CLEARWATER THRESHERS 2019 GAME INFORMATION 727-712-4300 • threshersbaseball.com • 601 N Old Coachman RD Clearwater, FL 33765 Email: [email protected] • Facebook: /threshersbaseball Twitter: @threshers • Instagram: threshersbaseball CLEARWATER THRESHERS (PHI) (42-33, 6-3) at LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS (DET) (32-42, 3-6) Thursday, June 27, 2019 - 6:30 p.m. EDT Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium - Game 76 (10) - Road 38 (6) RHP Julian Garcia (5-4, 3.18) vs. LHP Tarik Skubal (4-4, 2.98) TODAY’S GAME: Rubber match of a three-game series against the Lakeland Flying Tigers (DET) from Publix Field BY THE NUMBERS at Joker Marchant Stadium (1-1)...Game three of a six-game road trip, with three against Lakeland and three against Current Streak......... L1 Game 1 of Series 12-11 the St. Lucie Mets (NYM) (1-1)...Clearwater is coming off a 3-1 series victory against the Daytona Tortugas (CIN) Last 5 Games .........3-2 Game 2 of Series .14-9 at Spectrum Field...Third of four sets (15 games) between the two clubs in 2019...The Philadelphia Phillies affiliate Last 10 Games .......6-4 Game 3 of Series .13-7 dropped a four-game series, 3-1, in Lakeland from April 8-11...The Threshers took three of four from Lakeland in Home...................20-18 Game 4 of Series ...3-6 Clearwater from May 13-16. Away ...................22-15 Rubber Match .........4-3 Day Games .............7-8 Series W-L-T ......12-7-4 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: 23-year-old Julian Garcia makes his 13th appearance - 12th start - of the season Night Games ......35-25 Series Sweeps .......3-1 in the rubber match of the three-game series against the Lakeland Flying Tigers on Thursday night at Publix Field at Double Headers ..0-1-1 Joker Marchant Stadium...The 6-foot-3 hurler did not factor into the decision of a 9-4 victory over the Daytona Tortugas 2019 vs. FLYING TIGERS on June 20...The right-hander tossed five innings of relief, allowing four runs - two earned - on nine hits, a walk and Record .................................................................5-5 six strikeouts...Thursday will be Garcia’s second career start against the Detroit Tigers affiliate...The Broomfield, Colo. Home....................................................................3-1 native faced off against the Flying Tigers in his first start of the season on April 9, suffering the loss with three runs Away ....................................................................2-4 allowed on five knocks, two free passes and six punch outs across 3.2 stanzas. Current Streak......................................................L1 THRESHERS AT A GLANCE ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Clearwater Threshers’ offense struggled to get going in a 2-1, walk-off loss to the April .................... 11-14 Monday ...................6-4 Lakeland Flying Tigers at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium on Wednesday night...Simón Muzziotti had the first May......................17-12 Tuesday ..................7-7 hit of the night with a double to lead off the fourth inning...Two batters later, Matt Vierling drove the runner home with June ......................14-5 Wednesday .............5-5 a double to right to give the visitiors the 1-0 lead...Lakeland responded with a run in the bottom half of the frame, and July .........................0-0 Thursday ................7-3 pushed across the winning run on a single to right off the bat of Dayton Dugas, scoring Dylan Rosa to hand Clearwater August ....................0-0 Friday ......................5-6 its third walk-off loss of the season. September ..............0-0 Saturday ...............10-1 Sunday....................2-6 KEPT IN CHECK: Clearwater managed just two hits in game two of the three-game set against Lakeland, pushing vs. North .............26-19 the team batting average down to .254, but still leading the Florida State League...The Threshers also have the best vs. South ............16-14 slugging percentage in the league with a .387 mark...The Philadelphia Phillies affiliate has collected at least one extra-base hit in all but one game in the second half, with the lone outing coming in a 3-2 victory over the Daytona Aphilliate report Tortugas on June 21 at Spectrum Field...Clearwater’s offense had 85 hits through the first eight games of the second MLB Philadelphia Phillies (42-38): half (10.6/game) before collecting only two on Wednesday night...Clearwater has been held to just two hits in a game 2nd NL East: (-5.5) just three times in 2019, with two