Game Notes: Tampa Tarpons (63-29) vs. St. Lucie (49-43)
Published on August 22, 2021 under Florida State League (FSL)
Tampa Tarpons News Release
Today's Tampa Tarpons Game Notes are attached.
ST. LUCIE METS (49-43) vs TAMPA TARPONS (63-29)
RHP Kolby Kubichek (0-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Beck Way (3-1, 2.98)
Sunday - George M. Steinbrenner Field - Tampa, FL - 12:00 p.m.
Game #93 - Home Game #53 - Radio: St. Lucie Mets Radio Network - Phone App: MiLB First Pitch
LAST TIME OUT: Powered by four home runs, including a grand slam by Cooper Bowman, the Tampa Tarpons crushed the St. Lucie Mets, 15-7, on Saturday afternoon at GMS Field...After trailing early, 2-0, Tampa took the lead on a 3-run HR by Ben Rice (1-for-3, HR, 2BB, 3RBI, R) in the 2nd...After St. Lucie tied the score, Eric Wagaman (2-for-5, 2B, 2RBI)) delivered a go-ahead 2-run double in the 4th...Tyler Hardman (2-for-3, HR, Sac-F, 3RBI, 3R) lined an RBI single in the 5th...In the 6th, Bowman (1-for-5, HR, 5RBI, R) clubbed a grand slam, and Hardman later added a sacrifice fly...In the 7th, Juan De Leon (1-for-4, HR, RBI, R, SB) smashed a leadoff HR, and Trey Sweeney (1-for-4, 3B, BB, RBI, 2R) lined an RBI triple before scoring on a groundout by Bowman...Hardman smashed a homer in the 8th...RHP Blas Castano (W, 3-1) made the start (5.0IP, 8H, 5ER, 1BB, 6K, HR, 82P/57S)...RHP Wellington Diaz (H, 1) allowed 2ER over 2.2IP (4H, 1BB, 2K)...RHP Carson Coleman closed the game with a scoreless 1.1IP (2H, 3K).
FIRST TIMERS: Among the home runs hit by Tampa on Saturday, Ben Rice and Tyler Hardman both hit their first-career home runs, and Cooper Bowman hit his first Tarpons home run (second-career HR). Rice (12th RD/2021), Hardman (5th RD/2021) and Bowman (4th RD/2021) were all selected by the Yankees in the 2021 MLB Draft.
THE BLANE TRAIN: On Friday night, RHP Blane Abeyta logged his longest outing of his career, scattering 2BB and 1HB over a scoreless/hitless 5.1IP, tallying a career-high 8Ks along the way. The 22-year-old signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Yankees on June 20, 2020 out of the University of Nevada.
600 CLUB: Last week, the Tarpons became the fourth team in Minor League Baseball to score 600 runs. Tampa enters today with 644 runs scored (7.00/G), which currently ranks 3rd in all of MiLB (Triple-A Reno leads w/ 652R). No other team in the Southeast League has scored more than 512 runs (Bradenton). Austin Wells (61R) currently leads the league in runs scored, with Anthony Volpe (3rd, 56R) and Andres Chaparro (4th, 52R) also ranking in the top 10.
VS. ST. LUCIE: Today, the Tarpons will conclude a six-game series against the St. Lucie Mets. This is the only regular-season series scheduled between the clubs. Tampa currently leads the series, 3-2.
HAUVER TRADED: On July 29, the New York Yankees traded INF Trevor Hauver along with RHP Glenn Otto, INF Josh Smith and INF Ezequiel Duran, to the Texas Rangers in exchange for OF Joey Gallo and LHP Joely Rodriguez. Hauver played 66 games with the Tarpons prior to the trade, batting .291/.447/.513 (76-for-261) with 17 doubles, 2 triples, 9 HRs, 49 RBI, 64 BB and 48 R.
LEAGUE LEADERS: The Tarpons enter today leading the Southeast League in several categories, including runs (644), hits (782), RBI (583), home runs (118), walks (524), AVG (.269), OBP (.391) and SLG (.465). The Tarpons have six players ranked among the top-10 RBI leaders in the league, including: Austin Wells (2nd, 54RBI), Andres Chaparro (6th, 51RBI), Trevor Hauver (T-7th, 49RBI) and Anthony Volpe (T-7th, 49RBI).
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.
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