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 TAMPA TARPONS (5-4, 40-39) at CHARLOTTE STONE CRABS (3-6, 37-39) RHP Nick Nelson (3-2, 3.67) vs. RHP Riley O'Brien (0-1, 40.50) Sunday, July 1, 2018 • Charlotte Sports Park • Port Charlotte, FL • 12:35 p.m. Game #10/80 • Road Game #3/47 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Charlotte Stone Crabs) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST NIGHT: After failing to hold a late 4-2 lead, the Tampa Tarpons rallied for two runs in the 9th to even the series with a 6-5 win…RHP Garrett Whitlock made a quality start (6.0IP, 4H, 2ER, 3BB, 5K, WP, 99P/66S)…Alexander Palma (2-for-5, HR, 3RBI, R) homered in the 1st ACTIVE ROSTER and delivered the go-ahead, two-run single in the 9th…Isiah Gilliam (1-for-3, 2B, BB, RBI) hit an RBI double in the 1st…Steven Sensley 11 Diehl, Phillip .................LHP (1-for-3, HR, BB, RBI, R) homered in the 2nd; his second-straight game with a homer…RHP Greg Weissert (BS, 1) made his Tarpons debut (1.2IP, 2H, 3R/0ER, 1BB, 2K)…RHP Matt Wivinis (W, 1-1) got the win in relief (1.1IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 1K). 48 Frawley, Matt ................RHP BABY BOMBERS: Alexander Palma and Steven Sensley both homered on Saturday, marking the 17th multi-homer game by Tampa 12 Green, Nick....................RHP this season. The Tarpons are 12-5 in such games. Tampa currently leads the league with 71 home runs, which is 14 more than second on the list (Clearwater - 57HR). 8 Kamplain, Justin ............LHP VS. CHARLOTTE: Today will be the 10th of 13 games scheduled between the Tampa Tarpons and Charlotte Stone Crabs. Tampa currently 47 Lane, Trevor ..................LHP leads the season-series, 5-4, including 1-1 in those games played at Charlotte Sports Park. The Tarpons are batting .280 (88-for-314) in the 37 Lehnen, Dalton ............LHP series vs. Charlotte. Alexander Palma has played in seven games against Charlotte, batting .414 (12-for-29) with 6R, 1HR, 5RBI and 1BB. 27 Nelson, Nick ..................RHP HOLDER'S HITTING: Since returning to action on Friday, Kyle Holder is batting .321 (9-for-28) with 1 double, 2HR, 11RBI and 5BB. The 24-year-old began the season on the disabled list with a back injury. 4 Rosa, Adonis ...................RHP STRIKEOUT KINGS: Nick Green (6K), Phillip Diehl (4K) and Trevor Lane (1K) combined for 11 strikeouts on Friday. Tampa pitchers have 16 Schwaab, Andrew .......RHP tallied double-digit strikeouts in 35 games this season, with the Tarpons going 21-14 in such games. Tampa, by far, leads the Florida State League in strikeouts, totaling 762K entering today. That is 83K more than the team ranked second (Clearwater - 679K). Tampa is averag- 34 Weissert, Greg ..............RHP ing 9.65 K-per-game and is on pace for 1,350K, which would crush its own FSL single-season strikeout record set last season with 1,215K. 19 Whitlock, Garrett .........RHP THE REAL DIEHL: Southpaw Phillip Diehl struck out all six batters he faced on Tuesday in a perfect 8th and 9th innings, including big leaguers Jorge Polanco and Miguel Sanó. Diehl then added four more punchouts in a scoreless 2.0IP on Friday. The 23-year-old has now 28 Wivinis, Matt .................RHP struck out 16 of the last 22 batters he's faced over his last four outings. Diehl leads the Florida State League in K/9.0IP at 13.92 (67K/43.1IP). 25 Deglan, Kellin .................... C 2ND-HALF BEGINS: The Tarpons finished with an even 35-35 record at the half way point, falling 4.0GB of the 1st-Half Champion Day- 15 Sands, Donny .................... C tona Tortugas (37-29). Meanwhile, the early postseason spot in the South Division was captured by the Palm Beach Cardinals (39-25). Tampa will look to win its second-straight 2nd-Half North Division title and return to the playoffs for the third-straight season. 7 Aguilar, Angel .................. INF FOR STARTERS: RHP Nick Nelson (3-2, 3.67) will make his ninth start (10th appearance) with Tampa. Last time out, fired six scoreless 2 Castillo, Diego ................. INF frames (3H, 0BB, 8K, 80P/55S) in a win vs. Jupiter on 6/24…Began the season with Single-A Charleston, going 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA (24.2IP, 18H, 10ER, 1HR, 2HB, 7BB, 35K) in five starts with the RiverDogs…did not allow a run in his final 13.0IP with Charleston. 