Florida Fire Frogs Game Notes: May 16, 2018
Published on May 16, 2018 under Florida State League (FSL1)
Florida Fire Frogs News Release
TODAY'S GAME: Game three of a four-game series against the St. Lucie Mets at Osceola County Stadium (1-1)....Game three of a seven-game homestand against St. Lucie and the Clearwater Threshers (1-1)...Florida has won the previous two series against St. Lucie in 2018, including taking two of three in Kissimmee from April 17-19...The Fire Frogs are 8-14 against the Mets in their history, including 5-7 at home.
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER: 22-year-old Tucker Davidson makes his eighth start of the season in game three of the four-game series against the Mets on Wednesday 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...The 6'2" southpaw earned his first win of the season on May 10, allowing six runs on six hits, four walks and two strikeouts against the Tampa Tarpons at George M. Steinbrenner Field...The product of Midland College tossed 92 pitches, with 54 going for strikes...Wednesday will be Davidson's second career start against the Mets...The 2016 draft pick held St. Lucie to two runs on three hits, two walks and four punchouts through four frames in a no-decision at Osceola County Stadium on April 18.
FLORIDA SPLITS TWIN BILL WITH ST. LUCIE: The Florida Fire Frogs and St. Lucie Mets split their doubleheader at Osceola County Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, with the home team falling in game one, 4-3, and taking game two, 4-2. Florida is now 3-3-4 all-time in twin bills.
Florida took a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning on a two-run single to center off the bat of Garrison Schwartz, but Thomas Burrows and Sean McLaughlin could not lock down the top of the seventh, as the pair of relievers allowed two runs to score.
The Fire Frogs started the scoring early in game two with an RBI single from Brett Cumberland in the first, before the Mets tied the game with a run of their own in the top of the second. Florida pulled back ahead with a two-spot in the second, and added an insurance run in the fourth.
WALKER'S WAGES: Jeremy Walker tossed his third quality start of the season in game two of Tuesday's doubleheader...The right-hander limited St. Lucie to two runs on six hits and two walks over six frames for his first win of the season...The product of Gardner-Webb leads the team in quality starts in 2018, passing Bryse Wilson for the team lead.
HOLY KEV-BOT!: After having just two hits in his previous eight games, Kevin Josephina had two hits in the back end of the twin bill...The switch-hitting infielder also drove in two runs, accounting for a third of his total RBI total with the Fire Frogs this season.
MOONEY TALKS: Marcus Mooney had his second multi-hit performance in the 4-2 win over the Mets...The 24-year-old also scored to of the club's four runs, tying a season-high for the product of South Carolina.
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