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Florida Fire Frogs Game Notes: June 13, 2018

June 13, 2018 - Florida State League (FSL1)
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TODAY'S GAME: Game three of a four-game series against the Bradenton Marauders at Osceola County Stadium (1-1)...Game six of a seven-game homestand against the Jupiter Hammerheads and Bradenton leading into the All-Star break (3-2)...Second of three series (12 games) between the two clubs in 2018, and first of two four-game sets in Kissimmee...The Fire Frogs and Marauders split a four-game series at LECOM Park from June 4-7...Florida finished 4-4 against Bradenton in 2017, including 3-1 at home.

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: 20-year-old Joey Wentz makes his eighth start in game three of the four-game set against the Bradenton Marauders on Wednesday night...The 6'5" lefty entered the 2018 season as the 10th-ranked prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization, according to MLB.com...The Shawnee Mission East High School product suffered his second loss of the season on May 11 against the Tampa Tarpons at George M. Steinbrenner Field...The southpaw allowed five runs on two hits, a career-high, six walks and just one strikeout in 1.2 innings...Wednesday will be Wentz's first career start against the Marauders.

DAVIDSONS DOMINATE IN DOUBLEHEADER SPLIT: Tucker Davidson recorded his first career complete games, and Braxton Davidson kept swinging a hot bat in Tuesday's doubleheader split against the Bradenton Marauders at Osceola County Stadium on Tuesday.

Tucker Davidson tossed the second complete game of the week for the Fire Frogs in the opener, scattering five hits, walking two and striking out five, while Braxton Davidson hit his fourth home run over his last four games to back the left-handed starter. Cristian Pache started the scoring in the contest with a lead-off blast against big-league rehabber Enny Romero.

Pache drove in both runs in the 3-2 loss in game two, but Mauricio Cabrera and Dan Lietz could not hold onto the late lead in game two in the losing effort.

TUCKER'S TRICKS: Tucker Davidson recorded his first career shutout in the seven-inning contest in game one...The seven frames set a new career high for the 22-year-old, while the 95 pitches set a new season high...The southpaw has won his last five decisions, and the Fire Frogs are a team-best 8-4 when the Atlanta Braves' 22nd-rankes prospect (MLB.com) takes the mound.

AHEAD OF THE PACE: With two complete games over the last four games, the Fire Frogs have already set a team record with two pitchers going the distance in 2018...During the inaugural campaign, only Oriel Caicedo tossed every inning in a game, as the left-hander went all seven innings in a 5-0 shutout over the Marauder on Aug. 6, scattering four hits and striking out three in the win...All three of Florida's complete games have come in seven-inning contests...Caicedo has the longest outing for any Florida pitcher in team history, when the Panama native went nine frames in a 10-inning game against the Jupiter Hammerheads on Aug. 12 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium...The most innings for any Atlanta Braves' High-A affiliate this season is seven, with three pitchers lasting that long into a game.

BRAXTON'S BASH: Braxton Davidson's two-run shot in game one was the 21-year-old's fourth long ball over his last four games...Davidson is off to a .326 start, and has an OPS of 1.176 in 12 games in June...The Florida State League named Davidson the player of the week for the week of June 4-10, after the first baseman posted a .400/.444/1.000 slash line to go along with four long balls, three doubles, eight RBI and seven runs scored.

ALL-STAR SELECTIONS: The Florida State League announced its rosters for the North and South squads on June 1, and three Fire Frogs will represent the Atlanta Braves' High-A affiliate in Tampa on on June 16...Chad Sobotka, Cristian Pache and were selected divisional coaches, GMs, official scorers and broadcasters...Sobotka has since been replaced by right-handed pitcher Sixto Sanchez of the Clearwater Threshers...The Fire Frogs had a league-high, nine representatives in 2017.


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