SCHEDULE:
2 @ Ohio
OFF DAY
3 vs Minnesota
RESULTS:
5/9: Florida 10 Ohio 4
W-Willoughby (6-1 3.72) L-Medina (3-2 5.58)
HR: FLA-Chase (9) OH-Paredes 2 (7)
POTG: L Paredes 3-3 2B (5) 2 HR (7) 4 RBI (16)
Flores 3-5 2B (4) SB (6) 2 R Willoughby 8 IP 5 H 2 ER 3 BB 3 K
Chris Palmisano (MIL) went 5-5 driving in 4 in the Hawks 5-1 win over Memphis
Steven Wright (STL) beat Brooklyn 4-0 to win his 1st game of the season (1-3 6.44)
5/10: Ohio 3 Florida 2
W-Miles (3-1) L-Carr (1-4)
HR: OH-Hamilton (7) Bachinsky (1)
POTG: Anguiano 8 IP 5 H 2 ER 3 BB 4 K
Shoshichi Katagiri (PHX) struck out 7 in the Roadrunners 7-0 win over Alaska. He's 3-3 3.45
Pittsburgh's Jarod Bodkin became just the 10th player all-time to record 6 hits in a 9 inning game. He went 6-6 in the Miners 10-6 win over Jacksonville
Clovis 2B Josh Humbard went 5-5 and drove in 5 in their 8-2 win over the Bethlehem Citadelles
5/11: Florida 9 Ohio 8
W-Pollock (4-1 4.02) L-Figueroa (0-1) S-Carr (11)
HR: OH-Anguiano (1) Vertz (12)
POTG: Bursey 4-5 R 3 RBI (17) Cortezo 3-6 2B (11) R Pollock 6 IP 10 H 7 ER 6 K
5/12: OFF DAY
5/13: Florida 14 Minnesota 5
W-Sugihara (4-2 2.83) L-Mikami (3-4 5.59)
HR: MIN-Tronscoso (3) Sgattoni (1) FLA-Hayashi (6) Bursey (4) Chase (10)
POTG: Chase 3-5 HR 5 RBI (33)
Hallamore 3-5 3 R 3 RBI (23) Hayashi 3-4 BB HR 3 R 3 RBI (17) Sugihara CG 7 H 5 ER 3 BB 9 K
Chris Vero (JAX) went 5-5 driving in 3 in the Panthers 17-12 win over San Antonio.
Sean Cockley (WAS) scattered 6 hits in the Jets 5-0 win over San Diego. He's 4-2 2.88
5/14: Florida 7 Minnesota 1
W-Samvdio (5-2 2.84) L-Horn (2-2 6.75)
HR: MIN-Sunami (8) Cortezo 2 (8) Flores (2) Hallamore (3)
POTG: Samvdio CG 5 H 1 ER 6 K Cortezo 3-5 2 HR 3 R 2 RBI (32) Hallamore 4-5 HR 2 R 2 RBI (25) 2 SB (17)
Anthony DeScalfini (ALK) struck out 7 in the Kodiaks 1-0 win over St Louis. He's 5-1 2.49
Chris Tarrant (WAS) went 5-5 driving in 2 in the Jets 11-9 win over San Diego
Denver has fired GM Rob Warnock and Manager Kevin Allison as they seek to right the ship from a disastrous 13-25 start.
5/15: Florida 7 Minnesota 4
W-Willoughby (7-1 3.98) L-Santora (3-2 4.29) S-Carr (12)
HR: MIN-Sgattoni (11) Garza (4) Price (9)
POTG: Cortezo 2-4 R 2 RBI (34)
Flores 3-4 R RBI (11) Willoughby 6 IP 7 H 4 ER 7 K 3 HR
Omezo Yamamura (LV) moved to 4-0 3.32 by striking out 6 in the Aces 6-0 win over Chicago
- AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Guiomar Cortezo (FLA) 11-26 2 HR 6 RBI (.371-8-34)
- NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chris Vero (JAX) 12-25 3 HR 10 RBI (.299-7-28)
TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
Catcher Layne Balcome took home Class A POTW hitting .444-4-9 and is hitting .365-7-22 on the year
- RECORD: 5-1 (28-11)
- STANDINGS: 1st +6
- RUNS FOR: 221 1st
- RUNS AGAINST: 140 1st
- DEFENSE: .721 1st
- POWER RANKINGS:
- Texas
- Florida
- Austin
- Las Vegas
- Washington
Great to see Austin's franchise starting to be a legit playoff contender. At 25-14 they trail Texas by just 2 games