American Baseball Association.

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WEEK 12

• SCHEDULE
• OFF DAY
• 3 vs Ohio 2-1
• ALL STAR BREAK

RESULTS

• Sergio Coronado comes off the DL and Joe Rogers is optioned to AAA.

• 6/18: OFF DAY

• 6/19: Florida 4 Ohio 1
• W – Willoughby (12-2 2.99) L – Medina (7-5 3.89) S – Turner (21)
• HR: FLA-Molina (10)
• POTG: Willoughby 7 IP 6 H 1 ER 0 BB 8 K
• Hallamore 2-4 2B (15) R 2 RBI (41)

• Bob Freel (PIT) gave up just 4 hits in the Miners 6-0 win over New England. He's 4-4 2.77
• In that win right fielder, Josh Jensen went 4-4 and hit for the cycle with a 2 out 8th inning triple to complete it.
• Tousei Sato (LV) recorded one of the ABA's highest single-game scores in history when he struck out 18 Roadrunners and allowed just a 4th inning double in beating Phoenix 15-0. The game was just the 3rd 100+ game score by a pitcher in ABA history. The 18 K's also set a new franchise single-game record by breaking his old record of 15. He faced just 1 batter over the minimum and struck out every Roadrunner starter at least once.

• Both Rookie Leagues and the Short Season club get their seasons started tomorrow. All of the 2012 draft picks are signed and on their respective clubs. We managed to come in 730K under our allotted draft budget this year. We are also under pretty strict orders to stay out of the International Market as well. We are still showing a potential HUGE loss at years end and that's already causing some major issues with the ownership group.

• MINOR LEAGUE ALL-STARS
• 4 catchers over 3 all-star teams including the starter and backup in AA. 7 Starting pitchers, 1 SS, and 3 outfielders.

• Class AAA Alamogordo (5)
• SP – TJ Gaskill 6-3 3.40, Zach Gilbert 4-0 2.13, Zach Monlux 5-6 3.55
• C – Tim Grimes .320/.393/.588 12 HR 36 RBI
• SS – Danny Sharp .351/.403/.458 2 HR 34 RBI

• Class AA Clovis (5)
• SP – Randy Metcalf 5-3 3.96 , Keizo Sato 8-4 4.59
• C – Layne Balcome .352/.410/.690 5 HR 18 RBI Taichiro Tatsunami .357/.427/.544 8 HR 38 RBI
• OF – Eric Butler .311/.406/.658 23 HR 53 RBI

• Class A Farmington (6)
• SP – Josh Drake 5-2 3.93, Hiroya Ono 6-0 3.44
• RP – Billy Adrian 5-2 19 Saves 1.69
• C – Savion Galbreath .281/.377/.500 10 HR 29 RBI
• OF – Jim Landry .309/.413/.468 8 HR 24 RBI, Whip Dooks .281/.391/.580 17 HR 44 RBI

• 6/20: Ohio 6 Florida 5 (11)
• W – Miles (3-4) L – Yamada (4-4) S – Lebeaux (3)
• HR: OH-Schroeder (12) Albarran (1) FLA-Bursey (18)
• POTG: Bursey 3-6 2B (17) 3B (3) HR (18) 2 R 2 RBI (70)
• Hallamore 3-5 BB R SB (22) Error (13) Cortezo 1-3 2B (20) R 3 BB
• Coronado 6 IP 7 H 4 ER 3 BB 5 K

• Chris Russell (BRK) went 5-5 driving in 3 in the Owls 12-3 win over Minnesota.

• 6/21: Florida 7 Ohio 6
• W – Ballard (4-0) L – Osorio (7-5) S – Yamada (2)
• HR: OH-Sheppard (14) Schroeder (13*) FLA-Wild (10) Bursey (19) Hallamore (8)
• POTG: Cortezo 3-3 2B (21) 2 R 2 BB RBI (36)
• Flores 5.1 IP 7 H 3 BB 6 ER 4 K Yamada 1.2 IP 0 BR 5 K

ALL-STAR BREAK

• AL POTW – Leith McNayr (LV) 6-9 2 HR 6 RBI (.315-12-41)
• NL POTW – Juan Gamez (OK) 7-12 2 HR 6 RBI (.284-7-31)

• TARPONS IN THE MINORS NEWS
• Luis Cardenas took home short-season POTW going 10-20 3 HR 9 RBI

• RECORD: 2-1 (53-22)
• STANDINGS: 1st +6
• RUNS SCORED: 440 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 336 1st
• DEFENSE: .675 8th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. Los Angeles
3. Pittsburgh
4. Las Vegas
5. Detroit

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WEEK 13

• SCHEDULE
• 3 @ Minnesota 1-2
• 3 @ Brooklyn 2-1
• 1 vs Detroit 1-0

RESULTS

• 6/25: Florida 17 Minnesota 5
• W – Samvdio (8-6 6.45) L – Mikami (5-10 5.35)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (8) Bursey (20) Chase (15*) Hallamore (9)
• POTG: Hallamore 5-5 HR (9) 4 R 2 RBI (44)

• Luis Maciel (MIL) was on the winning end of a 1-0 duel as the Hawks downed Denver. He's 4-7 4.79

• 6/26: Minnesota 7 Florida 3
• W – J Tejada (8-4 4.04) L – Pollock (7-4 3.87)
• HR: FLA-Hallamore (10) MIN-Correa 2 (6)
• POTG: Correa 3-4 2 HR (6) 3 R 3 RBI (17)

• 6/27: Minnesota 4 Florida 2
• W – Correa (8-5 4.32) L – Willoughby (12-3 3.12) S – Mycroft (8)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Correa 7 IP 6 H 1 ER 2 BB 3 K
• Chase 3-4 2B (7)

• Harland Legge (BUF) tied the ABA record going 6-7 with 4 singles and 2 doubles driving in 5 in the Nickels 21-6 destruction of Texas.
• Dave Corra (ALK) gave up just 4 hits in a spot start to beat St Louis 3-0. He's 2-2 15 Saves 2.50 ERA

• 6/28: Florida 18 Brooklyn 1
• W – Coronado (6-0 3.44) L – Kobayashi (0-6 7.33)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (9) Adams (11) Saldana (14) Bursey (21)
• POTG: Cortezo 4-6 HR (9) 3 R 4 RBI (42) Error (4)
• Hayashi 4-5 BB 2B (20) R RBI (45)

• 6/29: Florida 9 Brooklyn 1
• W – Flores (5-1 2.62) L – Lykens (2-5 7.32)
• HR: FLA-Adams (12) Saldana (15*)
• POTG: Flores CG 9 H 1 ER 2 BB 6 K 4 DP's
• Hallamore 3-5 R 2 SB (24)

• 6/30: Brooklyn 6 Florida 4
• W – Trevino (2-2 4.24) L – Samvdio (8-7 6.45) S – Mabry (15)
• HR: BRK-C Russell (11)
• POTG: S Jones 4-4 3 R RBI (11)
• Samvdio 7 IP 12 H 4 ER 0 BB 8 K
• Hayashi 3-3 2B (22) R RBI (47) (.322-14-47)
• Ben Chase was banged up on the bases and will sit the next 1-2 days

• 7/1: Florida 3 Detroit 0
• W – Pollock (8-4 3.59) L – Kantor (5-8 4.06) S – Kaneshiro (3)
• HR: FLA-Wild (11)
• POTG: Pollock 8 IP 4 H 1 BB 8 K

• LA SIGNS ZASKO, KELLY TO EXTENSIONS
• The LA Storm announced they had reached an agreement with two of their stars on extensions today. Shortstop Kinnon Zasko agreed to a 6 year 40.6 million dollar extension while closer Jim Kelly (2-1 27 Saves 1.63) signed a 3 year 9.72 million dollar deal.

