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Stone Crabs Game Notes - Fri, Aug 3 at Dunedin

August 3, 2018 - Florida State League (FSL1)
Charlotte Stone Crabs News Release


The Stone Crabs extended their winning streak to seven games Thursday, putting it on the line against first-place Dunedin at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Kenny Rosenberg takes the ball for Charlotte against Zach Logue of the Blue Jays.

Coverage starts at 6:15 p.m. on the Stone Crabs Baseball Network.

Full game notes are attached.

STONE CRABS SHUT OUT FROGS 3-0

The Stone Crabs notched their ninth shutout of the season Thursday, completing a rain-shortened 3-0 blanking of the Florida Fire Frogs. The victory completed a four-game sweep and extended Charlotte's longest winning streak of the year to seven as they travel to take on the top team in the North in Dunedin.

CLUTCH CRABS

In the midst of their longest winning streak of the year (7 games), the Stone Crabs continue to fare much better in close games lately than they did earlier in the season. The Stone Crabs entered June 9 with a 4-12 record in one-run games. Since then, they've gone 14-8 in games decided by two runs or less, walking off on their opponent five times.

BEST MONTH EVER

The Stone Crabs completed their best month in franchise history Tuesday, finishing the month of July with a franchise-best record of 19-8. Winning the final five games of the month, the previous record was 18-9, which Charlotte did in June 2010 and August 2017.

Jake Fraley: .438/.479/.719 in 19 games

Miles Mastrobuoni: .328/.427/.422 in 19 games

Josh Lowe: .311/.432/.489 in 25 games

Rene Pinto: .321/.387/.417 in 23 games

Robbie Tenerowicz: .282/.374/.459 in 23 games

Jermaine Palacios: .301/.362/.386 in 24 games

TEAM: .293/.370/.427 (162 R in 27 G - 6.0 R/G)

RUN RIPPERS

The Stone Crabs own the best run differential by a large margin, indicating a potential uptick in the standings:

1 - Charlotte +97

2 - Dunedin +35

3 - Palm Beach +29

4 - Lakeland + 25

ABOVE THE FRAY

Stone Crabs outfielder Jake Fraley has done nothing but rake since coming off the DL on June 7. Since July 5, Fraley is batting .500/.529/.761 with nine extra-base hits, 16 RBI, five stolen bases and only four strikeouts in 15 games. For the season, he is batting .463 with runners in scoring position.

DOUBLE DIPPING

The Stone Crabs have hit more doubles (221) than everyone else in the rest of the league by at least 42 (Dunedin - 179). Charlotte's 221 doubles puts them on a pace for 286, which would obliterate the franchise mark of 257 (2011). Tristan Gray is already well within the franchise's single-season leaders:

1 - Michael Sheridan - 38 (2011)

4 - Richie Shaffer - 33 (2013)

5 - Justin O'Conner - 31 (2014)

Stephen Vogt - 31 (2010)

Tristan Gray - 31 (2018)

HISTORY IN THE MAKING

The Stone Crabs are on pace to break several of the franchise's offensive records:

"18 Total "18 Pace Record

Runs 554 724 611 (2011)

AVG .277 .277 .264 (2013)

Hits 972 1,271 1,204 (2011)

Doubles 221 285 257 (2011)

Home Runs 63 82 76 (2013)

RBI 511 668 551 (2011)

OBP .346 .346 .332 (2010)

SLG .411 .411 .383 (2013)

BEST IN THE BIZ

The Tampa Bay Rays' affiliates boast the best combined record in the Minor Leagues (391-263, .598), a full 27 games ahead of the Houston Astros. Entering the season, MLB Pipeline ranked the Rays' system as the fourth best in baseball.

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