Florida Fire Frogs Game Notes: August 2, 2018
Published on August 2, 2018 under Florida State League (FSL1)
Florida Fire Frogs News Release
TODAY'S GAME: Finale of a four-game series against the Charlotte Stone Crabs (TB) from Charlotte Sports Park (0-3)...Game four of a seven-game road trip against Charlotte and the Fort Myers Miracle (MIN) (0-3)...Florida is coming off an 0-1 series loss to the Bradenton Marauders at home, and an 0-2 homestand against Charlotte and Bradenton...Third of four series (11 games) against the Tampa Bay Rays' affiliate, with eight matchups taking place in Port Charlotte...The Atlanta Braves' affiliate finished 2-2 against the Stone Crabs on the road in 2017.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: 20-year-old Huascar Ynoa makes his High-A debut in the finale of the four-game series against the Charlotte Stone Crabs on Thursday night...The native of the Dominican Republic was not ranked in the Atlanta Braves' top-30 prospect list at the beginning of the season (MLB.com), but is currently ranked 23rd...The 6-foot-2 hurler allowed just one run on six hits, a walk and six strikeouts in an 8-1 victory over the Charleston RiverDogs on July 22...Thursday will be Ynoa's first career start against the Stone Crabs.
FLORIDA CHASES HISTORY IN EXTRA-INNING LOSS: The combination of Ian Anderson, Justin Kelly and Brandon White carried a no-hitter through 10 innings on Wednesday night, but the Florida Fire Frogs fell to the Charlotte Stone Crabs in 12 frames, 6-3.
Anderson worked the first 7.2 of the contest, setting a career-mark for innings pitched while falling an out short of tying a team-high for the 2018 season. Kelly took over with two inherited runners in the eighth inning and did not allow any knocks through his 1.2 frames.
White came one with a runner on third and one out in the 10th inning with the Fire Frogs holding a 1-0 lead, but surrendered a sacrifice fly to Jermaine Palacios to tie the game. The right-hander then yielded the no-hit bid to Kevin Padlo inthe 11th with a run-scoring double down the line in left.
All nine runs scored in the contest came in the extra frames, with Florida falling on a walk-off, three-run homer by Padlo.
The 10 innings of no-hit ball tossed by the Fire Frogs set a new club record, besting Oriel Caicedo's 8.2 no-hit gem against the Jupiter Hammerheads on Aug. 12, 2017 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.
THROWING CHEDDAR: Ian Anderson continued his torrid stretch since the start of July by no-hitting the Stone Crabs through 7.2 to set a career-mark for innings pitched in a game... Baseball's 40th-ranked prospect (MLB.com) allowed just the three base runners and struck out five on the night to extend his league lead to 113...Over his last five starts, the Rexford, N.Y. native has allowed just three runs - two earned - over 29.2 innings, posting an ERA of just 0.62 since the start of July.
CAUGHT ON THE HOOK: Kurt Hoekstra came on as a pinch runner for Braxton Davidson to start the top of the 10th inning, and came around to score Florida's first run of the night on Garrison Schwartz's RBI double...The corner infielder extended his on-base streak to 14 games with a two-out single in the 11th, tying a team-high for the 2018 season with Alejandro Salazar set back from April 25 through May 11...Since July 9, the Western Michigan product has hit .306 (15-for-49) with one home run and three RBI.
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 (25), Ian Anderson (40), Austin Riley (44), Cristian Pache (58), Luiz Gohara (63), Touki Toussaint (78), and Drew Waters (100).
Florida State League Stories from August 2, 2018
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- Tarpons Lose Rubber-Game in Clearwater, 2-0 - Tampa Tarpons
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