• AL POTW – Mike Theriault (MEM) 12-26 3 HR 8 RBI (.462-3-8)
• NL POTW – Luis Rocha (JAX) 12-30 5 HR 15 RBI (.311-17-54)

• TARPONS IN THE MINORS NEWS
• Spring Valley 3B Jorge Riesgo took home rookie league B POTW going 9-21 4 HR 11 RBI

• RECORD: 4-3 (57-25)
• STANDINGS: 1st +7
• RUNS SCORED: 496 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 360 1st
• DEFENSE: .673 9th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Los Angeles
2. Florida
3. Pittsburgh
4. Washington
5. Ohio

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Nothing jumps out besides the horrid season the Lancers are having and the fact that both Western Division races are over.
I am wondering how in the hell Chicago is keeping up with Ohio given the Generals offense is off the charts good.

• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Eric Mitchell (CHI) .392-8-22 (.304-18-54)
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Brad Rivera (LA) .323-11-24 (.281-23-53)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Jeremy Mycroft (MIN) 4-0 6 Saves 1.08 (4-0 9 Saves 1.18)
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Alfredo Almaguer (WAS) 4-1 3.69 (9-4 3.26)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Arturo Flores (FLA) 4-0 2.37 (5-1 2.62)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Luis Alanis (OK) .301-9-23 (.295-19-57)

• TARPON PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Ben Chase .278-9-22
• TARPON PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Arturo Flores 4-0 2.37 38 IP 19 K 8 BB 12 double plays
• TARPON MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Eric Butler (AA) .329-11-30 (.311-28-70)
• TARPON MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Hiroya Ono (A) 4-0 2.70 63 K 40 IP 29 H (8-0 3.42 100 IP 129 K)

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• SCHEDULE
• 2 vs Detroit 1-1
• 3 @ Alaska 3-0
• OFF DAY
• 1 vs Milwaukee 1-0

RESULTS

• 7/2: Florida 7 Detroit 6 (10)
• W – Yamada (5-4) L – Kowalske (2-1)
• HR: FLA-Hayashi (15) Bursey (22) Wild (12)
• POTG: Wild 3-4 HR (12) R BB RBI (42)
• Molina 3-5 2 RBI (40) Hayashi 3-5 HR (15) R 2 RBI (49)

• 7/3: Detroit 7 Florida 2
• W – Montoya (6-0 1.71) L – Coronado (6-1 3.68)
• HR: DET-Fuchigami (9) Barela 2 (25)
• POTG: Barela 2-4 2 HR (25) 2 R 3 RBI (79)
• Coronado 6.1 IP 10 H 7 R 4 ER 5 K
• Hallamore 3-5 2 R Adams 3-5 2B (19) 2 RBI (49)

• Elvis Andrus (TEX) went 4-4 hitting for the cycle and driving in 4 runs in the Cowboys 10-1 win over LA.
• Jin-Hyun Noh (LV) struck out 14 in their 5-0 win over Memphis. (7-4 2.28)

• 7/4: Florida 6 Alaska 4
• W – Flores (6-1 2.87) L – Merwin (1-5 6.25) S – Turner (22)
• HR: FLA- Bursey (23) ALK- Trouve (10)
• POTG: Bursey 3-4 HR (23) R 2 RBI (81)
• Flores 7.2 IP 9 H 4 ER 2 BB 5 K Turner 1 IP 2 K (0.90 ERA)

• 7/5: Florida 6 Alaska 1
• W – Samvdio (9-7 6.06) L – DeScalfani (6-9 6.14)
• HR: ALK-Okereke (2)
• POTG: Samvdio CG 8 H 1 ER 1 BB 5 K
• Molina 3-4 2B (11) R 3 RBI (44) Hallamore 3-5 R

• Tasuku Sakai (BRK) scattered 5 hits and struck out 7 in the Owls 7-0 win over Detroit. He's 5-7 3.86

• SAINTS, GENERALS SWAP STARS
• The Denver Saints have sent all-star pitcher Talib bin Musa and star P prospect Shigeyori Fujiwara to the Ohio Generals for 2009 AL MVP and 5-time all-star Joe Vertz. Bin Musa is 7-8 5.04 this year with 114 K's in 109 IP and a 5.04 ERA while Fujiwara is the games 75th ranked prospect.
• Vertz is in the midst of another all-star season hitting .291-18-83. Vertz is signed through 2017.

• 7/6: Florida 12 Alaska 0
• W – Pollock (9-4 3.32) L – Meah (7-8 5.25)
• HR: FLA-Hallamore (11) Chase (16) Wild (13)
• POTG: Pollock CG 7 H 2 BB 6 K
• Hallamore 3-4 HR (11) 2 R 3 RBI (52) Error (14) Bursey 3-4 2 2B (23) R 3 RBI (84)
• Chase 3-5 2B (9) HR (16) R 2 RBI (46) Adams 3-5 2B (20) R

• Keenan Hallamore came out of the game late after coming up lame. Given the fact he's never come out of a game before despite being hurt many times I'm concerned. We'll put him on the 10-day as a precaution and to give him a blow. Danny Sharp is destroying AAA pitching (.370) and has nothing left to prove so we'll give him 10 days of AB's up here.

• 7/7: OFF DAY

• Hallamore has a severe case of tendinitis. Sue says 2-3 weeks to heal if he stays active, maybe less if we DL him.

• 7/8: Florida 11 Milwaukee 3
• W – Pollock (13-3 3.25) L – J Mendoza (9-5 4.23)
• HR: MIL-Barrios (18) FLA-Molina (11) Hayashi (16*) Bursey (24) Wild (14)
• POTG: Hayashi 2-5 Grand Slam 5 RBI (56)
• Bursey 3-5 HR (24) 2 R 2 RBI (86)
• Willoughby 7 IP 8 H 2 ER 0 BB 7 K

• AL POTW – Leith Bursey (FLA) 12-23 3 HR 8 RBI (.331-25-86)
• NL POTW – Camden Burrill (PORT) 10-20 3 HR 8 RBI (.292-15-42)

• TARPONS IN THE MINORS NEWS
• Eric Ferrell (AA) took home POTW honors again going 10-22 4 HR and an AA record 16 RBI's. He's hitting .322-22-82
• Jorge Riesgo (RB) won POTW honors going 11-24 3 HR 7 RBI. He's hitting .435-7-18
• AA Clovis is the top-ranked team in the league power rankings.

• RECORD: 5-1 (62-26)
• STANDINGS: 1st +8
• RUNS SCORED: 540 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 381 1st
• DEFENSE: .674 9th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. Pittsburgh
3. Los Angeles
4. Las Vegas
5. Washington

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• SCHEDULE
• 2 vs Milwaukee 1-1
• 3 @ Phoenix 3-0
• 2 vs Chicago 1-1

RESULTS

• 7/9: Milwaukee 14 Florida 3
• W – Laster (5-6 5.69) L – Coronado (6-2 4.76)
• HR: MIL-Reilly 2 (14) FLA-Hayashi (17)
• POTG: Reilly 3-6 2B (18) 2 HR (8) 3 R 4 RBI (61) Error (16)
• Coronado 3.2 IP 12 H 10 R 9 ER ERA jumps from 3.62 50 4.76

• At Spring Valley IF Jorge Riesgo went 1-1 with 5 RBI's yesterday. He PH in the 7th with a sac fly and then hit a walk-off Grand Slam in the bottom of the 9th. The 2007 scouting discovery is hitting .447/.526/1.000 in 14 games with 8 HRs and 23 RBI's.

• 7/10: Florida 4 Milwaukee 2
• W – A Flores (7-1 2.67) L – B Reese (5-7 5.36) S – Turner (23)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (10)
• POTG: Flores 8 IP 6 H 1 ER 6 K
• DJ Adams was hit by a pitch and x-rays have revealed a fracture. We're looking at 5-6 weeks. Nakamura will enter the lineup and move Wild from 1B to DH which will improve us immensely and L Akira Take****a will be recalled. We will move Yamada from a setup to stopper role and Take****a will slide into the setup role as the lefty opposite Kaneshiro.

