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 Tuesday, June 18, 2019 | 7:05 p.m. ET | Jackie Robinson Ballpark | Daytona Beach, Fla. | Game #67 | Home Game #37 Daytona Tortugas (1-0, 36-30) Florida Fire Frogs (0-1, 25-42) LHP Wennington Romero (0-0, 3.68) RHP Nolan Kingham (3-5, 5.12) LAST TIME OUT: Daytona earned their fourth-straight victory on Monday night, opening the second half with a 6-4 win over the Florida Fire Frogs in front of 2,674 fans at Jackie Robinson Ballpark...The Tortugas broke it open in the 3rd inning on back-to-back 2-run doubles by CF Stuart Fairchild (2-4, R, 2 2019 AT A GLANCE 2B, 2 RBI) and 1B Bruce Yari (1-2, R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SO)...RF Andy Sugilio (2-3, 2 R, BB) reached base 4 times on 2 infield singles, a walk, and a hit- by-pitch...C Hendrik Clementina (2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 SO) added a pair of knocks, as well...1B Drew Lugbauer (2-4, R, HR, RBI, SO) led Florida’s offense with Overall Record 36-30 a team-best two hits, including a solo home run in the 8th...3B Kevin Josephina (1-3, R, HR, RBI, BB) added a solo home run to right-center in the 7th... First-Half Record 35-30 RHP Clate Schmidt (1.2 IP, H, 2 R, ER, 2 BB, 4 SO) struck out a season-high 4 en route to his first win in the Reds’ organization...LHPAndy Cox (1.0 IP, BB, 3 SO) struck out the side in the 9th to earn his 4th save in Daytona...Florida’s RHP Matt Hartman (5.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO) suffered his 2nd Second-Half Record 1-0 defeat...RHP Ryan Lillie (4.0+ IP, 2 H, 3 SO) took a no-decision after exiting with an apparent hand injury with 1 on and nobody out in the top of the 5th. Home Record 17-19 TONIGHT’S FIRE FROGS STARTER: Florida is expected to hand the ball to RHP Nolan Kingham for game two of the series on Tuesday night...Suffered Away Record 19-11 his second-straight defeat last Tuesday afternoon in game one of a doubleheader vs. Dunedin (6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, BB, 3 SO)...Suffered the loss vs. Current Streak W4 Daytona in his Florida State League debut in game one of a twinbill on April 20 (4.1 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, BB, 5 SO)...Has thrown 2 complete game shutouts on May 1 vs. Lakeland (9.0 IP, 3 H, 5 SO) and May 31 vs. Palm Beach (9.0 IP, 2 H, BB, 4 SO)...The 22-year-old has struggled mightily away from Kissim- mee...In 5 home starts, holds a 2-2 record with a 2.76 ERA (10 ER in 32.2 IP) and 20 K’s...Has posted a 1-3 clip and a 8.17 ERA (23 ER in 25.1 IP) with 18 punchouts in 5 road starts...Transferred to Florida from Low-A Rome on April 19... In 3 starts with the R-Braves, Kingham collected a 1-1 record with a Place (FSL North) T-1st 0.56 ERA (1 ER in 16.0 IP) and seven strikeouts...Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 12th round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of the University of Texas... Games Ahead/Behind +0.5 Signed for $150,000... Selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 39th round of the 2015 MLB Draft out of Desert Oasis High School (Enterprise, Nev.), but did not sign...Older brother, Nick, is a pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. 2019 Home Attendance 76,602 FRESH START: After missing out on clinching a playoff berth in the first half, the Tortugas will begin a new push to the postseason, as the second half got underway on Monday evening...With the All-Star Game serving as the halfway point for the Florida State League in 2019, Daytona will play 73 games in Home Dates (Lost) 35 (1) the season’s second leg...38 of those contests will be at Jackie Robinson Ballpark and 35 will be in visiting ballparks...In 5 years since the rebrand, the Nightly Average Attendance 2,189 Tortugas have mustered a winning record in the first half in each season (178-157)...The organization has not had a losing first half since the Daytona Cubs went 26-42 in the first half of 2014...Comparatively, the ‘Tugas have not had a winning second half since they accumulated a 40-28 record, while Florida State League Rank 2nd finishing in 3rd place in the North in 2016...In the last 2 years, Daytona has gone 52-85 in the second half (.380)...Since becoming the Tortugas in 2015, Daytona has not won an