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Florida Fire Frogs Game Notes: August 3, 2018

August 3, 2018 - Florida State League (FSL1)
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TODAY'S GAME: Game one of a three-game series against the Fort Myers Miracle (MIN) from Hammond Stadium...Game five of a seven-game road trip against the Charlotte Stone Crabs and the Miracle (MIN) (0-4)...Florida is coming off a four-game series sweep to the Stone Crabs at Charlotte Sports Park...Second of three series (11 games) against the Minnesota Twins' affiliate, with seven matchups taking place in Fort Myers...The Atlanta Braves' affiliate dropped a four-game set at Hammond from April 9-12.

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: 22-year-old Tucker Davidson makes his 21st start of the season in the series opener against the Fort Myers Miracle on Friday night...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 eighth loss of the season with 10 runs allowed - eight earned - on eight hits, three walks and three strikeouts across 3.2 innings on July 24 against the Charlotte Stone Crabs at Osceola County Stadium...Friday will be Davidson's second career start against the Miracle. The Midland College product allowed four runs on six hits, five walks and two strikeouts through 2.2 innings in an 8-2 loss at Hammond Stadium on April 12.

FLORIDA SWEPT IN RAIN-SHORTENED FINALE: The Florida Fire Frogs suffered their first four-game sweep of the season with a 3-0, seven-inning loss to the Charlotte Stone Crabs on Thursday night at Charlotte Sports Park. The series was the fourth time in team history the Atlanta Braves' Advanced-A affiliate was swept in a four-game set.

WELCOME TO FLORIDA!: Three players made their High-A debuts for the Fire Frogs on Thursday: RHP Huascar Ynoa, C William Contreras, and OF Drew Waters.

Ynoa suffered the loss by allowing three runs over five frames, but walked just one while striking out eight...The right-hander became the seventh 20-year-old to start a game for Florida this season in the finale...While not his first time on the mound as a Fire Frog, Thursday was the first official outing for Ynoa in Florida...The native of the Dominican Republic started against the Bradenton Marauders on July 28, and allowed nine runs in just 3.2. But, because of rain suspending the game in the middle of the fourth inning and wet grounds cancelling the continuation on the 29, the game was never made official.

Contreras struck out on three pitches in his first at-bat, but followed that up with a ground-rule double to right-center in his second plate appearance...The backstop drew a walk in his final at-bat against Riley O'Brien in the sixth.

Waters finished 0-for-2, but drew a free pass with two outs in the third frame.

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).

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