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 (6-5, 41-40) at DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS (5-6, 36-43) LHP Dalton Lehnen (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Yennsy Diaz (0-2, 3.66) Tuesday, July 3, 2018 • Dunedin Stadium • Dunedin, FL • 6:30 p.m. Game #12/82 • Road Game #5/49 • Radio: TuneIn Radio (Tampa Tarpons) • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST NIGHT: A five-run 5th led the Tarpons to a 7-2 win in the opener of a two-game set at Dunedin Stadium…RHP Adonis Rosa ACTIVE ROSTER tallied a season-high 8K in 5.0IP (4H, 1ER, 2BB, HR)…Diego Castillo (1-for-4, 2B, 3RBI, Sac-F) opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the 3rd and later hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the 5th…Brandon Wagner (2-for-4, RBI, R) added an RBI single in the 5th and 11 Diehl, Phillip .................LHP later scored on a two-run single by Dom Thompson-Williams (2-for-4, 2B, 2RBI, R)…David Metzgar (1-for-1, BB, HBP, Sac-F, RBI, 2R, SB) reached base three times and added a sacrifice fly in the 8th…LHP Trevor Lane talleid 4K in 2.0IP (3H, 1R/0ER)…RHP Andrew 48 Frawley, Matt ................RHP Schwaab added 3K in a scoreless 2.0IP (1H) to close the game. 12 Green, Nick....................RHP PALMA EXITS: A scary moment occurred in the bottom of the 7th when play was halted for 27 minutes. LF Alexander Palma and SS 8 Kamplain, Justin ............LHP Diego Castillo collided in left-centerfield while pursuing a shallow fly ball. Castillo managed to stay in the game, but Palma remained on the ground until being taken out of the stadium on an ambulance. The 22-year-old suffered a lower body injury and was taken to 47 Lane, Trevor ..................LHP St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa for evaluation. 17 Lehnen, Dalton ............LHP STRIKEOUT KINGS: Adonis Rosa (8K), Trevor Lane (4K) and Andrew Schwaab (3K) combined for 15 strikeouts on Monday. Tampa 27 Nelson, Nick ..................RHP pitchers have tallied double-digit strikeouts in 37 games this season, with the Tarpons going 22-15 in such games. Tampa, by far, leads the Florida State League in strikeouts, totaling 789K entering today. That is 84K more than the team ranked second (Clearwater - 705K). 4 Rosa, Adonis ...................RHP Tampa is averaging 9.74 K-per-game and is on pace for 1,363K, which would crush its own FSL single-season strikeout record set last season with 1,215K. 22 Schwaab, Andrew .......RHP VS. DUNEDIN: Tonight will be the ninth of 15 games scheduled between the Tampa Tarpons and Dunedin Blue Jays. Tampa currently 34 Weissert, Greg ..............RHP leads the season-series, 6-2, including 3-1 at GMS Field and 3-1 at Dunedin Stadium. 19 Whitlock, Garrett .........RHP BABY BOMBERS: Alexander Palma and Steven Sensley both homered on Saturday, marking the 17th multi-homer game by Tampa 28 Wivinis, Matt .................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). 25 Deglan, Kellin .................... C THE REAL DIEHL: Southpaw Phillip Diehl struck out all six batters he faced on Tuesday in a perfect 8th and 9th innings, including big 15 Sands, Donny .................... C 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 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 16 Barrios, Daniel ............... INF (67K/43.1IP). 2 Castillo, Diego ................. INF 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- 9 Holder, Kyle ...................... INF 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. 1 Metzgar, David ................ INF FOR STARTERS: LHP Dalton Lehnen (0-0, -.--) will make his Tarpons debut…Began the season with Single-A Charleston, going 6-3 33 Wagner, Brandon ......... INF with a 2.67 ERA (70.2IP, 59H, 23R/21ER, 3HR, 3HB, 24BB, 73K) in 13 games (11 starts). 5 Crawford, Rashad ............ OF 2017: In his professional debut, combined with the GCL Yankees West and Rookie-level Pulaski to go 2-0 with a 4.05 ERA (33.1IP, 40H, 24 Gilliam, Isiah ................... OF 20R/15ER, 9BB, 43K, 3HR) in 11 games (10 starts). 6 Ruta, Ben ............................ OF Personal: 22-years-old, 6-3, 222 - Burnsville, Minnesota…Selected by the Yankees in the sixth round in 2017 out of Augustana Univer- sity…In his only season at Augustana University (S. Dak.), went 3-3 with a 2.60 ERA (52.0IP, 15ER) and 61K in 11 games (10 starts)…prior 3 Sensley, Steven ................ OF to transferring to Augustana, attended the University of Cincinnati for two years. 21 Thompson-Williams, Dom ....OF UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS SEASON SERIES vs. DUNEDIN (6-2) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME Wed. July 4 vs. Clearwater LHP Bailey Falter (5-3, 3.32) vs. RHP Nick Green (5-3, 2.77) 6:30 p.m. 5/15 5:00 p.m @ Tampa W/7, 4-2 Thur. July 5 vs. Clearwater RHP Mauricio Llovera (2-5, 4.29) vs. RHP Garrett Whitlock (3-1, 2.00) 6:30 p.m. 5/15 7:00 p.m. @ Tampa L/7, 2-0 Fri. July 5 at Lakeland RHP Nick Nelson (3-2, 3.52) vs. TBA (0-0, -.--) 6:30 p.m. 5/16 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa W, 4-0 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE STANDINGS 2018 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE LEADERS 5/17 10:30 a.m. @ Tampa W, 6-2 6/1 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin W, 6-3 NORTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Batting Lakeland 8-2 0.0 36-34 44-36 AVG: Nathaniel Lowe (CHA) .356 6/2 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin L, 4-0 Hits: Adam Haseley (CLR) 90 Clearwater 8-3 0.5 32-36 40-39 6/3 1:00 p.m. @ Dunedin W, 7-5 X-Daytona 6-4 2.0 37-29 43-33 Runs: Jared Oliva (BRD) 51 Tampa 6-5 2.5 35-35 41-40 HR: Ibandel Isabel (DBT) 18 7/2 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin W, 7-2 RBI: Jesus Sanchez (CHA) 49 Dunedin 5-6 3.5 31-37 36-43 Stolen Bases: Jared Oliva (BRD) 24 7/3 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Florida 2-8 6.0 29-37 31-45 Base On Balls: Hoy Jun Park (TAM) 40 7/13 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa SOUTH 2nd GB 1st Overall Pitching 7/14 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Fort Myers 7-4 0.0 28-40 35-44 Wins: 3 tied at 8 8 7/15 1:00 p.m. @ Tampa X-Palm Beach 6-5 1.0 39-25 45-30 Saves: Eduardo Jimenez (LAK) 12 7/19 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Jupiter 5-6 2.0 41-28 46-34 Strikeouts: Ian Anderson (FLO) 87 ERA: Spenser Watkins (LAK) 1.55 St. Lucie 4-6 2.5 27-40 31-46 7/20 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin WHIP: Tyler Wells (FTM) 0.93 Charlotte 4-7 3.0 34-33 38-40 AVG: Tyler Wells (FTM) .194 7/21 6:30 p.m. @ Dunedin Bradenton 3-8 4.0 35-30 38-38 MINOR LEAGUE REPORT TEAM HIGHS/LOWS 2018 RECORDS Triple-A: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders GENERAL (41-40), 2nd in International League North Division. Longest Winning Streak ............................................5 (4/22-26) TOTAL HOME ROAD Last: 7/2 at Buffalo: W, 6-2. Longest Losing Streak ................................................6 (6/11-19) Next: 7/3 at Buffalo - 6:05 p.m. Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. ......................... 3:20 (4/12 at STL) Overall: .............................41-40 ........25-19 .......16-21 Notes: LHP Justus Sheffield (W, 2-3) made a quality start (7.0IP, Longest Game, Time .....................................3:22 (6/22 vs. JUP) 3H, 1ER, 3BB, 6K). Clint Frazier (2-for-4, HR, 2RBI, 2R) clubbed his Longest Game, Innings ................... 11, 2x (last: 6/22 vs. JUP) 1st Half: ............................35-35 ........21-16 .......14-19 8th HR. Bruce Caldwell (2-for-4, HR, 2B, 3RBI, R) hit his 4th HR. Ryan Shortest Game, Time, 9 inn. .......................1:58 (6/23 vs. JUP) 2nd Half: ............................ 6-5 ............ 4-3 ...........2-2 McBroom (2-for-4, RBI, R) and Tyler Wade (2-for-5, 2B, R) also had Shortest Game, Time .....................1:39 (5/29 vs. LAK, DHG1) multi-hit games. RHP Tommy Kahnle logged a scoreless outing Most LOB .............................................. 12, 5x (last: 6/22 vs. JUP) (1.0IP, 2K). Most Errors .............................................................4 (4/14 at FTM) Tarpons Score First: ......30-15 ........18-4 .........12-11 Largest Margin of Victory ..............................12 (4/18 vs. DAY) Opp. Score First: ...........11-25 .......... 7-15 .........4-10 RHP Luis Cessa (0-0, -.--) will start tonight. Largest Margin of Defeat...............................13 (6/28 vs. FTM) Largest Deficit Overcome in a Win..................5 (5/25 at FLA) vs.