Tampa Tarpons Game Notes: at Palm Beach
Published on August 15, 2018 under Florida State League (FSL1)
Tampa Tarpons News Release
8/15 Tampa at Palm Beach - Game 3 (of four) - Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium (Jupiter, FL) - 6:30 p.m.
Pitching Matchup: RHP Deivi Garcia (0-0, 0.77) vs. RHP Jake Walsh (5-4, 2.30).
Live Audio: TuneIn Radio (Palm Beach Cardinals Broadcast Network).
LAST NIGHT: After tallying double-digit hits in three-straight games, the Tarpons were stymied by Palm Beach pitching in a 6-1 loss on Tuesday night...RHP Jesus Cruz (W, 5-0) tallied 9K's in 6.0IP (4H, 1ER, 0BB) for the Cardinals...RHP Ramon Santos (2.0IP, 1BB, 1K) and LHP John Kilichowski (1.0IP, 1K) held Tampa hitless for the final three frames...RHP Nick Nelson (L, 6-5) started (5.1IP, 5H, 5R/2ER, 3BB, 6K, WP, 93P/58S)...Ben Ruta (1-for-4, RBI) drove in the only Tarpons run with an RBI single in the 6th...RHP Hobie Harris logged a scoreless outing (1.2IP, 2H, 2K)...RHP Braden Bristo (1.0IP, 1H, 1R/0ER) allowed an unearned run in the 8th...Tampa committed three fielding errors, resulting in four unearned runs.
LET'S GO STREAKING: Dom Thompson-Williams (1-for-4, R, SB) extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Over that span, the 23-year-old is batting .381 (16-for-42) with 13 runs scored.In August (13 games), Thompson-Williams is batting .347 (17-for-49) with 3HR, 8RBI and 7BB.
RUTA'S RAKING: Ben Ruta is batting .378 (37-for-98) with 20RBI and 14 runs scored over his last 26 games. The 24-year-old also leads all Yankees minor-leaguers with 35 stolen bases.
GARCIA NAMED FSL PITCHER OF THE WEEK: On Monday, the Florida State League named RHP Deivi Garcia the latest FSL Pitcher of the Week. The 19-year-old tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts over 7.0 perfect innings in a no-decision vs. Clearwater in Game 2 of a doubleheader on Monday, August 6th. Garcia joins RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (April 5th-15th) as Tarpons to have received the award in 2018.
VS. PALM BEACH: Tonight will be the seventh of eight games scheduled between the Tampa Tarpons and Palm Beach Cardinals. The season-series is currently tied, 3-3. In four games against the Cardinals, Estevan Florial is batting .438 (7-for-16) with 1R, 6 RBI and 4BB. Dom Thompson-Williams is batting .391 (9-for-23) with 3R, 1 double and 1RBI in five games against Palm Beach.
1,000 K CLUB: The Tarpons' pitching staff became the first to reach 1,000 strikeouts in the Florida State League this season. Tampa leads the league in strikeouts, totaling 1,123K entering today. That is 81K more than the team ranked second (Clearwater - 1,042). Tampa is averaging 9.28K-per-game and is on pace for 1,299K, which would crush its own FSL single-season strikeout record set last season with 1,215K.
STRIKEOUTS FOR A CAUSE: The Tarpons have partnered with the American Cancer Society. Throughout the month of August, each time a strikeout is recorded by a Tampa pitcher, money will be raised for cancer research. The Tarpons are asking fans to donate $1.00 for every time a Tampa pitcher strikes out an opposing batter in the 31 games scheduled for August. To donate, fans must visit www.PledgeIt.org/TampaTarpons.
BABY BOMBERS: The Tarpons currently lead the league with 93 home runs. No other team has more than 88.
FOR STARTERS: RHP Deivi Garcia (0-0, 0.77) will make his third start with Tampa...Last time out, took a no-decision despite throwing 7.0 perfect innings (12K, 82P/56S) in Game 2 of a doubleheader vs. Clearwater on 8/6...Made his season debut by starting for Tampa on 6/5 vs. St. Lucie (4.2IP, 2H, 2R/1ER, 3BB, 7K, 1HB, 83P/50S)...Has spent most of his season with Single-A Charleston, going 2-4 with a 3.76 ERA (40.2IP, 31H, 19R/17ER, 10BB, 63K, 5HR, 6HB) in eight starts...Tallied a career-high 12K in 6.0 shutout IP (2H, 0BB, 1HB, 96P/62S) in a win vs. Augusta on 7/25.
2017: Combined with the DSL Yankees, the GCL Yankees West and Rookie-level Pulaski to go 6-2 with a 3.30 ERA (60.0IP, 42H, 23R/22ER, 19BB, 85K, 7HR) in 13 games (10 starts)...held opponents to a .202 (42-for-208) BA...started the season with the DSL Yankees, going 1-1 with a 1.17 ERA (15.1IP, 10H, 3R/2ER, 2BB, 18K, 1HR) in three starts...was transferred to the GCL Yankees West on 6/26 and went 3-0 with a 3.24 ERA (16.2IP, 9H, 6ER, 4BB, 24K, 3HR) in four games (two starts)...was promoted to Pulaski on 7/24 and went 2-1 with a 4.50 ERA (28.0IP, 23H, 14ER, 13BB, 43K, 3HR) in six games (five starts).
Personal: 19-years-old, 5-9, 163 - Bonao, Dominican Republic...Signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 7/2/15...Ranked as the No. 14 Yankees prospect by Baseball America and the No. 12 Yankees prospect by MLB Pipeline.
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