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SCHEDULE:
2 @ Memphis
3 vs Phoenix
2 @ St Louis

RESULTS:

• 8/22: Florida 8 Memphis 5
• W-Coronado (7-2 2.96) L-Matsushima (6-4 6.67) S-Turner (25)
• HR: FLA-Nakamura (10) Chase (37)
• POTG: Chase 2-4 HR 3 RBI (113) SB (15)
• Hallamore 2-4 2 2B (22) Coronado 7.2 IP 7 H 2 ER 1 BB 10 K

• Juan Castillo (TEX) won his 12th (12-10 4.70) striking out 5 in a 4-0 win over New England.
• Luis Acevedo (DEN) whiffed 4 in a 6-0 win over Alaska.

• 8/23: Florida 10 Memphis 3
• W-Willoughby (19-3 4.39) L-Loree (3-5 5.02)
• HR: FLA-Adams (16) Hallamore (13) MEM-Barth (5) Goodman (34)
• POTG: Willoughby CG 7 H 3 ER 5 K 0 BB

• 8/24: Florida 4 Phoenix 0
• W-Sugihara (12-10 4.05) L-Aleman (1-4 5.09)
• HR: FLA-Funicello (11) Saldana (13) Bursey (15)
• POTG: Sugihara CG SHO 4 H 3 BB 8 K 128 pitches

• Two-way star Dwain Milazzo (LA) scattered 6-hits in striking out 7 to beat Austin 3-0 and move to 10-11 3.81
• Rookie league Hobbs was down 10-7 entering the 8th inning of their game vs the Harrisburg Cottonmouths. They scored 3 in the 9th on 2 HR's to tie it and then poured on 10 in the 10th on 3 more HR's to hit 7 in the game and win 20-10. Bruno Olivo PH in the 8th with a 3 R HR and then hit another 3 R HR in the 10th to go 2-2 2 HR 6 RBI.
• 2011 1st rounder Seriog Galbreath went 4-5 2 BB 2B (11) and scored a record 5 times. He's hitting .349-8-44 in 48 games since signing.

• 8/25: Phoenix 3 Florida 2
• W-Kawahara (12-6 3.45) L-Pollock (13-9 3.89) S-Lamb (28)
• HR: PHX-Blowers (16) FLA-Makowski (3)
• POTG: Kawahara 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 4 BB 8 K
• Pollock 8 IP 9 H 3 R 1 ER 1 BB 10 K

• Sean Riggs (PIT) punched out 13 to beat Washington 4-0. He's 14-7 4.12

• 8/26: Florida 8 Phoenix 2
• W-Samvdio (16-9 2.98) L-Ellis (8-9 4.48)
• HR: PHX-Reinosa (12) FLA-Flores (7)
• POTG: Flores 2-4 BB 2B (18) HR (7) 2 R 3 RBI (40)
• Samvdio CG 11 H 2 ER 11 K

• Hughie Meah (ALK) threw his 2nd shutout of the month scattering just 2 hits while striking out 10 in the Kodiaks 5-0 win over Chicago. He's 7-7 1 Save 3.19

• 8/27: St Louis 4 Florida 3
• W-Claypool (9-8 5.01) L-Coronado (7-3 3.12) S-Lawrence (29)
• HR: A Mendoza (10*)
• POTG: Claypool 5 IP 5 H 2 ER 8 K
• Coronado 6 IP 10 H 4 ER 6 K
• Former Tarpon Arturo Mendoza Grand Slam (.275-10-28)

• Jorge Hurtado (WAS) won his 20th (20-5 3.33) punching out 10 and giving up just 6 hits in the Jets 10-0 win over San Antonio
• Josh Thompson (AAA) won his 20th game going 8.2 IP striking out 10 in their 2-0 win. He's 20-2 3.58.

• 8/28: St Louis 15 Florida 3
• W-Dennis (6-13 6.55) L-Willoughby (19-4 4.67)
• HR: FLA-Nakamura (11) STL-Parks 2 (22) Calvert (7)
• POTG: Parks 3-4 2 HR 3 R 6 RBI
• Willoughby 1 IP 6 H 6 ER 2 BB 1 K

• Former Tarpon Andy Luman (WAS) pitched a 3-hitter striking out 9 to beat San Antonio for his 14th win (14-6 4.52)

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chris Palmisano (MIL) 14-32 2 HR 4 RBI (.226-22-79)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mike Topolski (SD) 15-31 4 HR 11 RBI (.307-32-93)

• TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
• Dan McMullen 12-25 5 HR 12 RBI took home AAA POTW honors. He's hitting .320-24-106

• RECORD: 4-3 (85-49)
• STANDINGS: 1st +19
• RUNS FOR: 756 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 569 1st
• DEFENSE: .704 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

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