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 Saturday, August 10, 2019 | 6:30 p.m. ET | First Data Field | Port St. Lucie, Fla. | Game #116 | Road Game #57 Daytona Tortugas (21-29, 56-59) St. Lucie Mets (33-17, 65-51) RHP Ryan Lillie (2-6, 3.39) RHP Tylor Megill (2-2, 4.35) LAST TIME OUT: The Mets took their 2nd-straight game to open up the series, as St. Lucie defeated the Daytona Tortugas, 6-2, on Friday night at First Data Field...SS Cody Bohanek (2-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 SO) clobbered a solo shot to left for the Mets in the 3rd, while 3B Blake Tiberi (2-3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2019 AT A GLANCE BB) added a go-ahead, 2-run blast to right in the 5th...1B Jeremy Vásquez (2-4, R, RBI) and CF Jacob Zanon (3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, SO) each added multi-hit Overall Record 56-59 performances for St. Lucie...2B Alejo López (2-4, R) collected a game-high 2 hits for Daytona, while SS José García (1-4, 2B, RBI, SO) drove in a run with his Florida State League-leading 30th double...RHP Joe Cavallaro (5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, BB, 3 SO) surrendered just 1 earned run, accumulating his First-Half Record 35-30 6th win of the year...RHP Jared Solomon (5.0 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, BB, 5 SO) punched out 5 for the Tortugas, yet was saddled with his 7th defeat. Second-Half Record 21-29 TONIGHT’S METS STARTER: St. Lucie is set to hand the ball to RHP Tylor Megill in the 3rd game of the series on Saturday...Entered the 2019 season Home Record 28-31 ranked as New York’s No. 27 prospect by Baseball America...The 24-year-old earned his 2nd-straight victory – striking out a career-high 10 – in his last start Away Record 28-28 vs. Fort Myers on Monday night (5.1 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 10 SO)...Transferred from Low-A Columbia on July 19...Placed on the Mets’ temporary inactive list on July 21 and activated July 25...Made 14 appearances (3 starts) for the Fireflies, tallying a 3-2 record with a 2.61 ERA (9 ER in 31.0 IP), 2 saves, Current Streak L2 and 41 strikeouts...Spent his 1st professional season with Short-Season Brooklyn in 2018...Accrued a 1-2 mark with a 3.21 ERA (10 ER in 28.0 IP) and 36 strikeouts in 10 outings (2 starts) for the Cyclones...Selected by the New York Mets in the 8th round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of the University of Arizona...Signed for $50,000...Started his college career at Loyola Marymount University and transferred to Cypress (Calif.) J.C. before attending Place (FSL North) 5th Arizona...Brother, Trevor, pitches for Triple-A El Paso in the San Diego Padres’ organization...Played travel baseball as a teen with tonight’s Daytona Games Ahead/Behind -4.5 starter RHP Ryan Lillie. BROTHERLY LOVE: St. Lucie Mets 1B Jeremy Vásquez has a familial connection to the Daytona Tortugas...His older brother, James, is a former 2019 Home Attendance 121,747 Tortuga and spent 3 seasons as a member of the Cincinnati Reds’ organization...As a 24-year-old with Daytona in 2017, the elder Vásquez appeared Home Dates (Lost) 56 (2) in 64 games after joining the team on June 22...He registered a .274 average (62-226) with 23 runs scored, 14 doubles, 5 home runs, and 33 RBI...The left-handed swinger also slashed .274/.349/.403...James had been selected by Cincinnati in the 25th round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of the University Nightly Average Attendance 2,174 of Central Florida...In that initial season, Vásquez was the Arizona League MVP, an AZL Post-Season All-Star, the AZL Player of the Month, and Florida State League Rank 2nd was deemed a Reds’ Organizational All-Star by MiLB.com...He tallied a .359/.415/.669 slashline with 23 extra-base knocks, 9 home runs, and 36 RBI in 42 games...A part of the same Reds’ draft class that featured current Tortugas: RHP Austin Orewiler, INF Alejo López, and RHP Connor Bennett. 