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 FLORIDA FIRE FROGS (3-8, 28-49) vs. TAMPA TARPONS (5-5, 33-43) RHP Brooks Wilson (0-0, 1.90) vs. RHP Janson Junk (2-3, 4.72) Saturday, June 29, 2019 • George M. Steinbrenner Field • Tampa, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #77 • Home Game #37 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Tampa Tarpons) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST TIME OUT: Trailing by a run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Steven Sensley (1-for-4, RBI) lined a game-tying RBI single to force extra innings before Pablo Olivares (3-for-5, 2B, RBI, R) delivered a walk-off RBI single in the 10th as the Tarpons defeated the Fire Frogs, 6-5, in ACTIVE ROSTER the opener of a three-game series on Friday night in Tampa…Dermis Garcia (2-for-4, HR, 2B, 2RBI, 3R) smashed a 2-run HR in the 1st to begin what would be a see-saw affair…Through steady rainfall, a run was scored in each of the first six innings, with Florida leading, 5-4, into the 7th… 30 Germán, Frank ....................RHP Isiah Gilliam (2-for-4, 2B, RBI) also had a mulit-hit game…RHP Shawn Semple logged his shortest start of the season (2.2IP, 5H, 3ER, 4BB, 3K, 14 Harris, Hobie ........................RHP 76P/47S)…RHP Hobie Harris (2.0IP, 4K) and RHP Matt Wivinis (W, 1-1)(2.0IP, 3K) each logged perfect outings, retiring 12-straight combined. 29 Heller, Ben - MLB ............. RHP 15 Junk, Janson ........................RHP FOR THE RECORD: The Tarpons were 0-5 in extra-inning games prior to the win, which proved to be their third walk-off victory of the season. 22 Orozco, Jio ............................RHP Tampa has now won nine-straight games in the season-series against Florida. 28 Reeves, James ..................... LHP PABLO POWER: Pablo Olivares (3-for-5, 2B, RBI, R) has strung together four-straight multi-hit games. The 21-year-old is batting .424 (14-for-33) 23 Sears, JP ................................ LHP over his last nine games, raising his batting average from .218 to .249. 16 Semple, Shawn ...................RHP 20 Severino, Anderson .......... LHP DERMIS' DINGERS: Last night, Dermis Garcia smashed his 16th home run, matching him with Bradenton's Dylan Busby for most in the Florida 35 Stephan, Trevor ..................RHP State league. The 21-year-old is now one homer shy of matching his career-high set in 2016, when he hit 17 dingers in 63 games betweek Rookie- 34 Weissert, Greg .....................RHP level Pulaski and Single-A Charleston. Entering today, Garcia ranks first in the Florida State League in RBI (52), tied for first in HR (16) and ranks 17 Wivinis, Matt ........................RHP second in SLG (.512), TB (125)and XBH (29). 31 Yajure, Miguel .....................RHP BABY BOMBERS: The Tarpons currently rank third in the league with 56 home runs, trailing only Fort Myers (59HR) and Bradenton (58HR). 18 25 Zurak, Kyle ...........................RHP different Tarpons have contributed to the total, led by Dermis Garcia (16HR). 10 Lopez, Jason ..............................C 33 Sands, Donny ............................C RACKING UP THE Ks: Last night, Tampa pitchers tallied 14 more strikeouts. Entering today, Tampa's pitching staff ranks third in the Florida State 3 Cabrera,Oswaldo .................INF League with 673 strikeouts., trailing Clearwater (762) and Fort Myers (696). 2 Castillo, Diego .......................INF HELLER JOINS TARPONS: The New York Yankees assigned RHP Ben Heller to the Tarpons on Sunday to begin a Major League Rehab Assign- 40 Garcia, Dermis ......................INF ment. Heller missed the entire 2018 season after undergoing "Tommy John" surgery on 4/6, which also involved removing a bone spur from his 4 Martinez, Jose .......................INF right elbow. The 27-year-old last pitched in 2017, going 1-0 with a 0.82 ERA (11.0IP, 5H, 1ER, 6BB, 9K) in 11 relief outings with New York. Heller 1 Muñoz, Deivi ..........................INF becomes the seventh player assigned to Tampa on a rehab assignment by the Yankees this season. 12 Carrizales, Omar ....................OF 11 Florial, Estevan.......................OF RALLY TIME: Last Saturday, the Tarpons stunned Bradenton with a comeback win, 2-1, when Diego Castillo lined a go-ahead, 2-run single in the 24 Gilliam, Isiah ...........................OF 9th. It was Tampa's third win when trailing after eight innings, and first such win on the road. The Tarpons also won in their final at-bat on Tuesday 7 Olivares, Pablo .......................OF in Game 2 of a doubleheader at Dunedin, erasing a 4-0 deficit with a six-run rally in the 7th-inning, going on to win, 6-5. 5 Sensley, Steven ............. INF/OF FSL ALL-STAR GAME RECAP: The South Division shut out the North Division, 2-0, in the Florida State League All-Star Game on 6/15 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. Bradenton's Cal Mitchell doubled and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Fort Myers's Lewin Diaz in the LAST 10 GAMES (5-5) 1st. Bradenton's Travis Swaggerty homered off TampaRHP Braden Bristo (1.0IP, 1H, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, HR) in the 2nd. A pair of Tampa players had two of the three hits collected by the North, with 1B Dermis Garcia (1-for-4) snapping a no-hitter with a one-out single in the 7th, and RF Isiah 6/17 at Dunedin ..............L/10, 6-4 Gilliam (1-for-4) lining a one-out single in the 9th. Garcia and Gilliam both started and played all nine innings. Tampa's Jason Lopez (0-for-2, BB) 6/18 at Dunedin ...............W/7, 6-5 also started and played five innings at catcher. 