• 7/11: Florida 6 Phoenix 1
• W – Samvdio (10-7 5.74) L – Ellis (5-10 5.24)
• HR: PHX-Reinosa (9)
• POTG: Samvdio 8.2 IP 6 H 1 ER 4 BB 4 K
• Bursey 4-5 R 2 RBI (88)

• TARPONS AND SURGE TRADE 6
• The Florida Tarpons have sent top P prospect Joe Rogers, top C prospect Savion Galbreath and two OF prospects 25-year-old Dan Pierce and 26-year-old Juan Castro to the St Louis Surge for 2010 2nd overall pick OF Rodolfo Morales and OF Kinnon Matkin who was taken 42nd overall in 2011 out of OSU.

• GM'S OFFICE
• I am now tapping into my organization's depth. I have a litany of pitching depth and Rogers is a 28-year-old “prospect'. I have no doubt he'll immediately be recalled and put into their rotation but he wasn't cracking ours now or likely in the future. Galbreath was a 'top' catching prospect because of his bat. He's going to hit but his defense has not improved much, if at all since he was drafted and he's not even close to being able to handle ABA pitching. Catching is also another very deep position for us. Both outfielders I traded are 'prospects' but not good enough to be on our ABA roster. I think they're both AAAA players.
• The two players I got in return are insanely high ceiling guys. Both are middle of the order bats, Morales is ready right now to hit at the top of an ABA lineup and Matkin is not far behind. Morales was the 2nd overall pick just 2 years ago and has HoF potential tools.

• 7/12: Florida 5 Phoenix 2
• W – Pollock (10-4 3.29) L – Janzen (8-7 3.85) S – Yamada (3)
• HR: PHX-Ahumada (11)
• POTG: Janzen CG 7 H 5 R 1 ER 4 BB 2 K

• Sergio Osario (OH) scattered 7 hits and Ohio plated 12 in a 12-0 win over New York. Osario is 10-6 4.05
• CJ Reisner went 5-6 homering and driving in 5 in the Broncos 14-4 thumping of San Diego.
• Rodolfo Morales homered on the 1st pitch he saw in Alamogordo's 4-2 win over the Blue Springs Eskimos.

• 7/13: Florida 8 Phoenix 1
• W – Willoughby (14-3 3.07) L – Kawahara (5-9 4.33)
• HR: FLA-Bursey (25) Chase (17) PHX-Ahumada (12)
• POTG: Willoughby 7 IP 4 H 0 R 5 BB 9 K 121 pitches
• Cortezo 3-5 2B (26) R RBI (50) (.306-10-50)

• Chris Golebiowski (KC) went 5-6 as KC destroyed San Francisco 21-1. He drove in 5.
• Nehemiah Waith (TEX) struck out 8 and walked 2 in the Cowboys 8-0 win over Portland. He evened his record at 7-7 4.23

• 7/14: Florida 8 Chicago 3
• W – Coronado (7-2 4.57) L – Ballesteros (5-5 5.47) S – Yamada (4)
• HR: CHI-Nishikawa (3) FLA-Molina 2 (13) Cortezo (11) Chase (18) Nakamura (5)
• POTG: Molina 3-3 BB 2B (13) 2 HR (13) 2 R 4 RBI (51) Error (2)
• Bursey 3-5 2B (24) R Chase 2-2 HR (18) R 2 BB 2 RBI (53)
• Coronado 6.2 IP 6 H 3 R 2 ER 4 BB 8 K 115 pitches

• Portland trounced Pittsburgh 14-8 and Lancer outfielder Johnny Dewitt went 5-5 hitting a 2B HR and driving in 3

• 7/15: Chicago 10 Florida 6
• W – Cordero (9-6 5.41) L – Umoh (0-1)
• HR: CHI-DeLong (2) Colle (18) FLA-Nakamura (5) Wild (15)
• POTG: Nakamura 3-4 HR R 4 RBI (20)

• AL POTW – Joe Vertz 17-27 2 HR 10 RBI (.316-20-93) since joining Denver last week he is 18-31
• NL POTW – Ernie Taub 16-33 7 HR 22 RBI (.301-15-60)

• TARPONS IN THE MINORS NEWS
• Tyrese Duru (AA) took home POTW honors going 11-19 HR 4 RBI (.428-9-34)
• Rio Rancho is the top-ranked club in the Rookie A-League.

• RECORD: 5-2 (67-28)
• STANDINGS: 1st +10
• RUNS SCORED: 580 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 414 1st
• DEFENSE: .672 8th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. Los Angeles
3. Las Vegas
4. San Antonio
5. Washington

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• SCHEDULE
• 1 vs Chicago 1-0
• 3 @ New York 2-1
• OFF DAY
• 2 @ Las Vegas 1-1

RESULTS

• 7/16: Florida 2 Chicago 1
• W – Turner (4-0) L – Anguiano (4-4 4.30)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Anguiano CG 8.2 IP 6 H 1 ER 1 BB 4 K
• Samvdio 6.2 IP 5 H 1 ER 0 BB 4 K

• Tomaz Pgo (MEM) struck out 15 and scattered 7 hits in the Sox 4-0 win over St Louis.
• Juan Alatorre (PIT) tossed a 2-hit shutout and struck out 10 in the Miners 4-0 win over Portland. He's 12-5 4.00

• 7/17: New York 10 Florida 2
• W – de Soto (6-7 5.68) L – Pollock (10-5 3.72)
• HR: NY-Saucedo (15) Burdick (5) Mohr (26) Carpenter (8)
• POTG: Mohr 3-4 HR (26) R 3 RBI (92)
• Saldana 3-4 2 RBI (43)
• Pollock 5 IP 10 H 8 ER 3 HR

• Juan Tejada (MIN) struck out 7 in a 1-0 win over Las Vegas. He's 11-5 3.89
• Seikichi Matsuda (DEN) fanned 9 en route to a 6-0 win over St Louis for his 11th win (11-7 3.72)

• 7/18: Florida 9 New York 2
• W – Willoughby (15-3 3.04) L – D Haynes (8-8 4.40)
• HR: FLA-Chase (19) Bursey (26)
• POTG: Willoughby 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 2 BB 8 K
• Bursey 3-5 HR (26) 2 R 2 RBI (91)

• Florida 7 New York 0
• W – Coronado (8-2 4.04) L – Hays (2-5 5.05)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Coronado CG 6 H 2 BB 6 K 123 pitches
• Hayashi 3-5 3 R Linseman 4-4 2 2B (7)

• 7/20: OFF DAY

• 7/21: Las Vegas 11 Florida 6
• W – Noh (8-4 2.55) L – Flores (7-2 3.70)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (12) Chase (20) LV-Laramie (13)
• POTG: Laramie 3-5 HR (13) 2 R 3 RBI (39)
• Cortezo 3-4 HR (12) 2 R 2 RBI (54)
• Flores 3.2 IP 8 H 7 ER

• Former Tarpon and two way player Arturo Mendoza scattered 4 hits to even his record at 7-7 4.76 in the Surges 2-0 win over Brooklyn. He's also hitting .268-8-35
• Jacksonville's Jim Miller went 5-6 in their 6-4 win over KC.

• B]7/22: Florida 11 Las Vegas 6[/B]
• W – Samvdio (11-7 5.66) L – Shimizu (8-4 5.72)
• HR: FLA-Molina (14) Cortezo (13) Hayashi 2 (19) Nakamura (7) LV-McNayr (19) Silverstone (10) Eisentrout (22)
• POTG: Hayashi 2-3 2 BB 2 HR 3 R 4 RBI (63)

• Another former Tarpon in the news. Juan Alatorre tossed his 2nd shutout in his past 3 starts striking out 7 and scattering 7 hits to beat Washington 6-0. He's 13-5 3.78

• AL POTW – Danny Schroeder (OH) 9-16 4 HR 10 RBI (.310-23-67)
• NL POTW – Chris Grider (BUF) 13-23 3 HR 9 RBI (.293-10-51)

• RECORD: 4-2 (71-30)
• STANDINGS: 1st +12
• RUNS SCORED: 617 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 444 1st
• DEFENSE: .672 7th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. Los Angeles
3. Pittsburgh
4. San Antonio
5. Ohio

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• SCHEDULE
• 1 @ Las Vegas 1-0
• 3 vs Memphis 1-2
• 3 @ Denver 2-1

RESULTS

• 7/23: Florida 9 Las Vegas 5
• W – Yamada 6-4) L – Izaguirre (6-9 5.70)
• HR: FLA-Molina (15) Hayashi (20*)
• POTG: Hayashi 2-4 HR (20) 9th inning GW Grand Slam in a 5-5 game.

