OFFICIAL GAME NOTES George M. Steinbrenner Field • One Steinbrenner Drive • Tampa, FL 33614 Phone: (813) 875-7753 • E-Mail: [email protected] • Social Media: @TampaTarpons Florida State League Champions: 1957, 1961, 1994, 2001 (co. w/ Brevard County), 2004 (co. w/ Daytona), 2009, 2010 TAMPA TARPONS (21-28) at DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS (29-20) RHP Frank German (2-2, 3.03) vs. RHP Maximo Castillo (2-4, 2.70) Tuesday, May 28, 2019 • Jack Russell Memorial Stadium • Clearwater, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #50 • Road Game #25 • Radio: Not Available • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST TIME OUT: In a strikeout-filled finale, the Bradenton Marauders claimed a series-victory as the Tampa Tarpons continued to struggle ACTIVE ROSTER on offense in a 3-1 final on Sunday afternoon at LECOM Park…Bradenton (14K) and Tampa (14K) combined to tally 28 strikeouts in the game…Didi Gregorius (2-for-3, HR, BB, RBI, R, 2K) played as the designated hitter in his second rehab game and smashed a solo homer 28 Bellatti, Andrew..................RHP in the 1st - the lone run scored by Tampa…RHP Miguel Yajure (L, 2-6) snapped a streak of three-straight quality starts (4.2IP, 8H, 3ER, 1BB, 5 Bristo, Braden ......................RHP 7K, 85P/57S)…Pablo Olivares (1-for-4, HBP), Steven Sensley (1-for-4) and Angel Aguilar (1-for-4) had the only other Tarpons hits…RHP 30 Germán, Frank ....................RHP Braden Bristo (1.1IP, 4K), RHP Hobie Harris (1.1IP, 1H, 2K) and RHP Greg Weissert (0.2IP, 1K) logged scoreless outings. 14 Harris, Hobie ........................RHP 15 Junk, Janson ........................RHP SENSLEY SIZZLING: Steven Sensley (1-for-4) singled on Sunday, extending his hitting streak to a season-best six games. The 23-year-old has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, batting .324 (11-for-34) in that span. 17 Lehnen, Dalton ................... LHP 21 Otto, Glenn ..........................RHP RACKING UP THE Ks: Tampa pitchers tallied 14 more strikeouts on Saturday, giving the pitching staff 82Ks in 60.1IP over the last seven 23 Sears, JP ................................ LHP games. The Tarpons pitching staff currently ranks third in the Florida State League with 439 strikeouts. 32 Schmidt, Clarke ..................RHP 16 Semple, Shawn ...................RHP GREGORIUS JOINS TARPONS: INF Didi Gregorius began a minor league rehabilitation assignment with the Tarpons on Saturday. Sir Didi 34 Weissert, Greg .....................RHP played seven innings at shortstop while going 0-for-3 at the plate in his first rehab game before smashing a home run while reaching base 12 Yajure, Miguel .....................RHP three times (2-for-3, HR, BB, RBI, R, 2K) as the designated hitter on Sunday. Gregorius has since been transferred to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes- 25 Zurak, Kyle ...........................RHP Barre to continue is rehab assignment. The 29-year-old began this season on the 10-Day Injured List (transferred to the 60-Day Injured List 10 Lopez, Jason ..............................C on 4/6) after having offseason "Tommy John" surgery on his right elbow. 33 Sands, Donny ............................C 6 Aguilar, Angel ........................INF DERMIS DELIVERS: Dermis Garcia smashed a game-tying solo homer in the 5th in Tampa's 2-1 loss at Bradenton on Saturday. The 21-year- 3 Cabrera,Oswaldo .................INF old ranks first in the league in Home Runs (11) and RBI (34), is tied for third in SLG (.497) and XBH (19), and is tied for fourth in TB (80). 40 Garcia, Dermis ......................INF 1 Mateo, Welfrin .......................INF HEY NOW, YOU'RE AN ALL-STAR!: A trio of Tampa Tarpons were named first-time All-Stars as the Florida State League announced its 2019 22 Metzgar, David .....................INF Mid-Season All-Star selections on Friday morning. INF Dermis Garcia , OF Isiah Gilliam and RHP Brooks Kriske have all been chosen to represent Tampa at the 58th FSL All-Star Game, held at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Saturday, June 15, at 7:05 p.m. 4 Sensley, Steven .....................INF 26 Carrizales, Omar ....................OF QUALITY STARTS: Tampa starting pitchers have posted a 2.37 ERA (18ER/68.1IP) over the last 14 games, including five quality starts:RHP 24 Gilliam, Isiah ...........................OF Miguel Yajure - 5/15 at PMB (6.0IP, 1R/0ER), RHP Glenn Otto - 5/17 vs. DAY (6.0IP, 2R/1ER), RHP Shawn Semple - 5/19 vs. DAY (6.1IP, 3R/2ER), 9 Hill, Tyler ..................................OF RHP Clarke Schmidt - 5/20 vs. FLA (6.0IP, 0R) and Miguel Yajure - 5/21 vs. FLA (7.0IP, 0R). 7 Olivares, Pablo .......................OF HOMER HAPPY: The Tarpons blasted a season-high four homers in last Monday's 9-2 win over the Fire Frogs. Despite ranking second-to-last LAST 10 GAMES (4-6) in the Florida State League with a team batting average of .220, Tampa currently ranks second in the league with 36 home runs, trailing only the 37 hit by Fort Myers. 16 different Tarpons have contributed to the total, led by Dermis Garcia (11HR). 5/17 vs. Daytona ....................L, 8-6 5/18 vs. Daytona .............L/11, 7-6 DEFENSIVE WOES: The Tarpons have committed 18 errors over the last 10 games and currently lead the Florida State League with 58 errors. 