6/20 at Bradenton .................L, 4-0 DERMIS DOMINATES DERBY: On 6/15, Dermis Garcia won the Florida State League All-Star Home Run Derby. Entering All-Star Weekend with a 6/21 at Bradenton .................L, 4-3 league-high 14 homers, Garcia totaled 25 homers over the three-round competiton. The 21-year-old blasted six in Round 1 and seven in Round 6/22 at Bradenton ...............W, 2-1 2 before smashing a dozen to beat Fort Myers catcher Ryan Jeffers in the third and final round. 6/23 at Bradenton ...............W, 2-0 STEINBRENNER FIELD REHAB CENTER: Yankees RHP Ben Heller ("Tommy John" surgery) joined Tampa on 6/23, becoming the seventh player 6/25 at Daytona .....................L, 9-3 to rehab with the Tarpons this season. LHP CC Sabathia made a rehab start on 4/7, recovering from offseason heart surgery.3B Miguel Andújar (right shoulder strain) and SS Troy Tulowitzki (strained left calf) joined the Tarpons on 4/30, and OF Aaron Hicks (left lower back strain) on 5/6. 6/26 at Datyona .....................L, 4-2 OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton (left biceps strain) played a game with the Tarpons on 5/20 and rejoined on 6/11. SS Didi Gregorius ("Tommy John" 6/27 at Daytona ...................W, 7-2 surgery) joined Tampa on 5/25. Fun Fact: Andújar, Tulowitzki, Stanton and Gregorius have all homered with the Tarpons this season. 6/28 vs. Florida .............. W/10, 6-5 UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. FLORIDA (9-1) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Sun., June 30 vs. Florida LHP Phillip Pfeifer (1-5, 4.99) vs. RHP Miguel Yajure (4-6, 2.44) 1:00 p.m. 5/3 6:00 p.m @ Florida L, 3-0 Mon., July 1 @ Daytona TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 7:05 p.m. 5/4 6:00 p.m. @ Florda W/6, 4-3 Tue., July 2 @ Daytona TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 7:05 p.m. 5/5 12:00 p.m. @ Florida W/6, 2-1 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS TARPONS AT A GLANCE 5/20 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 9-2 Records 5/21 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 3-0 NORTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Overall Record: ..............................................................................33-43 Clearwater 8-3 0.0 36-30 44-33 Second-Half Record: .........................................................................5-5 5/22 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 7-1 Place (Second-Half): ........................................................................ 3rd Dunedin 6-4 1.5 41-24* 47-28 Games Back (Second-Half): ...........................................................2.5 6/7 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 1-0 Tampa 5-5 2.5 28-38 33-43 Home: ..............................................................................................18-18 Daytona 5-6 3.0 35-30 40-36 Away: ...............................................................................................15-25 6/8 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 7-3 Last 5: .....................................................................................................3-2 Lakeland 4-7 4.0 29-36 33-43 Last 10: ..................................................................................................5-5 6/9 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa W, 5-0 Florida 3-8 5.0 25-41 28-49 Hitting Leaders 6/28 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W/10, 6-5 Batting Average: ..................................................Isiah Gilliam (.273) Runs Scored: ..............................................................Isiah Gilliam (35) 6/29 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa SOUTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Home Runs: .......................................................... Dermis Garcia (16) Charlotte 8-3 0.0 35-31 43-34 Runs Batted In: ..................................................... Dermis Garcia (52) 6/30 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa St. Lucie 8-3 0.0 32-34 40-37 Stolen Bases: ............................................................Isiah Gilliam (13) Pitching Leaders 8/20 6:00 p.m. @ Florida Jupiter 6-4 1.5 21-42 27-46 Wins: ..............................................................................Miguel Yajure (4) Bradenton 4-6 3.5 36-30 40-36 ERA: ........................................................................Miguel Yajure (2.44) 8/21 6:00 p.m. @ Florida Palm Beach 3-7 4.5 35-29 38-36 Strikeouts: ...............................................................Miguel Yajure (67) Saves: .................................................................................Kyle Zurak (6) 8/22 12:00 p.m.