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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 FORT MYERS MIRACLE (10-13) vs. TAMPA TARPONS (14-10) LHP Anthony Marzi (1-0, 1.93) vs. RHP Trevor Stephan (1-0, 1.66) Tuesday, May 1, 2018 • George M. Steinbrenner Field • Tampa, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #25 • Home Game # 13 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Tampa Tarpons) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST TIME: The Tarpons tallied a season-high 16 hits, including three home runs, in a 9-5 win over the Charlotte Stone Crabs in the series-finale on Sunday afternoon…Tampa won the series, 3-1, and has now won seven of its last eight games …RHP Albert Abreu was activated off the dis- ACTIVE ROSTER abled list and made the start in his season debut (3.2IP, 2H, 1ER, 0BB, 3K)…Clint Frazier (2-for-4, HR, HBP, RBI, 2R) hit a go-ahead, solo homer in the 36 Abreu, Albert ................RHP 5th in his final rehab game with Tampa…Adam Lind (3-for-5, HR, 2RBI, 2R) is batting .588 (10-for-17) with 6RBI in five games with the Tarpons… Isiah Gilliam (2-for-4, HR, 2RBI, R) clubbed his third homer…Estevan Florial (3-for-5, 2R), Brandon Wagner (2-for-3, 2B, BB, 2RBI, R) and Diego 11 Diehl, Phillip .................LHP Castillo (2-for-4, R) also had multi-hit games…RHP Adonis Rosa (W, 3-1) got the win in relief (5.1IP, 12H, 4ER, 1BB, 5K). 48 Frawley, Matt ................RHP WALK THIS WAY: After adding another walk on Saturday, Hoy Jun Park leads the Florida State League with 18 walks. The 22-year-old is also a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts. 12 Green, Nick....................RHP LIND JOINS TARPONS: Last week, INF Adam Lind joined the Tarpons from Extended Spring Training. The former big leaguer signed a minor 9 Hodson, Chase ...............RHP league contract with the New York Yankees on 4/18. Lind, 34, elected free agency after playing with the Washington Nationals in 2017. The slug- ger owns 200 MLB homers while playing nine seasons with Toronto (2006-14) and one each with Milwaukee (2015, Seattle (2016 and Washington 8 Kamplain, Justin ............LHP (2017). So far, Lind is btting .588/.632/.824 (10-for-17) with 5R, 1 double, 1HR, 6RBI and 2BB. 14 King, Michael ................RHP VS. FORT MYERS: This will be the fourth of 12 scheduled meetings between the Tampa Tarpons and Fort Myers Miracle. Tampa currently leads the season-series, 2-1. Tampa finished 11-6 vs. Fort Myers in 2017, including 5-4 at George M. Steinbrenner Field and 6-2 at Hammond Stadium. 47 Lane, Trevor ..................LHP 22 Loaisiga, Jonathan .....RHP SPLASH FROM THE PAST: The Tampa Tarpons are back for the first time since 1987. Over the offseason, the Tampa Yankees rebranded by becoming the Tarpons. The original Tampa Tarpons played baseball at Al Lopez Park (current site of Raymond James Stadium) from 1957-1987, 37 Perez, Freicer ................RHP winning Florida State League championships in 1957 and 1961. 22 Rosa, Adonis .................RHP TOP PROSPECTS: Tampa's opening day roster includes five names on the Baseball America Top-30 Yankees Prospects List: OF Estevan Florial (2), RHP Freicer Perez (13), RHP Trevor Stephan (18), RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (25) and INF Diego Castillo (28). 28 Sosebee, David ............RHP OSBORN RETURNS: Patrick Osborn returns to George M. Steinbrenner Field this season as the first manager of the newly rebranded Tampa 32 Stephan, Trevor ...........RHP Tarpons. Osborn managed the T-Yanks in 2016, winning the Florida State League Manager of the Year award after leading Tampa to its first postseason birth since 2010. Last season, Ozzy led the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs to the playoffs, extending his personal postseason streak 17 Diaz, Francisco .................. C to seven-straight seasons: 2015 short-season, Single-A Staten Island, 2014 Gulf Coast League Yankees 2 and 2011-13 Atlantic League Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. 10 Skinner, Keith .................... C TARPONS TO HOST 2018 FSL ALL-STAR GAME: For the first time in franchise history, Tampa will play host to the Florida State League All-Star 7 Aguilar, Angel .................. INF Game. Neither the original Tarpons nor the Tampa Yankees had ever hosted the event. The 2018 FSL All-Star Game will be played on Saturday, June 16th at George M. Steinbrenner Field. For more information, visit TarponsBaseball.com. 2 Castillo, Diego ................. INF FOR STARTERS: RHP Trevor Stephan (1-0, 1.66) will make his fifth start of the season. Last time out, took a no-decision at Bradenton on 4/24 23 Lind, Adam ..................... INF (5.2IP, 4H, 2ER, 1BB, 6K, 3HB, HR, 89P/55S)…second game in which he has hit three batters (4/5 at Lakeland). 