9 Holder, Kyle ...................... INF DAY GAME DARLING: In two day game starts with the Tarpons, Nelson is 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA (12.0IP, 6H, 1ER, 1BB, 14K). 1 Metzgar, David ................ INF ROAD WOES: Nelson is 0-2 with a 9.42 ERA (14.1IP, 19H, 16R/15ER, 13BB, 12K, 2HB) in four road games (three starts) since joining Tampa. 33 Wagner, Brandon ......... INF Meanwhile, Nelson is 3-0 with a 0.66 ERA (27.1IP, 15H, 2ER, 10BB, 30K) in five starts at George M. Steinbrenner Field. 5 Crawford, Rashad ............ OF 2017: Spent the season in the Single-A Charleston rotation, making 22 starts and registering a 3-12 record and 4.56 ERA (100.2IP, 103H, 24 Gilliam, Isiah ................... OF 54R/51ER, 50BB, 110K, 5HR)…tied for the SAL lead in losses…after going 0-6 with a 6.34 ERA (38.1IP, 27ER) in his first nine outings, was 3-6 with a 3.47 ERA (62.1IP, 24ER) in his final 13 starts. 18 Palma, Alexander .......... OF Personal: 22-years-old, 6-1, 195 - Panama City, Florida…Selected by the Yankees in the fourth round in 2016 out of Gulf Coast State 6 Ruta, Ben ............................ OF College…Played two seasons (2015-16) at Gulf Coast State College (Fla.), where he went 13-5 with a 4.16 ERA (114.2IP, 108H, 64R/53ER, 49BB, 121K) in 22 games (21 starts)…had committed to play at the University of Florida before signing with the Yankees…graduated 3 Sensley, Steven ................ OF from Rutherford H.S. (Fla.) in 2014…was selected by the Giants in the 31st round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign… Ranked as the No. 24 Yankees prospect by MLB Pipeline. 21 Thompson-Williams, Dom ....OF UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. CHARLOTTE (5-4) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Mon. July 2 at Dunedin TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. 4/26 6:30 p.m @ Tampa W, 7-1 Tue. July 3 at Dunedin TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. Wed. July 4 vs. Clearwater TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. 4/27 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa L, 10-4 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS 2018 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE LEADERS 4/28 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 5-4 4/29 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa W, 9-5 NORTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Batting Lakeland 7-1 0.0 36-34 43-35 AVG: Nathaniel Lowe (CHA) .356 5/21 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa L, 12-9 Hits: Adam Haseley (CLR) 90 Clearwater 6-3 1.5 32-36 38-39 5/22 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W/10, 3-2 X-Daytona 4-3 2.5 37-29 41-32 Runs: Jared Oliva (BRD)/Adam Haseley (CLR) 49 HR: Ibandel Isabel (DBT) 17 Dunedin 5-4 2.5 31-37 36-41 5/23 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa L, 5-3 RBI: Jesus Sanchez (CHA) 48 Tampa 5-4 2.5 35-35 40-39 Stolen Bases: Andres Gimenez (STL)/Alfredo Reyes (BRD) 23 6/29 6:35 p.m. @ Charlotte L, 10-4 Florida 1-6 5.5 29-37 30-43 Base On Balls: Hoy Jun Park (TAM) 40 6/30 6:05 p.m. @ Charlotte W, 6-5 SOUTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Pitching 7/1 12:35 p.m. @Charlotte Fort Myers 6-3 0.0 28-40 34-43 Wins: 6 tied at 7 7 Saves: Eduardo Jimenez (LAK) 12 X-Palm Beach 5-3 0.5 39-25 44-28 7/16 6:35 p.m. @ Charlotte Jupiter 3-5 2.5 41-28 44-33 Strikeouts: Brock Burke (CHA) 78 ERA: Spenser Watkins (LAK) 1.55 St. Lucie 3-5 2.5 27-40 30-45 7/17 6:35 p.m. @ Charlotte WHIP: Tyler Wells (FTM) 0.93 Charlotte 3-6 3.0 34-33 37-39 AVG: Tyler Wells (FTM) .194 7/18 6:35 p.m. @ Charlotte Bradenton 2-7 4.0 35-30 37-37 MINOR LEAGUE REPORT TEAM HIGHS/LOWS 2018 RECORDS Triple-A: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders GENERAL (40-39), 2nd in International League North Division. Longest Winning Streak ............................................5 (4/22-26) TOTAL HOME ROAD Last: 6/30 vs. Pawtucket: W/10, 7-6. Longest Losing Streak ................................................6 (6/11-19) Next: 7/1 vs. Pawtucket - 1:05 p.m. Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. ......................... 3:20 (4/12 at STL) Overall: .............................40-39 ........25-19 .......15-20 Note: Rey Navarro (4-for-5, HR, 2B, 3RBI, R) hit a game- Longest Game, Time .....................................3:22 (6/22 vs. JUP) tying, two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the 9th. Longest Game, Innings ..................