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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 DAYTONA TORTUGAS (9-4) vs. TAMPA TARPONS (6-7) RHP Ryan Olson (2-0, 3.27) vs. RHP Freicer Perez (0-1, 8.64) Thursday, April 19, 2018 • George M. Steinbrenner Field • Tampa, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #14 • Home Game # 5 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Tampa Tarpons) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch YESTERDAY'S NEWS: The Tarpons pummeled the Tortugas with 15 hits, including four home runs, in a 12-0 win, evening the series…Tampa pitchers logged their league-best third shutout win…RHP Trevor Stephan (W, 1-0) tallied a career-high eight strikeouts over 6.0 scoreless in- ACTIVE ROSTER nings (2H, 2BB)…Isiah Gilliam (2-for-5, HR, 3RBI, R), Angel Aguilar (2-for-3, HR, BB, 2RBI, 2R), Pablo Olivares (3-for-3, HR, BB, 2RBI, 2R) and Bran- 11 Diehl, Phillip .................LHP don Wagner (1-for-4, HR, 3RBI, R) all homered…Thairo Estrada (3-for-5, 2B, RBI, 2R) made his season debut after being activated off the Triple-A disabled list…LHP Trevor Lane (2.0IP, 1H, 2K) and RHP Matt Frawley (1.0IP, 1BB, 1K) completed the shutout. 48 Frawley, Matt ................RHP GILLY GILLY: Isiah Gilliam mashed a two-run home run to right as part of a six-run 3rd-inning on Wednesday, giving him a hit and an RBI in each 12 Green, Nick....................RHP of his last eight games. The 21-year-old is batting .444 (16-for-36) with 6R, 3 doubles, 2HR and 11RBI in that span, including multiple hits in six of his last eight games. 23 Harris, Hobie .................RHP LOAISIGA WINS FSL PITCHER OF THE WEEK: On Monday, RHP Jonathan Loaisiga was named the Florida State League Pitcher of the Week for 8 Kamplain, Justin ............LHP the period of 4/5-15. In that span, the 23-year-old went 2-0 in two starts while keeping his opponents scoreless over 10 innings. Loaisiga struck out 10 batters, scattered six hits and did not surrender a walk. 14 King, Michael ................RHP VS. DAYTONA: This will be the third of 12 scheduled meetings between the Tampa Tarpons and Daytona Tortugas. The season-series is currently 47 Lane, Trevor ..................LHP tied, 1-1. Tampa finished 6-7 vs. Daytona in 2017, including 3-3 at George M. Steinbrenner Field and 3-4 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. 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, 21 Morris, Christian ..........RHP winning Florida State League championships in 1957 and 1961. 37 Perez, Freicer ................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). 22 Rosa, Adonis .................RHP OSBORN RETURNS: Patrick Osborn returns to George M. Steinbrenner Field this sesaon as the first manager of the newly rebranded Tampa 28 Sosebee, David ............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 32 Stephan, Trevor ...........RHP 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. 17 Diaz, Francisco .................. C 2017 RECAP: Last season, the T-Yanks (85-50) set a new franchise record with 85 regular-season wins, surpassing the 1996 Tampa team that 10 Skinner, Keith .................... C finished 84-50. The Yankees also won both halves of the FSL North Division Standings for the first time in franchise history. The pitching staff set the new FSL single-season strikeout record with 1,215. That broke the mark set by the 2010 Charlotte Stone Crabs (1,189 K in 139 games). Tampa 7 Aguilar, Angel .................. INF fell short of the FSL co-championship, falling to the Dunedin Blue Jays, two games to one, in the semifinal. 19 Castillo, Diego ............... INF 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 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, 27 Estrada, Thairo .............. INF June 16th at George M. Steinbrenner Field. For more information, visit TarponsBaseball.com. 26 Lynch, Tim ...................... INF FOR STARTERS: RHP Freicer Perez (0-1, 8.64) will make his third start of the season. Last time out, took the loss at St. Lucie on 4/12 (4.0IP, 8H, 6R/5ER, 2BB, 3K, HR, 86P/53S). 