2018 game information single-a advanced affiliate osceola county stadium • 631 heritage park way • (321) 697-3156 email: [email protected] • facebook: /floridafirefrogs twitter: @firefrogsbb • instagram: floridafirefrogs 2018 vs. Tampa Tarpons: 2-0 All-Time vs. Tampa: 2-12 Date Site Result Winner Loser Save Florida Fire Frogs (ATL) (11-17) 5/4 FLO W, 2-1 (10) CHAD SOBOTKA (2-0) David Sosebee (1-2) -- 5/5 FLO W, 3-0 JOEY WENTZ (1-1) Nick Nelson (0-1) CONNOR JOHNSTONE (1) 5/6 FLO vs. 5/10 at TAM 5/11 at TAM Tampa Tarpons (NYY) (16-13) 5/12 at TAM 5/24 FLO 5/25 FLO RHP Ian Anderson (0-2, 5.21) vs. RHP Albert Abreu (0-0, 2.45) 5/26 FLO 5/27 FLO 8/27 at TAM Sunday, May 6, 2018 - 11:00 AM ET - Osceola County Stadium 8/28 at TAM 8/29 at TAM 8/30 at TAM Game #30 - Home Game #14 Fire Frogs Recap (All-Time) TEAM LEADERS (FSL RANK) Current Streak ...............................................W2 TODAY’S GAME: Finale of a three-game series against the Tampa Tarpons (NYY) at Osceola County Stadi- Average ..............................Alejandro Salazar - .321 (7) Last 5 Games ................................................3-2 um (2-0)...Finale of a six-game homestand against the Palm Beach Cardinals and the Tampa (3-2)...Florida Hits .......................................... Cristian Pache - 33 (T5) Last 10 Games ..............................................5-5 Doubles ............................. Anfernee Seymour - 6 (T11) Home .................................................6-7 (31-41) dropped all 12 games against the then-Tampa Yankees in 2017, including 0-6 at home...The Fire Frogs and Triples........................................Cristian Pache - 3 (T1) Away ................................................5-11 (28-58) Tarpons will meet 10 times in the first half of 2018, with all matchups occuring in the month of May...The two Day Games ..........................................3-2 (13-9) Home Runs ............................Brett Cumberland - 4 (T8) Night Games ....................................8-16 (46-90) teams will not face each other in the second half until the end of August. RBI .................................... Brett Cumberland - 11 (T36) Double Headers .....................................--(3-3-3) Runs ..................................Brett Cumberland - 12 (T38) April .................................................8-16 (19-30) Stolen Bases ....Ray-Patrick Didder/Anfernee Seymour - 4 (T17) May ....................................................3-2 (15-19) TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: 20-year-old Ian Anderson makes his sixth start of 2018 in the finale of the June ........................................................ --(7-14) Wins ....................................................3 tied at 2 (T21) July ......................................................... --(7-18) three-game series against the Tampa Tarpons on Sunday morning...The 6’3” hurler came into the campaign Saves ...................Jon Kennedy/Chad Sobotka - 2 (T10) August .................................................. --(12-16) as the Atlanta Braves fifth-ranked prospect in both Baseball America and MLB.com, and is the 42nd- (Baseball ERA ................................................... Bryse Wilson - 0.34 (1) September ............................................... -- (0-3) Innings Pitched ...........................Joey Wentz - 27.0 (21) vs. LHSP ............................................1-9 (11-27) America) and 51st- (MLB.com) overall rated prospect in baseball...The native of Rexford, N.Y. blanked the Strikeouts ..................................Bryse Wilson - 26 (T14) vs. RHSP .........................................10-8 (48-71) Game 1 of Series ...............................5-4 (23-25) Palm Beach Cardinals over five innings on three hits, a walk and six strikeouts in a no-decision on May 1... WHIP .........................................Bryse Wilson - 0.86 (6) Game 2 of Series ...............................4-5 (20-28) Sunday will be Anderson’s first career start against the Tarpons. Games ................................. Sean McLaughlin - 12 (T1) Game 3 of Series ...............................1-7 (11-33) Side-by-Side Comparison (FSL Rank) Game 4 of Series .................................1-2 (4-13) Game 5 of Series ...................................... --(1-0) Rubber Match ........................................0-1 (6-8) PITCHING DOMINATES TARPONS IN SHUTOUT: The Florida Fire Frogs pitching staff continued its hot start Series W-L-T...............................2-6-1 (13-29-5) start against the Tampa Tarpons, as the home team came away with a 3-0 victory at Osceola County Stadium Series Sweeps .......................................0-1 (1-9) .224 (12) Average .248 (T6) .500 or better ...................................7-13 (40-62) on Saturday night. The win hands the Fire Frogs their second series win of the season, and first ever series 82 (12) Runs 118 (T5) Below .500 .........................................3-5 (18-37) victory over Tampa. 