outright second half title...In 2015, the team clinched a wild card berth in the second half as a result of holding the second-best overall record in the North Division after Clearwater won both halves...Daytona has not won a second-half crown outright since the 2014 Daytona Cubs 2019 SECOND HALF FSL STANDINGS did it with a 41-27 record. NORTH SOUTH ANDY’S ALWAYS ON: OF Andy Sugilio has been red hot for Daytona lately...The 22-year-old enters Tuesday on a season-high 9-game hitting streak... Team W-L GB Team W-L GB Dating back to June 4, Sugilio has collected a .432 average (16-37) with 7 runs scored, a double, a triple, 3 runs batted in, and 4 stolen bases...The switch-hitter is slashing a .432/.462/.514 line with a .975 OPS and .552 BABIP...Going back to June 7, the switch-hitter has accumulated 6-consecutive DBT 1-0 - STL 1-0 - multi-hit games...In those affairs, the Dominican native is 13-for-27 at the plate (.481 AVG) with a double and 2 RBI...As Daytona’s leadoff hitter, Suglio CLR 1-0 - CHA 0-0 0.5 has posted a .379 average (11-29) in 7 games...Sugilio’s previous season-high was an 8-game hitting streak from April 26-May 7...During that run, the FSL Mid-Season All-Star batted .406 (13-32) with 5 runs scored and 5 runs batted in. DUN* 0-0 0.5 FTM* 0-0 0.5 TAM 0-0 0.5 JUP 0-0 0.5 IT’S STU SEASON: OF Stuart Fairchild has found his stroke at the plate since coming back from a slight hamstring injury on May 4...In 32 games since missing a week of action, the 23-year-old has compiled a .322 average (39-121) with 19 runs scored, 12 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs, 27 FLO 0-1 1.0 PMB 0-0 0.5 runs batted in, 2 stolen bases, 13 walks, and 3 hit-by-pitches...During the run, Fairchild has slashed .322/.399/.562 with a .961 OPS...Over his last 33 games – going back to April 27 vs. Bradenton – the Seattle, Wash. native has reached base in 30-of-33 contests and picked up a base-hit in 25 of those LAK 0-1 at TNS1.0 atBRD MIS 0-1 Overall1.0 affairs...In his first 14 games, Fairchild was slashing .113/.175/.151 with a 6-for-53 ledger at the dish...In 33 affairs since, he is slashing .328/.407/.566 2015 0-0 2-2 2-2 with 18 extra-base hits and raised his batting average 150 points from .113 to .263. SERIES HISTORY 2014 6-4 1-4 7-8 LIVIN’ LA VIDA LÓPEZ: 2B Alejo López has been a key part of Daytona’s offense all season long...On Monday night, the 23-year-old had his Florida at DBT at FLO Overall State League season-high 22-game on-base streak snapped...During the stretch from May 17-June 12, López accumulated a .305 average (25-82) with Since2019 ‘10 18-121-2 17-175-0 35-296-2 12 runs scored, 5 doubles, 8 runs batted in, 7 walks, and a .376 OBP...The switch-hitter had an on-base streak of 14 games earlier in the campaign from Since ‘05 27-26 27-30 54-56 April 9-24...During that run, López registered an impressive .357 average (20-56) with 9 runs scored, 4 doubles, a triple, a home run, 10 RBI, 2 walks, and 2018 6-4 7-1 13-5 2 hit-by-pitches...The Phoenix, Ariz. resident slashed .357/.400/.518 with a .918 OPS in that span...López surpassed teammate SS José Garcia (20), as Since 2017 12-8 14-6 26-14 well as Tampa’s Diego Castillo and Dunedin’s Cullen Large for the longest on-base streak in the FSL this year. 2019 TEAM COMPARISONS THE STARTING LINE: After a rough start to May, Daytona’s rotation turned a corner in the final week-plus of the month and carried it into June...Over the last 28 games, the Tortugas’ starting pitchers have accumulated just a 5-9 record, but maintain a sparkling 2.51 ERA (41 ER in 147.0 IP)...During that TORTUGAS FIRE FROGS span, Daytona’s starters have accrued 130 hits allowed, 127 strikeouts and just 30 walks...The Tortugas hold a 16-12 clip during those 28 games...The run has also featured a four-game stretch (May 22-25) where Daytona starters did not issue an earned run...The Tortugas went just 2-2 in those games, .247 (T-5th) Batting Avg .232 (T-10th) but tallied 23-straight frames without yielding an ERA-increasing tally...Daytona has also posted 10 quality starts during the stretch...Prior to this recent 272 (5th) Runs 239 (10th) collection of starts, the ‘Tugas starting staff had gone 4-5 with a 5.58 ERA (37 ER in 59.2 IP), 78 hits allowed, 13 walks, and 53 strikeouts in 13 games.