26 Lynch, Tim ...................... INF 2017: Made his professional debut, going 1-1 with a 1.31 ERA (34.1IP, 20H, 7R/5ER, 6BB, 44K) in 11 games (10 starts) while primarily pitching for short-season, Single-A Staten Island and making one start for the GCL Yankees East…logged an 11.53 K/9.0IP ratio…made his first career start 1 Park, Hoy Jun ................... INF on 6/28 at the GCL Tigers, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings (1K)…allowed earned runs in just 3-of-11 appearances…tossed 4.0 hitless innings three 33 Wagner, Brandon ......... INF times…in his lone relief effort, recorded a career-high 7K in 4.0IP and did not allow a base runner. 34 Florial, Estevan ............... OF Personal: 22-years-old, 6-5, 225 - Austin, Texas…Selected by the Yankees in the third round in 2017 out of the University of Arkansas…Last name is pronounced "STEFF-in"…Played one season at Arkansas (2017), going 6-3 with a 2.87 ERA (91.0IP, 73H, 35R/29ER, 20BB, 120K) in 16 24 Gilliam, Isiah ................... OF starts…had the third-highest single-season strikeout total in Razorbacks history…pitched two sesaons at Hill College (Tex.), earning NTJICAC All-Conference First Team honors as a sophomore in 2016…graduated from Magnolia West H.S. (Tex.) in 2014…was selected by Boston in the 18 Palma, Alexander .......... OF 18th round in 2016 but did not sign…Ranked as the No. 18 Yankees prospect by Baseball America and the No. 15 Yankees prospect by MLB Pipeline. 30 Robinson, Timmy .......... OF UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. FORT MYERS (2-1) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Wed., May 2 vs. Fort Myers RHP Tyler Wells (2-1, 3.63) vs. RHP Freicer Perez (0-2, 7.27) 6:30 p.m. 4/13 7:00 p.m @ Fort Myers W, 4-0 Thur., May 3 vs. Fort Myers LHP Charlie Barnes (0-2, 4.24) vs. RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (3-0, 1.35) 6:30 p.m. Fri., May 4 at Florida RHP Michael King (0-2, 2.70) vs. LHP Tucker Davidson (0-4, 9.17) 6:31 p.m. 4/14 6:00 p.m. @ Fort Myers L, 5-4 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS 2018 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE LEADERS 4/15 4:00 p.m. @ Fort Myers W/7, 6-1 5/1 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa NORTH 1st Half GB Batting Daytona 16-8 0.0 AVG: Nathaniel Lowe (CHA) .393 5/2 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Tampa 14-10 2.0 Hits: Nathaniel Lowe (CHA) 35 Lakeland 11-13 5.0 Runs: 3 tied at 19 19 5/3 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Dunedin 9-14 6.5 HR: Darick Hall (CLW) 8 RBI: Joe Dunand (JUP) 28 Clearwater 9-15 7.0 6/18 7:00 p.m. @ Fort Myers Stolen Bases: 4 tied at 7 7 Florida 8-16 8.0 Base On Balls: Hoy Jun Park (TPA) 18 6/19 7:00 p.m. @ Fort Myers SOUTH 1st Half GB Pitching 6/29 12:00 p.m. @ Fort Myers Jupiter 18-6 0.0 Wins: 3 tied at 4 4 Bradenton 13-11 5.0 Saves: Lukas Schiraldi (JUP) 5 6/26 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Palm Beach 13-11 5.0 Strikeouts: Ryan Olson (DBT) 30 ERA: Bryse Wilson (FLO) 0.45 6/27 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Charlotte 11-13 7.0 WHIP: Trevor Stephan (TPA) 0.74 Fort Myers 10-13 7.0 AVG: Trevor Stephan (TPA) .160 6/28 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa St. Lucie 10-13 7.5 MINOR LEAGUE REPORT TEAM HIGHS/LOWS 2018 RECORDS Triple-A: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders GENERAL (10-13), 6th in International League North Division. Longest Winning Streak ............................................5 (4/22-26) TOTAL HOME ROAD Last: 4/30 vs. Buffalo: L, 6-2. Longest Losing Streak ................................................3 (4/10-12) Next: 5/1 vs. Buffalo - 6:35 p.m. Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. ......................... 3:20 (4/12 at STL) Overall: .............................14-10 .......... 7-5 ...........7-5 Note: LHP Josh Rogers (L, 2-2) made a quality start (6.0IP, Longest Game, Time ...................................... 3:20 (4/12 at STL) 7H, 5R/2ER, 2BB, 4K, HR). Tyler Wade (2-for-4, 2B, BB, RBI) Longest Game, Innings .....................................10 (4/10 at STL) 1st Half: ............................14-10 .......... 7-5 ...........7-5 and Cody Asche (2-for-4) had multi-hit games. Brandon Shortest Game, Time, 9 inn. .....................2:04 (4/22 vs. CLW) 2nd Half: ............................ 0-0 ............ 0-0 ...........0-0 Drury (1-for-3, R) played in his 5th rehab game.