• ROOKIE LEAGUE A ALL-STARS
• RIO RANCHO
• SP Bobby Hill 4-1 2.43
• C Jungo Oyama .326/.439/.494
• 3B Takayuki Nakata .340/.483/.521
• OF Arturo Fuentes .296/.403/.528

• 7/24: Florida 5 Memphis 4
• W – Turner (5-0) L – Bedell (1-3 BS 2)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (14)
• POTG: Cortezo 1-3 BB HR (14) 2 R 2 RBI (57)

• Zaire Nibbs (PIT) evened his record at 6-6 3.66 with a 3 hitter in beating San Diego 15-0.
• Nikki Kimura (BRK) struck out 6 in shutting out Phoenix 3-0. He's 13-6 3.92

• 7/25: Memphis 4 Florida 2 (10)
• W – Espinoza (9-10 4.78) L – Turner (5-1) S – Galindo (2)
• HR: MEM-Theriault (9) A Malveaux 2 (18)
• POTG: L Espinoza 9.1 IP 9 H 2 ER 2 BB 7 K
• Cortezo 3-5 R Error (7) Coronado ND 7 IP 5 H 2 R 0 ER 1 BB 7 K

• 7/26: Memphis 8 Florida 2
• W – Pgo (10-7 5.81) L – Flores (7-3 4.01)
• HR: MEM-Alejandre (7) Goodman (22) FLA-Molina (16) Nakamura (8)
• POTG: Pgo CG 8 H 2 ER 5 BB 6 K

• SHORT-SEASON ALL-STARS
• SP Tetsuya Kanda 3-1 3.52
• C Sadatoshi Matsuoka .350/.438/.475
• 1B Luis Cardenas .302/.424/.532
• OF Jim Davis .303/.436/.573

• 7/27: FLA 5 DENVER 4
• W – Yamada (7-4) L – Hara (3-6)
• HR: FLA-Chase (22) Saldana (16)
• POTG: Chase 1-3 HR (22) 3 RBI (63) R BB

• Hallamore returns from the DL, Sharp will stay up and Take****a will be sent down.

• ROOKIE LEAGUE ALL STARS
• SPRING VALLEY
• SP Luis Reynoso 2-1 1.98
• RP Devin Polite 1-1 0.73
• 3B Jorge Riesgo .374/.448/.720
• OF Jim Trisko .385/.469/.569

• 7/28: Denver 5 Florida 4
• W – Matsuda (13-7 3.76) L – Pollock (10-6 3.97) S – Hara (21)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Vertz 3-3 R BB RBI (15)

• Juan DeSoto (NY) shut down Milwaukee 4-0 and struck out 10. He's 7-8 5.35

• 7/29: Florida 5 Denver 1
• W – Willoughby (16-3 3.06) L – Callion (3-10 4.40)
• HR: FLA-Saldana (16)
• POTG: Willoughby 8 IP 6 H 1 ER 2 BB 4 K lost SHO in the 9th.

• Andy Keller (POR) went 5-6 in the Lancers 7-6 win over Buffalo
• Las Vegas' prize free agent acquisition Bobby Rone twirled a no-hitter today beating Alaska 5-0. He punched out 12 to record just the 5th 98+ game score in ABA history. He's 12-6 3.48

• AL POTW – Arturo Bedolla (STL) 9-21 3 HR 10 RBI (.335-7-35)
• NL POTW – Kaleb Zdeb (BUF) 13-23 2 HR 7 RBI (.317-13-63)

• TARPONS IN THE MINORS NEWS
• Alex Leclair of Rio Rancho took home Rookie league A POTW going 7-14 1 HR 6 RBI

• RECORD: 4-3 (75-33)
• STANDINGS: 1st +12
• RUNS SCORED: 649 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 475 1st
• DEFENSE: .673 8th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. Pittsburgh
3. Los Angeles
4. Chicago
5. Las Vegas

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• SCHEDULE
• 3 vs St Louis 1-2
• OFF DAY
• 3 @ Ohio 2-1

RESULTS

• 7/30: St Louis 6 Florida 2
• W – J Rogers (2-0) L – Coronado (8-3 4.01) S – Nakai (1)
• HR: STL-Campbell (5) Bernal (4)
• POTG: K Campbell 4-5 HR (5) R 2 RBI (10)

• 7/31: Florida 5 St Louis 1
• W – Flores (8-3 3.70) L – A Mendoza (8-8 4.54) S – Yamada (5)
• HR: FLA-Bursey (27)
• POTG: Flores 7 IP 3 H 0 ER 0 BB 5 K
• Hallamore 2-3 3 SB (31) Error (15) 2 R Bursey 2-4 3B (6) HR (27) R 5 RBI (100)

• 8/1: St Louis 6 Florida 5
• W – Samvdio (11-8 5.58) Kristof (1-1) L – S – DiFede (10)
• HR: STL-Bedolla (8) FLA-Hallamore (12)
• POTG: Hallamore 1-4 HR (12) 2 R 3 RBI (57) SB (32)
• Samvdio 7 IP 9 H 5 R 3 ER 2 BB 5 K (Makowski (1) Chase (12) Nakamura (7) errors)

• 8/2: OFF DAY

• 8/3: Ohio 2 Florida 0
• W – Osorio (13-7 3.65) L – Pollock (10-7 3.93)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Osorio CG 5 H 1 BB 12 K

• Ryutaro Toyoda (NE) went 6-6 in the Minutemen's 14-3 win over Pittsburgh.
• Juaquine Morales (STL) struck out 5 in a 3-hit shutout to beat Detroit 3-0. He's 5-4 4.97
• Top P prospect Zach Gilbert (AAA) moved his record to 9-1 2.05 since being acquired earlier this year.

• 8/4: Florida 12 Ohio 8
• W – Ballard (5-0) L – J Moore (4-4 7.77)
• HR: FLA-Molina (17) Cortezo (15) Hayashi (21) OH-Cosman 2 (23)
• POTG: Molina 3-3 2B (14) 2 HR (17) R 2 BB 5 RBI (64)

• 8/5: Florida 4 Ohio 1
• W – Coronado (9-3 3.82) L – Onishi (7-6 6.08) S – Turner (24)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Coronado 7 IP 4 H 1 ER 2 BB 6 K
• Saldana 4-5 2B (16) R RBI (49)

• Denver destroyed Alaska today 24-3. Serge Baud 5-6 3 RBI and Luis Salinas 6-7 2 RBI had record days.

