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 JUPITER HAMMERHEADS (22-27) vs. TAMPA TARPONS (33-15) G1: LHP Luis Palacios (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Matt Sauer (0-1, 4.65) | G2: TBA (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Randy Vasquez (1-1, 3.15) Friday, July 2, 2021 • George M. Steinbrenner Field • Tampa, FL • 4:00 p.m. Games #49/50 • Home Games #26/27 • Radio: N/A • Phone App: MiLB First Pitch LAST TIME OUT: After rain forced back-to-back postponements to begin the series, the Tarpons and Hammerheads were able to ACTIVE ROSTER (29) complete the first game of a doubleheader, winning, 8-1, before having the second game suspended in the middle of the 1st on Thursday night at GMS Field. 39 Aguilar, Clay ......................... LHP 45 Anderson, Ryan .................. LHP 26 Barclay, Edgar ..................... LHP ONE-HITTER: A trio of Tampa pitchers combined for a seven-inning one-hitter in game one of Thursday night's doubleheader, 48 Boyle, Sean ..........................RHP with Tampa defeating Jupiter, 8-1…RHP Yoendrys Gomez allowed 1ER on 1H in 2.0IP (1BB, 2K, HB, WP, 45P/26S) to start…Tampa 34 Coleman, Carson ...............RHP scored seven runs while batting around in the 4th, including three-straight bases-loaded walks by Carlos Narvaez (2-for-2, BB, 32 Correa, Nelvin .....................RHP 30 Diaz, Wellington .................RHP RBI, R), Eric Wagaman (0-for-2, BB, RBI, R) and Pat DeMarco (0-for-2, BB, RBI, R) before a grand slam by Anthony Volpe (2-for-3, 10 Giacone, Michael ............... LHP HR, BB, 4RBI, R, CS)…Trevor Hauver (3-for-3, 2B, BB, RBI, R) added an RBI double in the 6th…RHP Anderson Muñoz (W, 1-0) 15 Gomez, Yoendrys ...............RHP retired 9-of-10 batters faced over a scoreless 3.0IP (0H, 1BB, 4K), and RHP Trevor Holloway closed the game with a perfect 2.0IP 29 Holloway, Trevor ................RHP (3K). 23 Muñoz, Anderson ..............RHP 37 Muñoz, Jhonatan ...............RHP 40 Myatt, Tanner ......................RHP LET'S PLAY TWO! The Tarpons and Hammerheads managed to play one half inning of Game Two of Thursday's doubleheader, 11 Santana, Enrique ...............RHP with LHP Clay Aguilar logging a perfect 1.0IP (2K) before rainfall caused a suspension of play in the middle of the 1st. Play will 47 Sauer, Matt ...........................RHP resume today at 4:00 p.m., with the scheduled game to be played 30 minutes following the conclusion of the suspended game. 3 Vasquez, Randy .....................RHP Both games will be seven innings in regulation. Tampa is 7-5 in doubleheader games this season. 43 Way, Beck ..............................RHP 21 Diaz, Pedro .................................C 5 Narvaez, Carlos ...........................C WAGAMAN WINS POW: On Monday, INF Eric Wagaman was named Southeast League Player of the Week (June 21-27) after 28 Wells, Austin ..............................C batting .571 (8-for-14) with 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR, 9RBI, 2BB and 3R. Wagaman becomes the third Tarpons INF to win POW, 14 Bastidas, Jesus ......................INF joining INF Anthony Volpe (May 31-June 6) and INF Trevor Hauver (May 4-9). 24 Chaparro, Andres .................INF 17 Hauver, Trevor .......................INF 12 Volpe, Anthony .....................INF VS. JUPITER: Tonight, the Tarpons will continue a six-game series against the Jupiter Hammerheads. Tampa currently leads the 31 Wagaman, Eric ......................INF season-series, 1-0. The teams are scheduled to square off a total of 12 times throughout the season. 1 Alexander, Evan .......................OF 27 De Leon, Juan ........................OF VOLPE STREAKING: INF Anthony Volpe reached base three times on Thursday, extending his on-base streak to 22 games. Volpe 16 DeMarco, Pat ..........................OF 22 Sanford, Jacob .......................OF had a stellar month of June, batting .392/.515/.848 (31-for-79) with 9 doubles, 3 triples, 7HR, 22RBI, including a 15-game hitting streak from 6/2-19 (longest in the Southeast League).The 20-year-old currently leads the league in runs (45), hits (53), doubles LAST 10 GAMES (6-4) (18), HR (9) and RBI (41). 