Florida Fire Frogs Game Notes: August 19, 2018
August 19, 2018 - Florida State League (FSL1)
Florida Fire Frogs News Release
TODAY'S GAME: Finale of a three-game series against the Lakeland Flying Tigers (DET) from Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium (0-2)...Finale of a seven-game road trip against the St. Lucie Mets and Flying Tigers (2-4)...Florida is coming off a four-game series split against St. Lucie at First Data Field, taking the opener and finale...Third of four series (13 games) between Florida and Lakeland in 2018, with Florida trailing the series 3-6...The Fire Frogs split a four-game set in Lakeland from April 26-29.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: 22-year-old Tucker Davidson makes his 24th start of the season in the finale of the three-game set against the Lakeland Flying Tigers on Sunday afternoon...The Amarillo, Texas native entered the 2018 season as the 13th- (Baseball America) and 23rd- (MLB.com) ranked prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization, and is currently 25th (MLB.com)...The southpaw suffered his 10th loss of the season in a 4-1 defeat to the St. Lucie Mets on Aug. 14...The Midland College product allowed three runs on six hits, a walk and five strikeouts through 4.2 innings...Sunday will be Davidson's second start against the Flying Tigers...The 2016 draft pick suffered his fourth loss of the season against the Detroit Tigers' affiliate on April 28, yielding five runs on four knocks, five free passes and a punchout across four frames.
DELGADO EXTENDS ON-BASE STREAK IN LOSS TO LAKELAND: Riley Delgado extended his on-base streak to 10 games, but the Florida Fire Frogs dropped the middle match of the three-game weekend set, 11-2.
Huascar Ynoa faced the minimum in the first, but surrendered two runs in the second, and three more in the fourth.
Delgado's single in the sixth resulted in a run, as Drew Waters scored from first on the hit-and-run. The 23-year-old is batting .425 (17-for-40) since the streak began on Aug. 9, and has five multi-hit performances during that stretch.
JUMPING IN THE SHOW: Former Florida starter Touki Toussaint made his big league debut with the Atlanta Braves on Monday afternoon against the Miami Marlins at SunTrust Park, earning the win with one runs allowed on two hits, two walks and four strikeouts in game one of the twin bill...The Braves seventh-ranked prospect (MLB.com) became the sixth Fire Frog to make it to the show, joining LHP A.J. Minter, LHP Luiz Gohara, LHP Adam McCreery, RHP Chad Sobotka and OF Ronald Acuna...The 22-year-old holds the Fire Frogs record for most strikeouts in a season, posting 123 in 2017.
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 19, 2018
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- Miracle Shut Out Again, Drop Rubber Game, 2-0 - Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
- Threshers Shut Down Miracle Again, Extend Division Lead - Clearwater Threshers
- Jays Fall in Series Finale 5-3 to Mets - Dunedin Blue Jays
- Nelson, Harris Combine for Two-Hitter in 3-1 Win - Tampa Tarpons
- Davidson Dazzles as Fire Frogs Blank Flying Tigers - Florida Fire Frogs
- Mets Win Series Finale over Blue Jays, 5-3 - St. Lucie Mets
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