Game Notes: Tampa Tarpons (44-20) vs. Lakeland Flying Tigers (23-40)
Published on July 18, 2021 under Florida State League (FSL)
Tampa Tarpons News Release
LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS (23-40) vs TAMPA TARPONS (44-20)
RHP Nick Davila (2-3, 2.45) vs. RHP Yoendrys Gomez (0-0, 3.71)
Sunday - George M. Steinbrenner Field - Tampa, FL - 12:00 p.m.
Games #65 - Home Game #35 - Radio: N/A - Phone App: MiLB First Pitch
LAST TIME OUT: Tampa pitchers were overwhelmed by the Lakeland offense on Saturday night as the Tarpons fell to the Flying Tigers, 10-3, at GMS Field...Tampa hitters struck out 14 times while Lakeland put up crooked numbers in the fifth and seventh, with five of its 11 hits going for extra bases...RHP Jhonatan Muñoz started and held Lakeland to 1ER in 3.0IP (2H, 3BB, 1K, 52/33S)...In the 3rd, Austin Wells (1-for-4, 3B, R) tripled and scored on a base hit by Andres Chaparro (1-for-3, BB, RBI, R), who later scored on an error...Lakeland scored eight-straight runs, including three in the 5th and four in the 7th, before Trevor Hauver (2-for-4, HR, BB, RBI, R) crushed a solo HR in the 7th (his 8th HR)...Aldenis Sanchez (2-for-4, 2B) also logged a multi-hit game (his third in four games)...Flying Tigers pushed across two more runs in the 8th and 9th...RHP Wellington Diaz (L, 3-1) took the loss in relief (1.1IP, 2H, 3ER, 1BB, 2K, BK).
HAUVER'S HOT JULY: Last night, INF Trevor Hauver logged his third-straight multi-hit game, including his 8th HR of the season. After batting .227 with 0 HRs over 21 games in June, the 22-year-old has heated back up in July, batting .375/.500/.589 (21-for-56) with 4 doubles, 1 triple, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 13R and 15BB in his 17 games played this month.
MARTIAN LANDING: Fresh off his appearance in the MLB All-Star Futures Game, OF Jasson Dominguez has been promoted from the Florida Complex League to the Tampa Tarpons. The 18-year-old entered the game for the American League as a pinch-hitter and finished 0-for-3 with a lineout and a pair of strikeouts, completing the game as the centerfielder. Dominguez batted .200/.407/.200 (4-for-20) with 5R, 1RBI, 6BB and 2SB over seven games with the FCL Yankees to begin his professional career. The Esperanza, Dominican Republic native is ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the Yankees organization by Baseball America.
PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK: The Tampa Tarpons took both weekly awards for July 5th-11th, with RHP Randy Vasquez named Southeast League Pitcher of the Week and OF Everson Pereira named Southeast League Player of the Week. Vasquez made one start, logging a quality start with a scoreless 6.0IP (2H, 5K) in a win at Dunedin on July 9. Pereira batted .500 (9-for-18) with 2HR, 9RBI and 4R in his first week since being added from the Florida Complex League. Pereira becomes the fourth Tarpons player to win Player of the Week, joining INF Eric Wagaman (June 21-27), INF Anthony Volpe (May 31-June 6) and INF Trevor Hauver (May 4-9).
VS. LAKELAND: Today, the Tarpons will conclude a seven-game series against the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Tampa currently leads the season-series, 17-6, with today being the final game scheduled between the clubs.
400 CLUB: Tampa enters today with an MiLB-best 475 runs scored (7.42/G). No other team in the Southeast League has scored more than 367 runs (Bradenton). Anthony Volpe (56R) currently leads the league in runs scored, with Austin Wells (2nd, 54R), Trevor Hauver (4th, 45R), Andres Chaparro (5th, 44R) and Pat DeMarco (T-7th, 42R) also ranking in the top 10.
LEAGUE LEADERS: The Tarpons enter today leading the Southeast League in several categories, including runs (475), hits (562), RBI (434), doubles (122), triples (20), home runs (87), walks (385), AVG (.274), OBP (.398) and SLG (.480). The Tarpons have six players ranked among the top-10 RBI leaders in the league, including: Austin Wells (2nd, 51RBI), Anthony Volpe (T-3rd, 49RBI),Trevor Hauver (5th, 48RBI) and Andres Chaparro (6th, 44RBI).
2021 PLAYOFFS: Minor League Baseball announced the restoration of a postseason schedule, including the Southeast League. The playoffs will feature one five-game series between the top two teams in the league (winning percentage), regardless of the division. The first two games of the series will be hosted by the 2-seed on 9/21 and 9/22. After an off day on 9/23, play will move to the home field of the 1-seed for the remainder of the series.
VOLPE WINS JUNE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: The Southeast League announced INF Anthony Volpe as Player of the Month for the month of June. Volpe batted .392/.515/.848 (31-for-79) with 9 doubles, 3 triples, 7HR, 22RBI, including a 15-game hitting streak from 6/2-19 (longest in the Southeast League). Volpe becomes the second Tarpons infielder to win a Player of the Month award in 2021, joining INF Trevor Hauver (May).
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