occurances against the Lakeland Flying Tigers (4/11 and 6/26). STREAK: W3 LAST GAME: 6/26 vs. New York Mets (W, 5-4/10 innings) DUE UP: 6/27 vs. New York Mets (1:05 p.m. EDT) WEEKLY ACCOLADE: Jhailyn Ortiz was named the Florida State League Player of the Week for the week of June NOTEABLE: Jay Bruce: 2x5, 2 2b, rbi 17-23...The slugger hit .333 (9-27) with five home runs and 11 RBI, including his first career grand slam on June 20 Jean Segura: 2x5, r, hr, 3rbi against the Daytona Tortugas...The right-handed batter also drew five walks to give the 20-year-old an OBP of .455, while also posting a slugginer percentage of .889 and OPS of 1.344. AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (35-40): 5th International League North: (-9.5) STRIKEOUT KINGS: Andrew Brown set a season-high with six strikeouts in the start, while Zach Warren (4) and STREAK: L2 LAST GAME: 6/26 vs. Rochester Red Wings (19-6) Keylan Killgore (3) chipped in six more to tally 12 punch outs on Wednesday night, lifting the staff’s total to 748 - 62 DUE UP: 6/27 vs. Rochester Red Wings (7:05 p.m. EDT) more than the Fort Myers Miracle for the top-spot in the Florida State League....LHP Damon Jones was leading the NOTEABLE: Nick Williams: 4x5, r, 2b, rbi FSL with 88 before being promoted to Double-A Reading on June 16. AA Reading Fightin Phils (43-33, 4-5): PHILLIES PHARM PROSPECTS: The Opening Day roster for the Clearwater Threshers features six top-30 pros- T-2nd Eastern League Eastern: (-1.5) pects (MLB.com) in the Philadelphia Phillies organization: RHP Spencer Howard (5), OF Simon Muzziotti (12), LHP STREAK: L1 LAST GAME: 6/26 at Trenton Thunder (L, 7-6) Kyle Young (17), INF Nick Maton (18), C Rodolfo Duran (19), INF Daniel Brito (20)...Muzziotti will be the youngest DUE UP: 6/27 vs. Portland Sea Dogs (7:10 p.m. EDT) player on the team at just 20-years-old...RHP Austin Ross is the oldest player on the roster at 24-years-old...Three NOTEABLE: Adam Haseley: 2x5, 2r, 3b, hr, 2rbi countries are represented on the Threshers roster: United States, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic...12 differ- Connor Brogdon: 2.0ip, 5so ent states are represented on the Opening Day roster, with five players residing in California, two each in Illinois and Texas, and one each in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and A Lakewood BlueClaws (31-46, 2-5): Tennessee...The Threshers have added two more top-30 prospects since the start of the season, with Alec Bohm (1) T-6th South Atlantic League Northern: (-4.0) STREAK: L5 and Jhailyn Ortiz (11) joining the club...Bohm was promoted to Double-A Reading on 6/21. LAST GAME: 6/26 at Delmarva Shorebirds (L, 3-1) DUE UP: 6/27 vs. Greensboro Grasshoppers (7:05 p.m. EDT) MEET THE NEW SKIPPER...: The Clearwater Threshers have a new manager for the 2019 season, Marty Mal- NOTEABLE: Francisco Morales: 5.0ip, 2h, r, bb, 5so loy...The Trenton, Fla. native spent two years in the same role for Lakewood (A, 2017-18)... Spent the previous four years (2013-16) with the Houston Astros, including three years as the manager for their Gulf Coast League (R) team, RK Williamsport Crosscutters (2-10): one year as the GCL hitting coach and one year as the Florida Instructional League coordinator...Also coached at the 6th New York-Penn League Pinckney: (-6.5) STREAK: L8 amateur level as head coach (two years) and volunteer assistant (six years) for Trenton High School and six years as LAST GAME: 6/26 at Auburn Doubledays (L, 5-2) an infield instructor at Gatorball Baseball Academy in Gainesville, FL...Played 12 years (1992-2003), including his first DUE UP: 6/27 at Auburn Doubledays (7:00 p.m. EDT) eight in the Atlanta Braves minor league system. NOTEABLE: Juan Aparicio: 1x4 (8-game hitting streak) THRESHERS RECORD WHEN... vs. .500 or Better: 22-21 One-Run Games: 13-13 Lead After 6: 35-4 Out-Hit Opp: 31-4 Starter Goes more than 6.0 IP: 4-1 Errorless: 23-17 vs. Below .500: 20-11 Two-Run Games: 5-5 Tied After 6: 2-3 Hits Equal: 6-2 Starter Goes 6.0 IP: 10-9 Committing 1 Error: 10-13 Score First: 23-10 Shutouts: 7-5 Trail After 6: 4-27 Out-Hit by Opp: 5-27 Starter Goes less than 6.0 IP: 28-23 Committing 2+ Errors: 9-3 Opp. Score First: 19-23 Walk-Off Decisions: 2-3 Lead After 7: 36-3 Collect 0-4 Hits: 2-11 Starter Gets Decision: 26-24 Opp. is Errorless: 12-16 Score 4 or More: 31-10 Extra Innings: 2-3 Tied After 7: 3-1 Collect 5-9 Hits: 17-16 Reliever Gets Decision: 16-9 Score 3 or Fewer: 11-23 Trail After 7: 2-29 Collect 10+ Hits: 23-6 vs. Left-Handed Starter: 13-9 Opp. Score 4 or More: 10-23 Lead After 8: 35-1 Hit No HR: 16-20 vs.