6/18 vs. Bradenton ............L/7, 3-1 300 CLUB: After scoring a dozen runs on 6/13, the Tarpons became the first team in Minor League Baseball to score 300 runs in 6/18 vs. Bradenton ............L/7, 8-2 2021. Tampa enters today with an MiLB-best 377 runs scored (7.85/G), which currently ranks 2nd to Triple-A Reno (383 runs). No 6/19 vs. Bradenton ..............W, 7-6 other team in the Southeast League has scored more than 310 runs (Bradenton). Anthony Volpe (46R) currently leads the league 6/20 vs. Bradenton .............L, 11-6 in runs scored, with Austin Wells (40R) tied for 3rd, Andres Chaparro (37R) ranking 6th, Pat DeMarco (35R) ranking 7th, and 6/22 @ Lakeland ..................W, 4-3 Trevor Hauver (33R) tied for 8th. 6/24 @ Lakeland ........... W/7, 10-2 6/26 @ Lakeland ................L/7, 7-5 LEAGUE LEADERS: The Tarpons enter today leading the Southeast League in several categories, including runs (377), hits (438), 6/26 @ Lakeland ..............W/7, 6-5 RBI (343), doubles (99), home runs (67), walks (305), AVG (.276), OBP (.401) and SLG (.485). The Tarpons have six players ranked 6/27 @ Lakeland ................W, 15-2 among the top-10 RBI leaders in the league, including: Anthony Volpe (1st, 45RBI), Austin Wells (2nd, 39RBI), Trevor Hauver 7/1 vs. Jupiter ....................W/7, 8-1 (T-4th, 35RBI), Andres Chaparro (6th, 34RBI) and Pat DeMarco (T-8th, 31RBI). UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS 2 SEASON SERIES vs. JUPITER (1-0) DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME 6/30 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa PPD (rain) Sat., July 3 vs. Jupiter RHP M.D. Johnson (2-4, 3.62) vs. RHP Beck Way (1-0, 4.05) 6:30 p.m. Sun., July 4 vs. Jupiter RHP Matt Givin (1-5, 4.08) vs. RHP Jhonatan Muñoz (2-3, 7.40) 12:00 p.m. 7/1 4:00 p.m. @ Tampa W/7, 8-1 Mon., July 5 OFF DAY 7/1 7:00 p.m. @ Tampa LOW-A SOUTHEAST STANDINGS TARPONS AT A GLANCE 7/2 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa Record EAST RECORD GB Overall Record: ........................33-15 Place: ................................................ 1st 7/3 6:30 p.m. @ Tampa St. Lucie (NYM) 27-24 - Games Back: .......................................- Home: .......................................... 17-8 7/4 12:00 p.m. @ Tampa Daytona (CIN) 23-28 4.0 Away: ........................................... 16-7 Jupiter (MIA) 22-27 4.0 Last 5: ...............................................4-1 Last 10: ............................................6-4 9/3 6:30 p.m. @ Jupiter Palm Beach (STL) 20-31 7.0 Hitting Leaders Batting Average: Wagaman (.333) 9/4 6:30 p.m. @ Jupiter WEST RECORD GB Runs Scored: ....................Volpe (46) Home Runs: ....................Volpe (10) 9/5 6:30 p.m. @ Jupiter Runs Batted In: ...............Volpe (45) Tampa (NYY) 33-15 - Stolen Bases: ..................Volpe (19) Bradenton (PIT) 34-16 - 9/6 6:30 p.m. @ Jupiter Pitching Leaders Fort Myers (MIN) 28-22 6.0 Wins: .............................Holloway (7) Clearwater (PHI) 27-24 7.5 ERA: ................................Sauer (4.65) 9/7 6:30 p.m. @ Jupiter Dunedin (TOR) 20-30 14.0 Strikeouts: .................Holloway(49) Saves: ............Correa/Holloway (3) 9/8 12:00 p.m. @ Jupiter Lakeland (DET) 16-33 17.5 WHIP: .............................Sauer (1.60) Jupiter Hammerheads (22-27) vs. Tampa Tarpons (33-15) - Doubleheader Game One - 4:00 p.m. Friday, July 2, 2021 First Pitch: ________ Temp: _______ Time of Game: ______ Attendance: ________ UMPIRES: Trevor Matthews (HP), Mickey Smith (1B) OFFICIAL SCORER: Thomas Rice JUPITER HAMMERHEADS Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI BB SO 8 Davis Bradshaw (.156, 0, 5) + LF 10 VIctor Mesa Jr. (.227, 2, 31) + CF 3 Monte Harrison (.333, 0, 0) DH 23 Joe Dunand (.000, 0, 0) SS 4 Federico Polanco (.245, 1, 19) + 2B 6 Angeudis Santos (.171, 0, 8) * 3B 9 Jan Mercado (.108, 0, 3) C 38 Lorenzo Hampton (.000, 0, 0) RF 28 Zack Kone (.133, 0, 1) 1B Totals R/H E/LOB Pitchers W/L SV IP H R ER BB SO HB WP BK HR # pit. Stks. SB:___________________ LHP Luis Palacios (0-0, -.--) CS:___________________ DP:_________________ LOB:________ E:________ TAMPA TARPONS Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI BB SO 12 Anthony Volpe (.316, 10, 45) SS 17 Trevor Hauver (.287, 6, 35) + DH 22 Jake Sanford (.282, 4, 21) + RF 24 Andres Chaparro (.291, 5, 34) 3B 5 Carlos Narvaez (.264, 2, 16) C 31 Eric Wagaman (.333, 2, 11) 1B 16 Pat DeMarco (.270, 7, 31) CF 1 Evan Alexander (.194, 1, 2) + LF 14 Jesus Bastidas (.214, 2, 14) 2B Totals R/H E/LOB Pitchers W/L SV IP H R ER BB SO HB WP BK HR # pit. Stks. SB:___________________ 39 LHP Clay Aguilar 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 8 47 RHP Matt Sauer (0-1, 4.65) CS:___________________ DP:_________________ LOB:________ E:________ * Switch Hitter / + Left-Handed Hitter TONIGHT'S GAME ONE STARTING PITCHER #47 MATT SAUER RHP HT: 6'4 WT: 205 AGE: 22 BORN: January 21, 1999 in Santa Maria, Calif. ACQUIRED: Selected by the Yankees in the second round of the 2017 MLB Draft. ARSENAL: Fastball (92-95 mph), Cutter, Sinker, Changeup, Curveball, Slider SCHOOL: LAST TIME OUT: Made the start at Lakeland on 6/26 and took a no-decision after yielding 4ER in 4.0IP (5H, 2BB, 4K, WP, 78P/47S).