WEEK 7
SCHEDULE:
3 vs New York
3 @ Detroit
1 vs Las Vegas
RESULTS:
5/16: Florida 4 New York 3
W-Carr (2-4) L-Haselden (1-5 8.58)
HR: NY Cathell (2) Kennealy 2 (7)
POTG: Kenealy 2-3 2 HR 2 RBI (25)
Chase 2-4 2 2B (6) RBI (36) Balderas 6 IP 5 H 3 ER 5 K ND
5/17: New York 1 Florida 0
W-de Soto (2-4 5.71) L-Pollock (4-2 3.59) S-Genus (8)
HR: NY-Klessig (3)
POTG: Pollock CG 4 H 1 ER 1 BB 8 K
Nikki Kimra struck out 8 in beating Alaska 3-0. He's 3-4 3.21
5/18: New York 5 Florida 4
W-Kantor (6-1 3.00) L-Sugihara (4-3 3.17) S-Ito (2)
HR: NY-Meininger (4)
POTG: Tim Brave 3-3 R RBI (17) SB (4)
Bursey 3-4 2B (6) RBI (20) Sugihara 8 IP 9 H 5 ER 2 BB 5 K
Sergio Osorio (OH) beat Las Vegas 2-0 to win his 5th (5-4 3.84)
RJ Stanton (CHI) Struck out a season-high 17 in beating Memphis 6-0. He's 6-2 3.59 with 99 K's in 72.2 IP
5/19: Florida 6 Detroit 5
W-Samvdio (6-2 3.09) L-Fujino (3-5 5.34) S-Carr (13)
HR: NONE
POTG: Luis Barela 3-4 2B (13) 2 RBI (29)
Bursey 3-4 2B (7) 3B (3) 2 RBI (22) Samvdio 7 IP 7 H 4 ER 7 BB 4 K
5/20: Florida 2 Detroit 1
W-Carr (3-4) L-M Kelly (1-3) S-Turner (2)
HR: FLA-Chase (11)
POTG: Willoughby 8 IP 4 H 0 R 1 BB 11 K
Carr BS (3) 6.95 ERA
Seikichi Matsuda (BRK) beat Milwaukee 8-0 today. He's 5-3 2.37
CARR OUT, TURNER IN FOR TARPONS
Jim Carr was told after last nights 2-1 win in which he suffered his 3rd blown save that he would no longer be closing. Brad Turner has been given the role many thought he should have had since spring training. Both players seemed to take the news in stride with Carr remarking “what can I say? I want to close but wanting and doing are two very different things. I'm not doing the job. Chad deserved better after all that last night and no one feels worse than I did.”
“I just throw the ball when they tell me to” the 29-year-old 3 time Gossage Award winner Brad Turner remarked.
5/21: Detroit 10 Florida 3
W-I Taylor (2-4 6.45) L-Balderas (2-1 4.55)
HR: FLA-Cortezo (9) Hayashi (7) DET-Ogarro (9) Pannebaker (9)
POTG: Pannebaker 3-5 HR 2 RBI (27)
Nakamura 3-4 R Balderas 5.1 IP 9 H 4 BB 8 ER
5/22: Detroit 9 Florida 5
W-Sato (6-3 4.60) L-Pollock (4-3 4.05)
HR: LV-Piggue (2) FLA-Funicello (2) Hayashi (8)
POTG: Hayashi HR 4 RBI (26)
Pollock 4 IP 6 H 4 BB 5 ER Hallamore 3-5 2B (10) SB (21)
- AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nate Aucoin (DET) 16-30 2 HR 10 RBI (.325-11-30)
- NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jorge Zavaleta (TEX) 13-31 5 HR 11 RBI (.339-13-43)
TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
AAA 2B Dan McMullen went 11-19 HR 8 RBI to win POTW honors. He's ready right now for ABA level competition but his defense is limited to 2B only, and we have one of those.
Alamogordo and Farmington are both the top-ranked teams in their weekly Power Rankings
- RECORD: 3-4 (31-15)
- STANDINGS: 1st +7
- RUNS FOR: 245 3rd
- RUNS AGAINST: 174 2nd
- DEFENSE: .719 1st
- POWER RANKINGS:
- Texas
- Las Vegas
- Florida
- Pittsburgh
- Ohio