1 Park, Hoy Jun ................... INF 2017: Went 10-3 with a 2.84 ERA (123.2IP, 96H, 53R/39ER, 45BB, 117K, 5HR) in 24 starts with Single-A Charleston…ranked fifth in the South Atlan- 33 Wagner, Brandon ......... INF tic League in opponents' BA (.213) and sixth in ERA…was one of three pitchers in the Yankees organization in 2017 to win at least 10 games and post an ERA under 3.00…compiled a string of 12 straight starts allowing 2R-or-fewer from 5/15-7/27, going 7-1 with a 1.78 ERA (70.2IP, 16R/14ER) 34 Florial, Estevan ............... OF in that span…went 9-0 over 12 starts from 6/14-8/19…posted a 6.14 ERA (22.0IP, 15ER) in his first six outings and a 2.12 ERA (101.2IP, 24ER) in his final 18…in his lone playoff start in G1 of the SAL Semifinals vs. Greenville, tossed 6.0 scoreless innings (4H, 0BB, 9K) in a no-decision. 24 Gilliam, Isiah ................... OF Personal: 22-years-old, 6-8, 240 - Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic…Signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 16 Olivares, Pablo ............... OF 12/15/14…has added 50 pounds since being signed…Ranked as the No. 13 Yankees prospect by Baseball America and the No. 8 Yankees pros- pect by MLB Pipeline. 30 Robinson, Timmy .......... OF UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. DAYTONA (1-1) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Fri., April 20 vs. Clearwater LHP McKenzie Mills (0-1, 4.50) vs. RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (2-0, 0.00) 6:30 p.m. 4/17 6:30 p.m @ Tampa L, 8-2 Sat., April 21 vs. Clearwater RHP Mauricio Llovera (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Michael King (0-1, 2.25) 10:30 a.m. Sun., April 22 vs. Clearwater RHP Sixto Sanchez (0-0, 9.00) vs. RHP Nick Green (2-0, 0.82) 1:00 p.m. 4/18 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 12-0 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS 2018 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE LEADERS 4/19 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa 5/7 7:05 p.m. @ Daytona NORTH 1st Half GB Batting Daytona 9-4 0.0 5/8 7:05 p.m. @ Daytona Dunedin 6-6 2.5 AVG: Robbie Tenerowicz (CHA) .405 Tampa 6-7 3.0 Runs: Joe Dunand (JUP) 14 5/9 10:35 a.m. @ Daytona Florida 5-8 4.0 HR: Darick Hall (CLR)/Andy Young (PMB) 5 RBI: Joe Dunand (JUP) 16 Lakeland 4-9 5.0 8/17 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Stolen Bases: 4 tied at 5 5 Clearwater 3-10 6.0 8/18 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa SOUTH 1st Half GB Pitching 8/19 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa Jupiter 10-3 0.0 Palm Beach 9-4 1.0 Wins: Scooter Hightower (BRD)/Dylan Lee (JUP) 3 8/24 7:05 p.m. @ Daytona Bradenton 8-5 2.0 Saves: 11 tied at 2 2 Strikeouts: Trevor Stephan (TPA) 22 St. Lucie 6-6 3.5 8/25 7:05 p.m. @ Daytona ERA: 3 tied at 0.00 0.00 Fort Myers 6-7 4.0 WHIP: Mike O'Reilly (PMB) 0.60 8/26 5:35 p.m. @ Daytona Charlotte 5-8 5.0 MINOR LEAGUE REPORT TEAM HIGHS/LOWS 2018 RECORDS Triple-A: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders GENERAL (7-6), 3rd in International League North Division. Longest Winning Streak ..................................................1 (4/18) TOTAL HOME ROAD Last: 4/18 at Gwinnett: L, 6-3. Longest Losing Streak ................................................3 (4/10-12) Next: 4/20 vs. Toledo - 6:35 p.m. Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. ......................... 3:20 (4/12 at STL) Overall: ............................... 6-7 ............ 2-2 ...........4-5 Note: Abiatal Avelino (3-for-4, RBI) had the lone multi-hit Longest Game, Time ...................................... 3:20 (4/12 at STL) game; is batting .356 (16-for-45) in 13 games this season. Longest Game, Innings .....................................10 (4/10 at STL) 1st Half: .............................. 6-7 ............ 2-2 ...........4-5 RHP David Hale (L, 0-1) made the start (4.0IP, 12H, 6ER, Shortest Game, Time, 9 inn. .........................2:23 (4/8 vs. LAK) 2nd Half: ............................ 0-0 ............ 0-0 ...........0-0 0BB, 3K). RHPs Brady Lail (2.0IP, 1H, 1BB, 3K), Jonathan Shortest Game, Time .......................2:00 (4/15 at FTM, 7 inn.) Holder (1.0IP, 1K) and Cody Carroll (1.0IP, 1BB) logged Most LOB ................................................................12 (4/10 at STL) scoreless relief outings.