Florida Fire Frogs Game Notes: August 11, 2018
August 11, 2018 - Florida State League (FSL1)
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TODAY'S GAME: Game three of a four-game series against the Fort Myers Miracle (MIN) at Osceola County Stadium (0-2)...Game six of a seven-game homestand against the Palm Beach Cardinals and the Miracle (0-5)...Florida is coming off a three-game series sweep at the hands of the Cardinals at home after posting a 1-6 mark during the previous seven-game road trip...Third, and final, series (11 games) between Florida and Fort Myers in 2018, with Florida trailing the series 2-6...The Fire Frogs split four games with the Miracle at Osceola County Stadium in 2017.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: 23-year-old Walter Borkovich makes his second career start in game three of the four-game series against the Fort Myers Miracle on Saturday night...The right-hander did not factor into the decision of a 1-0 loss to the Miracle on Aug. 4 at Hammond Stadium, where the Michigan State product blanked the Minnesota Twins' affiliate on three hits and four punchouts in his High-A debut.
LATE LEAD SLIPS AWAY IN LOSS TO MIRACLE: The Florida Fire Frogs grabbed a late lead over the Fort Myers Miracle on Friday night, but saw the one-run advantage heading into the final frame turn into a 6-4 loss at Osceola County Stadium. The defeat sets a new team record with eight consecutive losses at home. The Fire Frogs have not won a game in Kissimmee since July 14.
C.J. Alexander (3x4, R, 3B) made his Florida State League debut on Friday night, and the State College of Florida product did not disappoint. The 6-foot-5 third baseman socked an RBI triple to dead center in the fourth inning to bring home Delgado to bring Florida within 3-1. Davidson drove the 22-year-old home with a ground out to pull the Fire Frogs within a run.
Jeremy Walker ended the eighth inning looking at his 11th loss of the season before the two-run rally by his teammates gave the 23-year-old a shot at his fourth win of the year. The right-handed hurler tossed his team-leading, 10th quality start of the season with three runs allowed - two earned - on eight hits, a walk and six strikeouts, while tying a career-high with eight innings pitched.
NOT-SO-FRIENDLY CONFINES: With Friday's loss, the Fire Frogs set a season-high with eight consecutive losses at home...The Atlanta Braves affiliate is 18-33 at Osceola County Stadium during its second season, and is 43-67 in the team's short history...Florida's last home win came on July 14 in an 11-3 victory over the Clearwater Threshers.
SUMMER COOL DOWN: The series-opening loss against Fort Myers dropped Florida's record to 1-9 in August...During the final full month of the season, the bats are hitting just .222, while the arms have posted an ERA of 4.85...The Fire Frogs have blown all four save opportunities in August, and have not recorded a save since July 19... Relievers are now 0-4 in the final month of the season, with an ERA of 9.26 (27er/31.1ip).
JUMPING IN THE SHOW: Former Florida reliever Chad Sobotka made his big league debut with the Atlanta Braves on Friday night in the 10-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at SunTrust Park...The hard-throwing right-hander became the fifth Fire Frog to make it to the show, joining LHP A.J. Minter, LHP Luiz Gohara, LHP Adam McCreery, and OF Ronald Acuna.
ANDERSON NAMED PITCHER OF THE WEEK: For the second time in less than a month, Florida Fire Frogs starting pitcher Ian Anderson has been named the Pitcher of the Week for the week of July 30 - Aug. 5 in the Florida State League...This is the Rexford, N.Y. native's third career Pitcher of the Week award, with the first coming in May, 2017, and the second earned in July of this season...The 20-year-old becomes the first Florida player to earn multiple weekly honors in a season.
The Atlanta Braves' third-ranked prospect (MLB.com) held the Charlotte Stone Crabs hitless through 7.2 innings of work at Charlotte Sports Park on Aug. 1. The right-hander did walk a man, but struck out five in the longest outing of his career...Since the start of July, the third overall pick of the 2016 draft has allowed just three runs - two earned - over 29.2 innings on 13 hits, five free passes and 37 strikeouts.
BUILDING THE PIPELINE: MLB Pipeline revealed its updated prospect rankings, and nine Atlanta Braves farmhands cracked the top-100...Of the nine, seven either currenlty played, or have previously played for the Fire Frogs: Kyle Wright (24), Ian Anderson (38), Austin Riley (43), Cristian Pache (57), Luiz Gohara (61), Touki Toussaint (76), and Drew Waters (98).
Florida State League Stories from August 11, 2018
- Isabel Becomes First Player in FSL to Reach 29 Homers Since '08 - Daytona Tortugas
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- Florida Snaps Skid with Thrilling Walk-Off - Florida Fire Frogs
- Offense Stays Hot as Tampa Wins 3rd-Straight - Tampa Tarpons
- Miracle Tie Game In Eighth, But Fall In Ninth, 3-2 - Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
- Six-Run First Propels Stone Crabs to Sixth Straight Win - Charlotte Stone Crabs
- Ramos Rehabs in 11-0 Loss to St. Lucie - Clearwater Threshers
- Mets Clobber Threshers 11-0 - St. Lucie Mets
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