Florida Fire Frogs Game Notes: June 14, 2018
Published on June 14, 2018 under Florida State League (FSL1)
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TODAY'S GAME: Finale of a four-game series against the Bradenton Marauders at Osceola County Stadium (1-2)...Game seven of a seven-game homestand against the Jupiter Hammerheads and Bradenton leading into the All-Star break (3-3)...Second of three series (12 games) between the two clubs in 2018, and first of two four-game sets in Kissimmee...The Fire Frogs and Marauders split a four-game series at LECOM Park from June 4-7...Florida finished 4-4 against Bradenton in 2017, including 3-1 at home.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: 20-year-old Kyle Muller makes his seventh start at the High-A level in game the finale of the four-game series against the Bradenton Marauders...The southpaw made six starts with the Rome Braves, going 3-0 with a 2.40 ERA across 30 innings of work (8er)...The Dallas native earned his first win at the Advanced-A level in a 9-3 victory over the Jupiter Hammerheads on June 9...The lefty allowed two runs on seven hits and two strikeouts...The southpaw needed 90 pitches, with 60 crossing the plate as strikes...Thursday will be Muller's first career start against the Marauders.
FLORIDA FALLS IN WENTZ'S RETURN ON WEDNESDAY: Joey Wentz made his first start in over a month on Wednesday night, as the Florida Fire Frogs dropped game three of the four-game series against the Bradenton Marauder, 4-1, in a rain-shortened contest at Osceola County Stadium.
Florida tied the game at a run apiece with an RBI single to center by Shean Michel, but Bradenton added sacrifice flies in the fifth and sixth frames, before sealing the contest with an RBI single off the bat of Hunter Owen in the seventh.
WELCOMES BACK, WENTZ: Joey Wentz made his first appearance on the mound since May 11...The left-hander worked 2.1 innings in his first start in over a month, allowing a home run against Jared Oliva on his fourth pitch of the night...The 20-year-old scattered two more hits, and also struck out the first two batters of the second on curveballs.
GRAHAM BOUNCING BACK: Josh Graham picked up two more strikeouts in a scoreless inning of work on Wednesday night...The product of Oregon has not allowed a run over his last two outings, covering three innings...The right-handed reliever allowed seven runs (six earned) his previous two appearances on six hits and four walks.
MICHEL'S MUSCLE: Shean Michel drove in the lone run of the game on Wednesday for the Fire Frogs...The Curacao native has pushed across a run in each of his last three games, including his first career homerun on June 10 against the Jupiter Hammerheads...The 20-year-old has also collected five hits over his last eight at-bats...Michel also leads the club with six outfield assists, as the outfielder threw out Jared Oliva at the plate in the top of the third inning in game three of the four-game set.
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS: The Florida State League announced its rosters for the North and South squads on June 1, and three Fire Frogs will represent the Atlanta Braves' High-A affiliate in Tampa on on June 16...Chad Sobotka, Cristian Pache and were selected divisional coaches, GMs, official scorers and broadcasters...Sobotka has since been replaced by right-handed pitcher Sixto Sanchez of the Clearwater Threshers...The Fire Frogs had a league-high, nine representatives in 2017.
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