• AL POTW – Steve Eisentrout (LV) 7-19 5 HR 8 RBI (.292-29-90)
• NL POTW – Jeff Lewis (NE) 11-23 2 HR 9 RBI (.328-5-29)

• TARPONS IN THE MINORS NEWS
• AA Eric Butler took home POTW honors going 10-16 3 HR 8 RBI (.338-36-96)

• RECORD: 3-3 (78-36)
• STANDINGS: 1st +13
• RUNS SCORED: 677 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 499 1st
• DEFENSE: .673 8th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Los Angeles
2. Florida
3. Pittsburgh
4. Washington
5. Las Vegas

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• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Luis Barela (DET) .393-12-38 (.316-35-113)
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Ernie Taub (SAN) .389-9-29 (.308-17-65)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Seikichi Matsuda (DEN) 6-0 2.68 (13-7 3.76)
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Curt Hanning (LA) 5-1 1.74 (15-3 2.79)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Tony Longson (DEN) .302-5-22 (.265-14-55)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Ted Biddinger (NE) .380-3-13 (.306-5-29)

• TARPON PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Leith Bursey .384-6-22 (.336-27-100)
• TARPON PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Tsunesuke Yamada 3-0 3 Saves 1.46 24.2 IP 39 K
• TARPON MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Jonathan Saxon (A) 6-0 1.65 (.11-6 3.67)
• TARPON MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Eric Ferrell (AA) .385-12-40 (.337-29-103)

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• SCHEDULE
• 3 vs Minnesota 1-2
• 3 vs Brooklyn 2-1
• 1 @ Detroit 1-0

RESULTS

• 8/6: Florida 9 Minnesota 6
• W – Flores (9-3 3.60) L – Riff (1-4 6.96) S – Yamada (6)
• HR: MIN-Garza (11*) FLA-Wild (16)
• POTG: Nakamura 3-4 2B (14) R 3 RBI (33)

• Akiro Fujimoto (BRK) beat New York 1-0 scattering 4 hits. He's 1-1 1 Save 3.94
• Dwain Milazzo (LA) moved to 18-3 3.56 striking out 8 in a 2-0 win over San Antonio.

• 8/7: Minnesota 5 Florida 3
• W – Moss (9-5 4.82) L – Yamada (7-5 BS 2) S – Mycroft (19)
• HR: MIN-Garza (12) Nedab (2) FLA-Hayashi (22)
• POTG: Moss 8 IP 5 H 2 ER 1 BB 4 K

• Tetsu Kawahara (PHX) struck out 10 in the Runners 2-0 win over Memphis to go 9-9 3.59 on the year

• 8/8: Minnesota 7 Florida 3
• W – Mikami (7-13 5.61) L – Pollock (10-8 4.04)
• HR: MIN-Mendoza (3) Lewis (6) FLA-Saldana 2 (19)
• POTG: Mikami CG 7 H 3 ER 0 BB 7 K
• Saldana 2-4 2 HR (19) 2 RBI (51)

• 8/9: Florida 11 Brooklyn 1
• W – Willoughby (17-3 3.26) L – Bautista (1-4 11.25)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (16) Wild (17)
• POTG: Willoughby 8.2 IP 5 H 1 ER 1 BB 10 K came out with 2 outs in the 9th after cramping up. He's DtD
• Molina 3-4 2 R

• 8/10: Brooklyn 2 Florida 0
• W – Peternek (6-12 4.31) L – Coronado (9-4 3.70) S – Mabry (22)
• HR: BRK-Santana (11)
• POTG: Peternek 8 IP 4 H 2 BB 3 K
• Coronado takes 0-0 into the 9th then BB 2 R HR to lose. 8 IP 5 H 2 ER 4 BB 9 K

• 8/11: Florida 11 Brooklyn 1
• W – Flores (10-3 3.39) L – Fujimoto (1-2 4.15)
• HR: HR-FLA-Bursey (28) Chase (23)
• POTG: Flores CG 4 H 1 ER 2 BB 8 K
• Chase 3-4 HR (23) 2 R 3 RBI (69) Bursey 2-5 2B (31) HR (28) 4 RBI (106)

• Jarrod Casey (OK) struck out 15 in a 16-1 drubbing of KC. He's 9-9 4.90
• DJ Adams is going to go on a rehab assignment to Alamogordo

• 8/12: Florida 4 Detroit 3
• W – Samvdio (12-8 5.41) L – Kantor (7-12 4.93) S – Turner (25)
• HR: FLA-Elizondo (2) DET-Ogarro (23)
• POTG: Ogarro 2-4 HR 3 RBI (97)
• Samvdio 7 IP 9 H 3 ER 2 BB 2 K

• AL POTW – Jorge Casarez (MEM) 16-30 2 HR 5 RBI (.309-11 55)
• NL POTW – Sean Haley (OK) 13-28 1 HR 7 RBI (.294-11-52)

• RECORD: 4-3 (82-39)
• STANDINGS: 1st +13
• RUNS SCORED: 718 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 524 1st
• DEFENSE: .676 9th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Los Angeles
2. Florida
3. Las Vegas
4. Washington
5. Ohio

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• SCHEDULE
• 2 @ Detroit 1-1
• OFF DAY
• 3 vs Alaska 3-0
• 1 @ Milwaukee 1-0

RESULTS

• 8/13: Florida 11 Detroit 1
• W – Pollock (11-8 3.87) L – Kerr (4-9 6.55)
• HR: FLA-Legion (1) Bursey 2 (30) Wild (18) DET-J Owen (11)
• POTG: Bursey 2-2 3 B 4 R 4 RBI (110) 2 HR (30)
• Pollock CG 4 H 1 ER 1 BB 6 K lost SHO on solo HR in the 9th 106 pitches

• Kinnon Mendelson (TEX) went the distance on a 2-hitter to beat Oklahoma 6-0. He's 11-5 4.43

• 8/14: Detroit 5 Florida 2
• W – Ortga (19-4 3.27) L – Willoughby (17-4 3.36) S – Ross (31)
• HR: DET-Burmeister (18) Marrero (10)
• POTG: Marrero 2-3 HR (10) 2 R 2 BB 1 RBI (28)
• Chase 3-5 2B (15) SB (15) hurt running the bases, 10 day DL. DJ Adams recalled of his rehab.

• 8/15: OFF DAY

• 8/16: Florida 8 Alaska 2
• W – Coronado (10-4 3.56) L – Faulkner (6-11 6.04)
• HR: FLA-Hallamore (13)
• POTG: Coronado CG 9 H 2 ER 3 BB 7 K
• Hallamore 3-5 3B (10) HR (13) 2 R RBI (61)

• 8/17: Florida 3 Alaska 1
• W – Flores (11-3 3.29) L – Merwin (2-10 7.09) S – Yamada (7)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (17) Wild (19)
• POTG: Flores 6 IP 4 H 1 ER 1 BB 4 K
• Yamada 3 IP 1 H 5 K

• Dwain Milazzo (LA) won his 20th (20-3 3.55) by scattering 6 hits to beat Texas 9-0.

• 8/18: Florida 2 Alaska 1
• W – Yamada (8-5) L – DeScalfini (9-12 5.71)
• HR: ALK-Hecht (24) FLA-Molina (18)
• POTG: Samvdio 6.1 IP 4 H 1 ER 4 BB 9 K

• 8/19: Florida 9 Milwaukee 6 (10)
• W – Turner (6-1 BS 1) L – Cravin (1-1)
• HR: FLA-Molina (19) Hayashi (23) Saldana 2 (21) MIL-Burlew 2 (15)
• POTG: Saldana 3-4 2 HR (21) 4 R 3 RBI (54)
• Bursey 3-5 2 R Sharp 3-5 RBI (10)
• Burlew 3-4 2B (14) 2 HR (15) 3 R 4 RBI (35)

• Sergio Osario (OH) scattered 6 hits in beating Chicago 4-0. He's 16-7 3.49

• AL POTW – Luis Barela (DET) 10-23 5 HR 10 RBI (.318-41-129)
• NL POTW – Mike Futrell (PIT) 11-23 3 HR 9 RBI (.283-26-103)

• TARPONS IN THE MINORS NEWS
• Luis Esquivel of Rio Ranco took home POTW for Rookie League A hitting .417 (10-24) 2 HR 14 RBI. He's hitting .333-5-43 since being drafted this year.

