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 Monday, August 12, 2019 | 7:05 p.m. ET | Jackie Robinson Ballpark | Daytona Beach, Fla. | Game #118 | Home Game #60 Daytona Tortugas (22-30, 57-60) Charlotte Stone Crabs (37-15, 72-46) RHP Mac Sceroler (4-3, 3.91) LHP Michael Plassmeyer (6-2, 2.44) LAST TIME OUT: Daytona snapped a 3-game losing streak on Sunday afternoon, as the Tortugas defeated the St. Lucie Mets, 7-4, at First Data Field... Game was called after 7 innings and a 30-minute delay due to torrential rain and field conditions...Tortugas took the lead for good in the top of the 4th on a 2019 AT A GLANCE sacrifice fly by 2BAlejo López (1-1, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB)...CF Andy Sugilio (1-4, R, HR, 3 RBI) added a 3-run blast in the 6th...LF Drew Mount (3-3, R, RBI) Overall Record 57-60 collected a season-high 3 hits, while RF Lorenzo Cedrola (2-4, R) also accrued a multi-hit game...DH Wagner Lagrange (2-4, R, 2B, RBI, SO) and LF Blake Tiberi (2-2, 2B, RBI, 2 BB) each garnered multi-hit performances for St. Lucie...RHP Aaron Fossas (6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO) tossed his First-Half Record 35-30 3rd-straight quality start for Daytona and earned his 1st Florida State League win of the year...Mets RHP Kyle Wilson (3.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 2 SO) Second-Half Record 22-30 failed to make it out of the 4th and took his 8th defeat in his 1st start back off the injured list...Mets manager Chad Kreuter was ejected in the bottom of Home Record 28-31 the 6th for arguing about a non-balk call by HP umpire Jude Koury...Mets SS Cody Bohanek and Tortugas RHP Julio Pinto were ejected in the top of the 7th after a benches-clearing incident. Away Record 29-29 Current Streak W1 TONIGHT’S STONE CRABS STARTER: Charlotte is scheduled to give the ball to LHP Michael Plassmeyer in the series opener on Monday night...Did not receive a decision in his last start on Tuesday night vs. Bradenton (5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, BB, 6 SO)...Named Florida State League Pitcher of the Week after punching out a career-high 9 on July 30 at Bradenton (7.0 IP, 4 H, 9 SO)...Took a no-decision in his lone start vs. Daytona on May 14 (4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 Place (FSL North) 5th R, 3 ER, BB, 3 SO)...Plassmeyer was transferred from Low-A Bowling Green on May 8...Composed a 2-1 record with a 1.23 ERA (4 ER in 29.1 IP) Games Ahead/Behind -5.5 and 32 strikeouts in 5 starts for the Hot Rods...Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays from the Seattle Mariners with C Mike Zunino and OF Guillermo Heredia in exchangefor OF Mallex Smith and OF Jake Fraley on November 8, 2018...Spent his first pro season with Short-Season Everett in 2018... Named a Northwest League Mid-Season All-Star after tallying an 0-1 mark with a 2.25 ERA (6 ER in 24.0 IP) and 44 K’s in 13 appearance (12 starts) for 2019 Home Attendance 121,747 the Aqua Sox...Selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of the University of Missouri...Signed for $425,000. Home Dates (Lost) 56 (2) FLOATING AWAY: Daytona’s series finale in St. Lucie on Sunday afternoon was cut short due to torrential rain and unplayable field conditions...The Nightly Average Attendance 2,174 Tortugas were granted a 7-4 victory after 7 innings...The rain-shortened victory was Daytona’s first game in 2019 to be halted before playing 9 Florida State League Rank 2nd innings due to weather...The last time Daytona had a game halted before 9-full frames could be completed in a non-doubleheader contest was in a 12-1 loss at Lakeland on August 16, 2018...That contest was cut short after 4 1/2 innings due to rain...The Tortugas had not won a game of that nature since they defeated the Charlotte Stone Crabs at The Jack, 2-1, on April 9, 2018...That contest was put to a stop due to rain with 1 out in the bottom of the 6th. 2019 SECOND HALF FSL STANDINGS NORTH SOUTH SWIPER NO SWEEPING: The Tortugas avoided being swept for the 4th time this season on Sunday afternoon with a 7-4 win at St. Lucie in a Team W-L GB Team W-L GB 7-inning, rain-shortened ballgame...Daytona has not been swept since they dropped all 3 games for the just 3rd time this season at Jupiter from July 30-August 1...Daytona was also swept for from July 4-7 at First Data Field and had not been swept at all until they dropped all 3 affairs to the Dunedin DUN* 27-24 - CHA 37-15 - Blue Jays at Jackie Robinson Ballpark from June 28-30...Prior to that, the ‘Tugas hadn’t been swept in a series of 3+ games at home since they dropped LAK 25-26 2.0 STL 34-18 3.0 4 in-a-row to Lakeland from July 7-10, 2017....Daytona is 4-3 in 7 games when they have the potential to be swept (36-32)...The Tortugas themselves have completed 6 sweeps this season. TAM 24-26 2.5 BRD 27-24 9.5 CLR 24-29 4.0 FTM* 26-25 10.5 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 DBT 22-30 5.5 JUP 25-27 12.0 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 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 FLO 20-32at TNS7.5 atPMB MIS 18-33Overall18.5 .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 2015 0-0 2-2 2-2 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 SERIES HISTORY 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 2014 6-4at DBT 1-4at CHA 7-8Overall 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 Since2019 ‘10 18-120-0 17-172-2 35-292-2 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 Since ‘05 27-26 27-30 54-56 MLB Draft out of Miami Dade College (Fla.). 2018 4-0 3-1 7-1 Since 2009 19-20 17-19-1 36-39-1 ONE-TWO STEP: The Tortugas have played a plethora of tight games throughout the course of the 2019 season...Coming into Monday’s showdown, Daytona has played in 45 1-run games during the campaign (38.5%)...In those contests, the Tortugas are nearly even, accumulating a 23-22 record... 2019 TEAM COMPARISONS 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 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 TORTUGAS STONE CRABS 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 .247 (T-2nd) Batting Avg .249 (1st) games that have been decided by exactly 2 runs (14-7)...Overall, 56.4% (66-of-117) of Daytona’s games this season have been decided by 2-runs-or-less. 467 (5th) Runs 497 (2nd) 964 (1st) Hits 954 (2nd) FOUR SQUARE: Daytona’s lucky number on offense this season has been 4...Entering Monday’s ballgame, when the Tortugas score 4-or-more runs in a contest they hold an impressive 49-15 record (.766)...However, when opposing pitching holds them to 3-or-fewer tallies, Daytona’s team record 162 (7th) Doubles 178 (6th) dips to 8-45 (.151)...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 36 (2nd) Triples 35 (3rd) 3 runs since a 2-1 win in Fort Myers on July 9...The Tortugas had not lost when scoring that many in a single game since an 8-7 loss at Tampa on July 60 (9th) Home Runs 63 (5th) 22...Prior to Sunday’s 7-4 win over St.