14 (9) Home Runs 22 (T2) Scoring First ......................................8-6 (44-37) 41 (8) Doubles 39 (9) Opponent Scores First .....................4-11 (16-61) One-Run Games ...............................6-7 (19-33) 12 (T1) Triples 5 (T10) Two-Run Games ................................3-1 (12-19) Joey Wentz, Mauricio Cabrera and Connor Johnstone held the Tarpons to just three hits, while walking four 12 (10) Stolen Bases 19 (7) Walk-Offs ...............................................2-2 (7-8) and striking out five. 3.81 (7) ERA 2.87 (2) Extra Innings ........................................1-4 (5-10) 232 (7) Strikeouts 287 (1) Leading After 6 ..................................7-1 (44-13) 132 (12) Low BB 88 (T8) Trailing After 6....................................1-13 (8-74) Tied After 6 ..........................................3-3 (7-11) All three of Florida’s runs scored after two outs and nobody was on in the third inning. Shean Michel and 6 (T8) Saves 9 (3) Leading After 7 ....................................6-1 (47-6) Ray-Patrick Didder drew back-to-back walks to keep the inning alive for Brett Cumberland, who smashed a An Eye on the Tribe Trailing After 7....................................1-13 (4-81) Tied After 7 ..........................................4-3 (8-10) two-run double down the line in right to push across the first two runs of the game. Garrison Schwartz followed AAA Gwinnett Stripers (10-17), 4th (-6.0) IL South: Leading After 8 ....................................7-2 (40-5) with an RBI single to center to cap off the rally. STREAK: L1 Last Game: 5/5 at Indianapolis (L, 3-2) Trailing After 8................................... 0-13 (1-76) DUE UP: 5/6 at Indianapolis (1:35 p.m. ET) Tied After 8 ............................................4-2 (7-7) Starter Gets Decision ......................3-10 (33-63) NOTEABLE: Carlos Franco picked up three more hits, half of the Reliever Gets Decision ......................8-8 (26-36) CAN’T TOUCH THIS: Florida’s pitching staff has allowed just one run through the first two games of the team’s total of six. Starter Goes 5+ .................................5-6 (42-58) series, while holding Tampa to six hits over 19 innings...The bullpen has worked in 7.2 of those frames, sur- Starter Goes <5 ...............................6-12 (17-41) AA Mississippi Braves (13-16), T-2nd (-6.0) SL South: Scoring 0-3 Runs .............................7-16 (21-72) rendering only one of those knocks from the opposition. STREAK: W2 Last Game: 5/5 at Pensacola (W, 7-1) Scoring 4-7 Runs ...............................3-2 (24-25) Scoring 8-10 Runs .................................1-0 (9-2) DUE UP: 5/6 at Pensacola (2:05 p.m. ET) Scoring 11+ Runs ..................................... --(5-0) ONE STREAK ENDS, ANOTHER CONTINUES: Alejandro Salazar’s eight-game hitting streak came to an NOTEABLE: Six players finished with two hits, including starting Shutouts ............................................2-2 (13-11) pitcher Wes Parsons, who also doubled and brought across two Opponent Scores 0-4 ........................9-6 (53-40) end with an 0-for-1 performance on Saturday...The infielder was able to stretch his on-base streak to nine runs. The right-hander also shut out the Blue Wahoos over five Opponent Scores 5+ .........................2-12 (6-59) games with a walk in the third inning, but struck out in his final at-bat in the sixth to end the hitting streak. innings, earning his first win of the season. Austin Riley homered, Collecting 0-3 Hits .................................0-1 (3-2) Collecting 4-6 Hits .............................3-10 (9-43) scored twice and drove in two. Collecting 7-9 Hits .............................4-5 (21-15) Collecting 10-12 Hits .........................2-1 (12-17) PERFECT 10: Brett Cumberland’s RBI double in the third extended the backstop’s on-base streak to 10 A- Rome Braves (17-11), 2nd (-2.0) SAL Southern: Collecting 13+ Hits ..............................2-1 (14-3) games, becoming the first Fire Frogs player to reach the mark this season...During the streak, the switch hitter STREAK: W1 Last Game: 5/5 vs. Asheville (W, 6-3) Out-Hitting Opponent .........................8-5 (48-26) DUE UP: 5/6 vs. Asheville (2:00 p.m. ET) Out-Hit by Opponent ..........................1-12 (5-60) is batting just .188 (6-for-32), but he has drawn 10 walks. Hits are Equal ......................................2-1 (6-13) NOTEABLE: Derian Cruz finished 3-for-5 with a triple and an RBI Hitting a Home Run ...........................4-7