• RECORD: 5-1 (87-40)
• STANDINGS: 1st +14
• RUNS SCORED: 753 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 540 1st
• DEFENSE: .679 6th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. Los Angeles
3. Washington
4. Ohio
5. Pittsburgh

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• SCHEDULE
• 2 @ Milwaukee 2-0
• 3 vs Phoenix 1-2
• 2 @ Chicago 2-0

RESULTS

• 8/20: Florida 9 Milwaukee 4
• W – Willoughby (18-4 3.45) L – Stanfield (2-7 4.63) S – Ballard (3)
• HR: FLA-Adams (13) Nakamura (9) Elizondo (3) MIL-Bathke (22) Jimmison (2)
• POTG: Nakamura 2-4 HR (9) 2 R 2 RBI (39)
• Cortezo 3-5 2B (36) 2 R 2 RBI (75)

• 8/21: Florida 4 Milwaukee 2
• W – Yamada (9-5) L – Aleman (1-3 3.96)
• HR: FLA-Hayashi (24) Saldana (22) Wild (20) MIL-Reilly 2 (24)
• POTG: Reilly 2-3 BB 2 HR (24) 2 R 2 RBI (86)
• Saldana 3-4 HR (22) R 2 RBI (56)
• Coronado 6.2 IP 5 H 2 ER 4 BB 6 K

• Keenan Hallamore has a bad wrist. Not going to DL him but I'll sit him for a few days, to a week, to get it better and move Sharp over to SS, Nakamura to 3B until Chase is back in 3 days.

• 8/22: Phoenix 3 Florida 1
• W – Janzen (10-11 4.43) L – Flores (11-4 3.35) S – Clark (11)
• HR: PHX-Burgos (20) Ahumada (21)
• POTG: Janzen 8.2 IP 10 H 1 ER 2 BB 3 K lost SHO in the 9th
• Sharp 3-5 2B (6) Cortezo 3-4 RBI (76)

• 8/23: Phoenix 10 Florida 7
• W – Kawahara (10-10 3.46) L – Samvdio (12-9 5.45) S – Clark (12)
• HR: PHX-Rivera (2) Richards (6) Madura (1) Reinosa (14) FLA-Wild (21)
• POTG: Kawahara 6 IP 3 H 1 ER 3 BB 7 K
• Wild 3-5 HR (21) 2 R RBI (65)

• 8/24: Florida 4 Phoenix 3
• W – Pollock (12-8) L – Stolz (1-1 4.13) S – Turner (26)
• HR: PHX-Burgos (21) FLA-Molina (20)
• POTG: Burgos 3-4 2B (16) HR (21) 2 R RBI (61)

• Former Tarpon Chris Linn (BUF) went 4-5 drilling 3 home runs and drove in 4 in the Nickels 9-8 win over Jacksonville.
• 2011 NL Koufax winner Sean Cockley (WAS) struck out 6 in a 3-hitter to beat New England 9-0.

• 8/25: Florida 9 Chicago 6
• W – Willoughby (19-4 3.46) L – Strickler (8-10 4.85) S – Yamada (8)
• HR: FLA-Legion (2*) Adams (14)
• POTG: Adams 4-4 3 R 2 RBI (55)
• Cortezo 3-4 3 R

• 8/26: Florida 5 Chicago 4
• W – Coronado (11-4 3.60) L – Cordero (13-8 4.90) S – Turner (27)
• HR: FLA-Saldana (23) CHI-J Cummings (16)
• POTG: Saldana 3-4 HR (23) R 3 RBI (59)
• Bursey 3-4 3B (7) 2 R

• Jorge Hurtado (WAS) struck out 7 in a 2-0 win over Kansas City. He's 13-7 4.57
• Jonathan Doherty (LA) scattered 5 hits in beating Buffalo 4-0. Juan Portio (BUF) tossed a CG as well striking out 13 and giving up 4 unearned runs to fall to 14-11 4.22.

• AL POTW – Eric Bathke (MIL) 11-24 5 HR 7 RBI (.281-26-69)
• NL POTW – Esteban Cobos (JAX) 15-31 3 HR 6 RBI (.287-7-49)

• TARPONS IN THE MINORS NEWS
• Whip Dooks (A) took home POTW honors going 13-25 2 HR 5 RBI (.299-35-90)

• RECORD: 5-2 (92-42)
• STANDINGS: 1st +15
• RUNS SCORED: 792 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 572 1st
• DEFENSE: .681 5th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Los Angeles
2. Florida
3. Washington
4. Ohio
5. Pittsburgh

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• SCHEDULE
• 1 @ Chicago 1-0
• OFF DAY
• 3 vs New York 3-0
• 2 vs Las Vegas 1-1

RESULTS

• 8/27: Florida 8 Chicago 6
• W – Flores (12-4 3.49) L – Ballesteros (5-9 6.05) S – Turner (28)
• HR: FLA-Molina 2 (22) CHI-Crudge (9) Shimasaki (23)
• POTG: Molina 2-4 2 HR (22) 2 R BB 4 RBI (75)
• Bursey 3-5 2 R 2 RBI (115)

• San Diego 1B Bobby Ruppe went 5-6 driving in 4 on a 2B and a HR in their 18-3 win over New England.
• Jahiem Jimmison (MIL) went 5-5 in the Hawks 9-3 win over Alaska

• 8/28: OFF DAY

• 8/29: Florida 7 New York 1
• W – Samvdio (13-9 5.27) L – Ito (7-11 4.97) S – Yamada (9)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (18) Hayashi (25) Nakamura (10) Legion (3)
• POTG: Samvdio 6.1 IP 2 H 1 R 0 ER 1 BB 7 K
• Nakamura 2-3 HR (10) 2 R 2 RBI (42)

• 8/30: Florida 10 New York 8
• W – Pollock (13-8 4.14) L – de Soto (11-10 5.24) S – Yamada (10)
• HR: NY-Cathell (7) Kennealy 2 (29) Kym (5) FLA-Hayashi 2 (27)
• POTG: Hayashi 2-3 2 BB 2 HR (27) 2 R 5 RBI (84) CS (1)
• Cortezo 3-5 3 2B (39) 2 R ties the club record for 2B in a game
• Hallamore 3-4 BB 3 R RBI (63) Bursey 2-4 BB 2B (36) 3B (8) R 2 RBI (118)

• Shamar Scippio (KC) moved to 6-2 3.93 since being dealt earlier and beat San Diego 3-0.

• 8/31: Florida 8 New York 1
• W – Willoughby (20-4 3.35) L – D Haynes (9-14 4.54)
• HR: FLA-Molina (23)
• POTG: Willoughby CG 3 H 1 ER 2 BB 12 K
• Bursey 3-5 2B (37) R

• Raita Yamada (LA) won his 17th (17-7 3.21) beating Austin 5-0.

• SEPTEMBER CALL-UPS
• All the minor league teams are in or fighting for playoff spots and I'd like to not mess with that. RP Chris Skeens, IF Danny Sharp, OF Rodolfo Morales will be recalled.

• 9/1: Florida 16 Las Vegas 3
• W – Coronado (12-4 3.58) L – Rone (14-9 4.06)
• HR: LV-Aucoin (24) Castaneda (16) FLA-Elizondo (4) Hayashi 2 (29)
• POTG: Hayashi 3-4 BB 3 R 2 RBI (87) 2 HR (29)
• Cortezo 3-5 3 R Chase 4-6 2 2B (18) 4 R 2 RBI (73) 2 SB (17) CS (14) Bursey 3-4 2 BB R Elizondo 3-5 2B (7) HR (4) R 3 RBI (25)
• Coronado 8.1 IP 6 H 3 ER 1 BB 8 K

• Top P prospect Zach Monlux will undergo labrum surgery today and miss the next 8-9 months. Acquired in February from Buffalo he was having a great season, 13-10 3.22 in 27 starts with 206.2 IP 189 H 188 K 64 BB and a 1.22 WHIP. The former top overall pick and #3 ABA prospect will rehab with Yasushi Sugihara as they will likely be back in May of 2013.

• 9/2: Las Vegas 3 Florida 0
• W – Noh (13-5 2.49) L – Flores (12-5 3.33)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Noh CG 4 H 3 BB 6 K
• No earned runs in the game. Flores 6 IP 6 H 3 R 0 ER 3 BB 2 K
• Errors by Hallamore (18) Chase (15) lead to all the scoring.

