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SCHEDULE:
1 @ Milwaukee
3 vs Denver
3 @ Chicago

RESULTS:

• 6/13: Florida 5 Milwaukee 2
• W-Pollock (6-5 4.06) L-Moya (2-9 5.59) S-Turner (9)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (11) Hayashi (14) Chase (20)
• POTG: Pollock 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 4 K

• Dwain Milazzo (LA) struck out 12 in the Storm's 7-0 win over Oklahoma.

• 6/14: Florida 6 Denver 5
• W-Carr (4-5) L-Garza (1-2) S-Turner (10)
• HR: Funicello (6) Hayashi (15*)
• POTG: Hayashi 1-3 Grand Slam 4 RBI (49)
• Chase streak ends at 23

• 6/15: Florida 5 Denver 4
• W-Samvdio (11-2 2.82) L-Aris (4-8 5.63) S-Turner (11)
• HR: DEN-Tutson (7) FLA-Hallamore (4) Nakamura (3)
• POTG: Tutson 2-3 2B (18) HR 2 RBI (29)
• Samvdio 6 IP 4 H 6 BB 6 K 3 ER

• Bobby Rone (OH) tossed a 5-hit shutout in beating New York 7-0. He's 8-4 3.76.

• 6/16: Florida 10 Denver 4
• W-Willoughby (9-2 4.88) L-Acevedo (5-7 5.22)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo 2 (13) Makowski (2) Nakamura (4)
• POTG: Cortezo 3-4 2 HR 4 RBI (47)
• Namakmura has taken over some DH duties as Adams has been struggling. He was 2-5 2B (3) HR (4) 3 RBI (9) and is hitting .357.

• Leith Southorn (DET) struck out 7 in the Phantoms 7-0 win over Milwaukee. He's 5-5 4.33
• Jake Pearson (JAX) struck out 8 in 3-hitting the Nickels today. He's 1-3 3.16
• Washington's Alfredo Almaguer struck out 9 in the Jets 9-0 win over San Francisco. He's 5-3 3.86
• In that game, Jets 1B Kevon Cephus went 3-5 slamming 3 home runs and driving in 3.

• 6/17: Chicago 14 Florida 3
• W-Strickler (6-4 4.44) L-Balderas (2-5 6.75)
• HR: CHI-Hatch (12) Crudge (7*) Cummings (10) Shimasaki (13)
• POTG: Crudge 3-5 grand slam 4 RBI's (28)
• Balderas went 4.1 13 H 10 ER and will be removed from the rotation.
• Sergio Coronado will step into Balderas' spot

TARPON MINOR LEAGUE ALL STARS

• AAA = SP Josh Thompson 10-1 3.58 RP Akira Take****a 2-0 1.88 2B Dan McCullen .319/.386/.576 3B Moromao Yamaoka .312/.404/.578 CF Jonathan Ogden .357/.406/.586 RF Chris Linn .323/.399/.634
• AA = SP TJ Gaskill 7-2 3.90 C Tim Grimes .329/.430/.647
• A = SP Xiao-me Chen 8-3 3.30 SP Luis Garza 8-2 2.16 SP Randy Metcalf 7-3 3.94 C Layne Balcome .300/.422/.571

• 6/18: Florida 2 Chicago 1
• W-Pollock (7-5 3.86) L-Ortega (3-4 4.35) S-Turner (12)
• HR: FLA-Flores (3) Bursey (8) CHI-Gibson (2)
• POTG: Pollock 7.1 IP 4 H 1 ER 6 K

• Nikki Kimura (BRK) scattered 4 hits and struck out 5 in shutting out Phoenix 5-0

• 6/19: Florida 4 Chicago 3
• W-Coronado (2-0 2.12) L-Stanton (10-4 3.84) S-Turner (13)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (14) Hallamore (5) Elizondo (4)
• POTG: Shimasaki 3-4 2B (23) HR (14) 2 RBI (43)
• Coronado 6.1 IP 5 H 2 ER 6 K

• Jared Essick made his ABA debut for Jacksonville today and did it in style. Fashioning a 1-hitter and striking out 11 in their 1-0 win over KC. Essick was the Panthers 1st pick (10th overall) in the 2008 draft out of Penn State.

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dan Goodman (MEM) 9-26 4 HR 14 RBI (.284-24-63)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bobby Ruppe (SD) 16-30 3 HR 8 RBI (.323-23-53)

• TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
• AAA OF Chris Linn took home All-Star game MVP honors going 2-3 with an HR and 3 RBI
• 2B Dan McMullen (AAA) took home POTW honors going 12-24 3 HR 10 RBI. He's hitting .321-12-53
• 4th rounder Chris Post took our 1st offer, refused to counter and informed us he will return to school with no more negotiating......

• RECORD: 6-1 (48-24)
• STANDINGS: 1st +13.5
• RUNS FOR: 397 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 301 t-1st
• DEFENSE: .712 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Texas
3. Ohio
4. Washington
5. Florida