM BEACH (3-3) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Thur., Aug. 16 at Palm Beach RHP Albert Abreu (3-3, 4.30) vs. RHP Evan Guillory (1-3, 7.81) 6:30 p.m. 7/26 6:30 p.m @ Tampa W, 6-4 Fri., Aug. 17 vs. Daytona TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. Sat., Aug. 18 vs. Daytona TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. 7/27 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa L, 12-11 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS 2018 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE LEADERS NORTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Batting 7/28 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 8-5 Clearwater 33-18 0.0 32-36 65-54 AVG: Ivan Castillo (DUN) .305 Dunedin 30-22 3.5 31-37 61-59 Hits: Joshua Palacios (DUN) 127 7/29 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa W, 1-0 Lakeland 28-21 4.0 36-34 64-54 Runs: Jared Oliva (BRD) 72 X-Daytona 24-27 9.0 37-29 61-56 HR: Ibandel Isabel (DBT) 30 RBI: Joshua Palacios (DUN) 67 Tampa 23-28 10.0 35-35 58-63 Stolen Bases: Derek Hill (LAK) 35 8/13 6:30 p.m. @ Palm Beach L/10, 7-6 Florida 17-31 14.5 29-37 46-68 Base On Balls: Hoy Jun Park (TAM) 61 SOUTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Pitching 8/14 6:30 p.m. @ Palm Beach L, 6-1 Charlotte 31-19 0.0 34-33 65-52 Wins: Scott Moss (DBT) 14 Fort Myers 30-21 1.5 28-40 58-61 Saves: Joel Kuhnel (DBT) 15 X-Palm Beach 26-25 5.5 39-25 65-50 Strikeouts: Patrick Murphy (DUN) 120 8/15 6:30 p.m. @ Palm Beach ERA: Spenser Watkins (LAK) 2.31 Jupiter 22-26 8.0 41-28 63-54 WHIP: Ian Anderson (FLO) 1.13 St. Lucie 21-29 10.0 27-40 48-69 AVG: Ian Anderson (FLO) .198 Bradenton 15-33 15.0 35-30 50-63 8/16 6:30 p.m. @ Palm Beach MINOR LEAGUE REPORT TEAM HIGHS/LOWS 2018 RECORDS Triple-A: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders GENERAL (61-56), 2nd in International League North Division. Longest Winning Streak ............................................5 (4/22-26) TOTAL HOME ROAD Last: 8/14 DH vs. Indianapolis: W/5, 7-3|PPD Longest Losing Streak .....................................................8 (8/2-8) Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. ......................... 3:23 (8/4 vs. LKD) Next: 8/15 DH vs. Indianapolis - 5:05 p.m. Overall: .............................58-63 ........31-31 .......27-32 Notes: Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheadr was completed in five Longest Game, Time ...................................... 3:23 (8/4 vs. LKD) innings due to rain. Game 2 was postponed till today. Longest Game, Innings ................... 11, 2x (last: 6/22 vs. JUP) 1st Half: ............................35-35 ........21-16 .......14-19 Game 1: RailRiders score seven runs in the 5th for a comeback win. Shortest Game, Time, 9 inn. ........................1:54 (7/11 at JUP) 2nd Half: ..........................23-28 ........10-15 .......13-13 RHP Erik Swanson (W, 2-2) started (5.0IP, 4H, 3ER, 2BB, 7K, HR, HB). Shortest Game, Time ........................ 1:10 (7/6 at LAK - 5 inn.) Wilkin Castillo (2-for-2, RBI, R) and Tyler Wade (1-for-3, RBI, R) hit Most LOB ............................................. 12, 6x (last: 7/19 at DUN) back-to-back RBI singles in the 5th.