5/19 vs. Daytona .............L/10, 5-4 5/20 vs. Florida .....................W, 9-2 STREAK SNAPPED: On Friday, RHP Janson Junk extended his scoreless innings streak to 15.2IP before allowing an RBI single by Deon Staf- 5/21 vs. Florida .....................W, 3-0 ford in the 4th. Junk lowered his ERA to 2.25 (7ER/28.0IP) in eight games (two starts). 5/22 vs. Florida .....................W, 7-1 STEINBRENNER FIELD REHAB CENTER: Yankees SS Didi Gregorius ("Tommy John" surgery) joined Tampa on Saturday, becoming the sixth 5/23 at Bradenton ..............L, 10-2 player to rehab with the Tarpons this season. LHP CC Sabathia made a rehab start on April 7th, recovering from offseason heart surgery. 5/24 at Bradenton ...............W, 2-1 3B Miguel Andújar (right shoulder strain) and SS Troy Tulowitzki (strained left calf) joined the Tarpons on April 30. OF Aaron Hicks (left 5/25 at Bradenton .................L, 2-1 lower back strain) joined Tampa on May 6. OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton (left bicepts strain) played a game with the Tarpons on Monday. Fun 5/26 at Bradenton .................L, 3-1 Fact: Andújar, Tulowitzki, Stanton and Gregorius have all homered with the Tarpons this season. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. DUNEDIN (1-2) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Wed., May 29 @ Dunedin RHP Glenn Otto (1-2, 2.87) vs. LHP Nick Allgeyer (3-3, 2.55) 6:30 p.m. 5/6 6:30 p.m @ Tampa L, 5-3 Thu., May 30 @ Dunedin RHP Janson Junk (2-0, 2.25) vs. RHP Jusin Dillon (3-1, 4.60) 6:30 p.m. 5/7 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 4-1 Fri., May 31 @ Dunedin TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. 5/8 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa L, 1-0 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS TARPONS AT A GLANCE 5/28 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin 5/29 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Records NORTH 1st Half GB Overall Record: ..............................................................................21-28 5/30 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Dunedin (TOR) 29-20 - Place: ..................................................................................................T-4th Daytona (CIN) 27-23 2.5 Games Back: ........................................................................................8.0 6/17 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Home: ..............................................................................................11-14 Clearwater (PHI) 26-24 3.5 Away: ...............................................................................................10-14 6/18 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Lakeland (DET) 21-28 8.0 Last 5: .....................................................................................................2-3 6/19 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Tampa (NYY) 21-28 8.0 Last 10: ..................................................................................................4-6 Florida (ATL) 20-30 9.5 Hitting Leaders 7/8 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Batting Average: ..................................................Isiah Gilliam (.260) 7/9 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Runs Scored: ..............................................................Isiah Gilliam (24) SOUTH 1st Half GB Home Runs: .......................................................... Dermis Garcia (11) 7/10 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Palm Beach (STL) 31-18 - Runs Batted In: ..................................................... Dermis Garcia (34) Stolen Bases: .............................................................. Isiah Gilliam (9) 7/11 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Bradenton (PIT) 28-21 3.0 Pitching Leaders Fort Myers (MIN) 28-21 3.0 Wins: .............................................................................................8 Tied (2) 8/16 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin ERA: ........................................................................Miguel Yajure (3.24) Charlotte (TB) 26-24 5.5 8/17 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin St. Lucie (NYM) 25-24 6.0 Strikeouts: ...............................................................Miguel Yajure (38) Saves: .................................................................................Kyle Zurak (5) 8/18 1:00 p.m. @ Dunedin Jupiter (MIA) 13-34 17.0 WHIP: .....................................................................Miguel Yajure (1.40) TONIGHT'S STARTING PITCHER #30 FRANK GERMAN RHP HT: 6'2 WT: 195 AGE: 21 BORN: September 22, 1997 in Queens, New York ACQUIRED: Selected by the Yankees in the fourth round in 2018. SCHOOL: University of North Florida (2016-18) @fgswift ARSENAL: Fastball, Curveball, Changeup. LAST TIME OUT: Tallied a career-high 8 Ks and earned the win by holding the Florida Fire Frogs scoreless for 5.2IP (4H, 3BB, 95P/64S) on 5/22. 2018: Made his professional debut on June 23rd, starting 2019 GAME-BY-GAME for Yankees GCL West and retiring all six batters he faced Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR ERA NP-S (3K) vs. GCL Phillies West…Pitched his final 10 games (four 4/15 vs. BRD L 4.1 3 2 2 1 3 1 4.15 67-50 starts) with short-season Single-A Staten Island, going 1-3 4/22 @ CHA ND 5.0 3 1 1 4 5 0 2.89 80-44 with one save and a 2.22 ERA (28.1IP, 22H, 9R/7ER, 6BB, 4/28 vs.