• AL POTW – Luis Barela (DET) 14-22 5 HR 10 RBI (.325-48-143)
• NL POTW – Bobby Ruppe (SD) 13-27 2 HR 7 RBI (.255-33-89)

• RECORD: 5-1 (97-43)
• STANDINGS: 1st +15
• RUNS SCORED: 841 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 594 1st
• DEFENSE: .683 5th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Los Angeles
2. Florida
3. Detroit
4. Ohio
5. Pittsburgh

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Portland HAS to be the only team in ABA history to ever have an 18 game losing streak AND a 9-1 run in the same season.
Luis Barela (former #1 prospect) is putting up a season for the ages.

• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Luis Barela (DET) .330-11-26 (.319-46-139)
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Kinnon Zasko (LA) .415-4-13 (.349-23-86)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Luis Maciel (MIL) 6-0 1.99 (12-9 4.24)
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Wilfredo Ochoa (TEX) 6-0 1.98 (11-9 5.17)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Tony Longson (DEN) .389-7-24 (.293-21-79)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Gene Simms (SD) .370-4-17 (.274-6-43)

• TARPON PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Ismael Saldana .375/.425/.713 6 HR 13 RBI 7 2B
• TARPON PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Arturo Flores 4-1 2.95 36.2 IP 27 K 9 BB
• TARPON MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Bobby Hill (RA) 6-0 2.13 (10-1 2.34)
• TARPON MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Rodolfo Morales (AAA) .392-10-28 (.356-37-105)

• Rodolfo Morales (AAA) took home player of the month
• Jim Trisko (RB) took home player of the month hitting .323-5-18 (.357-9-38)
• Kevin Collett (AAA) 5-0 3.31 Ty Young (AA) 6-0 4.03 Curt Gardner 5-1 2.94 and Bobby Hill all took home pitcher of the month in their respective leagues.

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• SCHEDULE
• 1 vs Las Vegas 0-1
• 3 @ Memphis 1-2
• 3 vs Denver 3-0

RESULTS

• 9/3: Las Vegas 4 Florida 3 (11)
• W – Pedemonte (3-9) L – Yamada (9-6) S – Tomasello (2)
• HR: LV-Eisentrout (37)
• POTG: Shimizu 7 IP 8 H 2 ER 7 K
• Adams 3-4

• Alaska fired GM Mike Cosgrove.

• 9/4: Florida 7 Memphis 6
• W – Pollock (14-8) L – Sato (1-9 7.58) S – Turner (29)
• HR: FLA-Hallamore (14) MEM-Abendano (3)
• POTG: Hallamore 2-5 HR (14) 2 R 3 RBI (67)

• 9/5: Memphis 10 Florida 8
• W – Bedell (2-4) L – Turner (6-2 BS 2)
• HR: FLA-Adams (15) Hallamore (15) MEM-A Malveaux (27*)
• POTG: Hallamore 2-5 HR (15) 2 R BB 3 RBI (70)
• A Malveaux PH walk-off Grand Slam off Bobby Turner

• Sergio Osario (OH) won his 17th (17-8 3.50) striking out 7 and walking 0 in a 1-0 duel with St Louis' (and former Tarpon) Joe Rogers.

• 9/6: Memphis 9 Florida 4
• W – Bedell (3-4) L – Coronado (12-5 3.92) S – Birch (32)
• HR: MEM-A Malveaux 2 (29*) Sherman (7)
• POTG: A Malveaux 2-4 2 HR (grand slam) 6 RBI (105) 2nd grand slam in 2 days. 3 HR 10 RBI last 2 games
• Sharp 3-5 R Cortezo 3-5 2B (40) R 2 RBI (80)

• Bobby Rone (LV) won his 15th (15-9 3.90) in a 2-0 win over Detroit
• Nehemiah Waith (TEX) tossed his 2nd SHO of the season in a 2-0 victory over Jacksonville. He's 14-9 4.08

• 9/7: Florida 13 Denver 3
• W – Flores (13-5 3.31) L – Daugherty (7-16 4.66)
• HR: FLA-Molina (24*) Cortezo (19) Hallamore (16)
• POTG: Hallamore 3-5 HR (16) 3 R 5 RBI (75)
• Cortezo 3-3 2 BB 2 2B (42) HR (19) 3 R RBI (81)
• Flores CG 4 H 3 ER 4 BB 1 K

• 9/8: Florida 3 Denver 2
• W – Samvdio (14-9 5.08) L – Matsuda (16-10 4.00)S – Turner (30)
• HR: DEN-Kouassi (14)
• POTG: Samvdio 8 IP 9 H 2 ER 1 BB 6 K

• Jon Girard (SAN) beat Texas 4-0 today to win his 16th of the season (16-11 3.75) and he's 6-3 4.23 since being dealt.
• San Diego Fired GM Ismael Salgado and Manager Mike Scioscia today. San Diego is 54-92and 46 games behind LA in the NL West. The Missions have never won a world series and have made just 5 postseason appearances in the leagues 23-year history (3 as wild card 2 as division champs '92, '09).

• 9/9: Florida 10 Denver 0
• W – Pollock (15-8 4.10) L – Abrego (0-1)
• HR: FLA-Chase (24)
• POTG: Pollock CG 4 H 1 BB 4 K 100 pitches 5th straight 15+ win season
• Chase 3-3 2B (20) HR (24) 2 R 2 RBI (78) Adams 3-5 2B (25) R 3 RBI (67)

• Donte Fiffie (KC) beat New England 2-0 to move to 14-12 4.64

• AL POTW – Luis Barela (DET) 10-20 3 HR 9 RBI (.331-51-152)
• NL POTW – Chris Golebiowski (KC) 16-28 3 HR 9 RBI (.326-34-120)

• TARPONS IN THE MINORS NEWS
• Rio Rancho was eliminated in the 1st round of the Rookie A League playoffs

• RECORD: 4-3 (101-46)
• STANDINGS: 1st +15
• RUNS SCORED: 889 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 628 1st
• DEFENSE: .684 5th
• POWER RANKINGS:

• Florida
• Ohio
• Washington
• Los Angeles
• San Antonio

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WEEK 24

• SCHEDULE
• OFF DAY
• 3 @ St Louis 2-1
• 3 vs Ohio 0-3

RESULTS

• 9/10: OFF DAY

• Texas SP Kinnon Mendelson will undergo elbow surgery and miss the next 8-9 months. He ends the season 11-7 4.73 and has been able to make just 72 starts the past 3 seasons going 27-24 4.54

• 9/11: Florida 9 St Louis 1
• W – Willoughby (21-4 3.48) L – A Mendoza (12-9 4.62)
• HR: FLA-Hayashi 2 (31) Saldana (24)
• POTG: Hayashi 2-3 BB 2 HR (31) 3 R 3 RBI (92)
• Hallamore 3-5 R SB (42) Bursey 3-4 R Adams 3-4 R RBI (68)
• Willoughby 7 IP 5 H 1 ER 2 BB 5 K

• The win clinches the AL East again!

• 9/12: St Louis 5 Florida 4 (11)
• W – Nakai (7-12) L – Yamada (9-7)
• HR: FLA-Saldana (25) Bursey (31) STL-Rimpson (7) Harding (12)
• POTG: Coronado ND 8 IP 4 H 3 ER 2 BB 6 K

• Phoenix fired manager Clint Hurdle.
• Tim Grimes has had a monster year and so has AA catcher Taichiro Tatsunami. Tats is promoted to AAA for the playoffs and Grimes is put on the 38 man and called up. I received a trade offer almost every single day of August for Grimes. He's in the plans and needs some AB's now that we've clinched.

