Florida Fire Frogs Game Notes: July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018 - Florida State League (FSL1)
Florida Fire Frogs News Release
TODAY'S GAME: Game two of a three-game series against the Dunedin Blue Jays (TOR) from Dunedin Stadium (0-1)...Game two of a six-game road trip against Dunedin and the Clearwater Threshers (0-1)...Florida is coming off a 2-1 series victory over the Threshers from Osceola County Stadium...Fourth and final series (10 games) against the Toronto Blue Jays' affiliate, with six coming at Dunedin Stadium (3-1)...The Atlanta Braves' affiliate took all three games against Dunedin on the road from May 22-23.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: 22-year-old Tucker Davidson makes his 18th start of the season in the middle game of the three-game series against the Dunedin Blue Jays on Tuesday morning...The Amarillo, Texas native entered the 2018 season as the 13th- (Baseball America) and 23rd- (MLB.com) ranked prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization...The southpaw earned his sixth win of the season in an 11-1 victory over the Daytona Tortugas at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on July 13...The Midland College product took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before Tyler Stephenson broke up the bid with a single...Davidson finished the night with one run allowed on two hits, three walks and a career-high, eight strikeouts in six innings...Tuesday will be Davidson's first career start against the Blue Jays.
FLORIDA FALLS VICTIM TO LONG BALL AGAINST DUNEDIN: The Florida Fire Frogs and Dunedin Blue Jays played a game of "long ball" on Monday night, with Florida coming out on the losing end of a 5-2 score at Dunedin Stadium. The three home runs allowed by the Fire Frogs' pitching staff in the series opener tied a season high.
HATEFUL EIGHT: Cristian Pache singled on the second pitch of the day from Patrick Murphy, stretching the 19-year-old's hitting streak to eight games, and advancing his on-base streak to 11 games...During the hitting streak, the Atlanta Braves' eighth-ranked prospect (MLB.com) is batting .382 (13-for-34) with two home runs...During the on-base streak, the center fielder is hitting .409 (18-for-44) with three long balls and six RBI.
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