2019 SECOND HALF FSL STANDINGS REY OF LIGHT: The Daytona Tortugas made a pair of roster moves prior to Thursday’s series opener in St. Lucie...The Tortugas added OF/IF Brian Rey from Low-A Dayton and transferred IF Yonathan Mendoza to Double-A Chattanooga...Rey is a native of Deltona, Fla. and grew up roughly 34 minutes NORTH SOUTH and 26.0 miles southwest of Jackie Robinson Ballpark...In 66 games for the Dragons, the 21-year-old slashed .281/.326/.464...Overall, Rey was a Team W-L GB Team W-L GB .281 hitter (66-236) with 31 runs scored, 16 doubles, 9 home runs, and 40 RBI...The versatile player did not join Dayton until May 16 from extended spring training...From the time of his arrival until his departure, Rey ranked 6th in the Midwest League in slugging (.468) and RBI (40)...He was also tied for 8th DUN* 25-24 - CHA 35-15 - in extra-base hits (25) and total bases (108), 9th in OPS (.795), and 10th in batting average (.281)...Throughout the course of the season, Rey left Dayton TAM 24-24 0.5 STL 33-17 2.0 with teh 2nd-most home runs (9) on the team...Also was 3rd in extra-base hits (25) and 3rd in doubles (16)...On July 27 at Fort Wayne, the 21-year-old set a Dayton franchise record with 8 RBI (3-5, 3 R, 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 2 SO)...Rey was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 13th round of the 2018 MLB LAK 23-26 2.0 BRD 27-22 7.5 Draft out of Miami Dade College (Fla.)...Mendoza appeared in 80 games for Daytona in 2019...The 25-year-old slashed .237/.303/.297 with a .237 average CLR 23-28 3.0 JUP 25-25 10.0 (66-279), 34 runs scored, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, and 25 RBI. DBT 21-29 4.5 FTM* 24-25 10.5 ONE-TWO STEP: The Tortugas have played a plethora of tight games throughout the course of the 2019 season...Coming into Saturday’s showdown, FLO 20-30at TNS5.5 atPMB MIS 17-32Overall17.5 Daytona has played in 45 1-run games during the campaign (39.1%)...In those contests, the Tortugas are nearly even, accumulating a 23-22 record... As expected, Daytona is 15-10 in 1-run contests at home and 8-12 on the road...In 2018, the ‘Tugas battled in 41 contests decided by a run and went 2015 0-0 SERIES 2-2HISTORY 2-2 21-20...The 45 affairs determined by a tally are the most Daytona has played in a single-season since they rebranded prior to the 2015 campaign...Only in 2014 6-4 1-4 7-8 2006 has the Daytona franchise played more 1-run ballgames when they embarked in 48 of them (27-21)...The Tortugas have also contested in 21 at DBT at STL Overall games that have been decided by exactly 2 runs (14-7)...Overall, 57.4% (66-of-115) of Daytona’s games this season have been decided by 2-runs-or-less. Since2019 ‘10 18-121-2 17-170-6 35-291-8 Since ‘05 27-26 27-30 54-56 FOUR SQUARE: Daytona’s lucky number on offense this season has been 4...Entering Saturday’s ballgame, when the Tortugas score 4-or-more 2018 1-4 4-5 5-9 runs in a contest they hold an impressive 48-15 record (.762)...However, when opposing pitching holds them to 3-or-fewer tallies, Daytona’s team Since 2005 40-39 38-52 78-91 record dips to 8-44 (.154)...Wednesday’s 3-2 walk-off win over Florida was the first time the Tortugas had won a 9-inning contest when scoring less than 3 runs since a 2-1 win in Fort Myers on July 9...Sunday’s 5-4 defeat against St. Lucie snapped a 5-game win streak when scoring 4+ runs... 2019 TEAM COMPARISONS The Tortugas had not lost when scoring that many in a single game since an 8-7 loss at Tampa on July 22. TORTUGAS METS PLAYOFF PICTURE: With 22 games remaining in the 2019 regular season, Daytona remains in the thick of the playoff race in the Florida State League .247 (T-2nd) Batting Avg .247 (T-2nd) North Division...Entering Saturday’s battle with St. Lucie, the Tortugas hold a 21-29 mark in the season’s second half...They are currently 5th in the North 459 (5th) Runs 474 (3rd) Division and are 4.5-games behind the Dunedin Blue Jays for 1st place...Since Dunedin captured the 1st-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 should the Blue Jays take the 2nd-half title...Entering 947 (1st) Hits 907 (4th) the day, Daytona is 56-59 overall, which has them 2.0-games behind the Clearwater Threshers (59-58) for 2nd place in the overall North Division 162 (7th) Doubles 177 (5th) standings...Dunedin is a half-game behind Tampa for 1st in the 2nd half and the Tortugas are 9.5 games behind Dunedin for the best total mark in the division...The Fort Myers Miracle were the first-half champions in the South Division, while the Charlotte Stone Crabs currently have a 2.0-game lead over 36 (2nd) Triples 25 (6th) the St.