• 9/13: Florida 4 St Louis 0
• W – Flores (14-5 3.12) L – J Morales (7-5 4.83)
• HR: FLA-Makowski (3)
• POTG: Flores CG 9 H 1 BB 4 K (making a very strong bid for the Jackie Robinson Award in the AL)

• Former Tarpon Juan Alatorre (PIT) outpitched Juan Ortega (5-8 4.64) in a 1-0 win over San Antonio. Both guys tossed CG's and there were no earned runs. Alatorre is 16-11 4.00.
• Sincere Mango (ALK) hit for the cycle in the Kodiaks 7-5 loss to Memphis.
• 3 game preview of what I think will be the ALCS matchup

• 9/14: Ohio 5 Florida 1
• W – bin Musa (4-4 7.20) L – Samvdio (14-10 5.05) S – Miles (40)
• HR: OH-Cosman (33) Robles (29)
• POTG: Cosman 2-4 HR (33) SB (23) 2 R 2 RBI (92)

• Eric Mitchell (CHI) went 5-6 in Chicago's 9-5 win over NY.
• Nikki Kimura (BRK) struck out 11 in beating Minnesota 4-0 on a 2-hitter. He's 17-10 3.89

• 9/15: Ohio 5 Florida 1
• W – Mutschler (8-3 4.04) L – Pollock (15-9 4.07)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Mutschler CG 7 H 1 ER 5 BB 4 K

• 9/16: Ohio 4 Florida 3
• W – Osario (19-8 3.42) L – Willoughby (21-5 3.55) S – Miles (41)
• HR: OH-Stahl (14)
• POTG: Osorio 7.1 IP 9 H 3 ER 3 BB 7 K

• AL POTW – Layne Cosman (OH) 13-25 3 HR 8 RBI (.299-33-94)
• NL POTW – Luis Romero (POR) 10-23 3 HR 7 RBI (.268-25-100)

• RECORD: 2-4 (103-50)
• STANDINGS: 1st +14
• RUNS SCORED: 911 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 648 1st
• DEFENSE: .685 5th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Ohio
2. Las Vegas
3. Florida
4. Los Angeles
5. Washington

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• SCHEDULE
• 3 @ Minnesota 1-2
• 3 @ Brooklyn 2-1
• OFF DAY

RESULTS

• 9/17: Minnesota 2 Florida 0
• W – Correa (14-9 4.64) L – Coronado (12-6 3.81) S – Mycroft (25)
• HR: MIN-Take****a (13)
• POTG: Correa 8 IP 3 H 2 BB 10 K

• 9/18: Florida 7 Minnesota 2
• W – Flores (15-5 3.06) L – Moss (12-8 4.83)
• HR: FLA-Morales (1) Legion (4) MIN-Rick (18) Price (23)
• POTG: Flores CG 4 H 2 ER 2 BB 6 K

• Jarrod Casey (OK) shutout the Minutemen 2-0 to win his 10th (10-12 5.01)
• BJ Janzen (PHX) struck out 11 in the Roadrunners 13-0 win over Memphis. He's 12-13 4.71

• 9/19: Minnesota 6 Florida 3
• W – Webb (6-8 4.71) L – Samvdio (14-11 5.11) S – Mycroft (26)
• HR: FLA-Morales (2) MIN-Price (24)
• POTG: Price 2-3 HR (24) 2 R 3 RBI (83)
• Samvdio CG 11 H 6 ER 11 K

• New York fired manager Kevin Trowel today

• 9/20: Florida 8 Brooklyn 4
• W – Pollock (16-9 4.11) L – Carpin (1-1)
• HR: FLA-Bursey (32) Chase (25) Nakamura (11) Elizondo (5)
• POTG: Elizondo 3-4 2B (9) HR (5) 2 R 2 RBI (27)
• Bursey 3-5 HR (32) 2 R RBI (126)
• Pollock 7 IP 8 H 4 ER 3 BB 5 K

• 9/21: Brooklyn 5 Florida 1
• W – Lykens (9-10 5.08) L – Willoughby (21-6 3.68) S – Sakamoto (3)
• HR: BRK-Jones (9*)
• POTG: Jones 2-3 grand slam 2 R 4 RBI (35)
• Cortezo 3-4

• 9/22: Florida 3 Brooklyn 0
• W – Coronado (13-6 3.61) L – Peternek (8-17 4.45) S – Turner (31)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Coronado 8.2 IP 4 H 3 BB 7 K

• Guiomar Cortezo sprained his wrist. He's dtd and it appears it's going to be a few weeks minimum.
• Washington clinched the NL East so there is one race left. Texas and San Antonio are both in, but 1 game separates them in the division, loser gets the wild card.

• 9/23: OFF DAY

• AL POTW – Naoaki Fuchigami (DET) 11-21 2 HR 7 RBI (.301-20-87)
• NL POTW – Satoshi Kumagai (SD) 10-18 3 HR 6 RBI (.256-15-58)

• RECORD: 3-3 (106-53)
• STANDINGS: 1st +12
• RUNS SCORED: 933 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 667 1st
• DEFENSE: .686 5th
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Los Angeles
2. Florida
3. Ohio
4. Las Vegas
5. Washington

[gehrig38]

I am going to take to a new format. I am pretty sure there are few, if any folks following this thread and I am unsure why but I have my assumptions. Anyway, I am going to try a month by month approach and see if I like the format. I may end the thread and just do it for myself but I wanted to let Orcin, and I think the other 1-2 folks reading, that I'll be doing this in another format

[gehrig38]

As you can see I spent an enormous amount of energy this winter to get the minor league system where I wanted it and our international scouting has done an incredible job. Gregorio Figueroa's record-setting 2013 SCREAMS to call him up but he's just 20 years old and I want to see more defensive maturity at 2B and 3B. We possess 3 of the top 5 hitting prospects in the game. As you can tell I brought in some arms too, and our organization is deep on the mound and off. I didn't have to move any impact players to make this stuff happen and as you will see the opening day roster is going to look very similar.
The Alamogordo team is absolutely stacked. Randy Metcalf is back from his 1-year hiatus after arm surgery and is at AAA, remember too Chad Willoughby is at least 5 months away from returning as of opening day. I lost Taizo Nakai to a severe knee injury in camp (the only real injury of the spring) and he's not due back until the break.





2014 APRIL
Here's the opening day lineup vs Brooklyn.
1 – Cortezo DH
2 – Bursey CF
3 – Hayashi LF
4 – Chase 3B
5 – Molina C
6 – Hallamore SS
7 – Morales RF
8 – Rivera 2B
9 – Mendoza 1B
SP – RJ Stanton

So pretty much the exact same group of guys that opened the season last year. Tim Grimes will start to see more AB's vs RHP and Danny Sharp will begin spelling Hallamore at SS once a week. Sharp and Legion will be late inning defensive replacements pretty much every day.
Sharp will be the 1st bat off the bench vs LHP and Linseman will handle that job vs RHP.

Jim Kelly will close with Turner once again acting as the “stopper” to be used when and where needed for high leverage situations.
The rest of the pen is two righties Jonah Black and Hiroshige Hirai (from SD in a trade) and Umoh and Yamada the lefties.
The rotation will go Stanton, Flores, Pollock, Gilbert with Zach Monlux moving into the 5th slot.

108 players on the waiver wire opening day but no fits on this roster.

APRIL RECAP

• Chase and Hayashi went 0-9 with 7 K's in the opening day 5-3 loss. RJ Stanton took the loss, which he didn't do until his 25th start last year.
• Started the season getting swept by Brooklyn before winning the 1st game of the year against Minnesota. Went 20-5 the rest of the month. Stanton went nuts after his 1st start
• Brad Turner gave up 8 earned runs in his 1st 5 IP over his 1st 4 appearances.

POTG AWARDS:

• Hayashi Gilbert Monlux 2 Stanton 4 Hallamore 2 Molina 2 Mendoza 3 Pollock Chase 2

POTD AWARDS:

• Stanton CG 12 K 4 H 3-0 shutout vs Alaska
• Mendoza 4-6 2 HR (Grand Slam) 2 R 7 RBI (Ties club record) vs Chicago
• Ben Chase 3-4 2 HR 2 R 6 RBI vs Chicago
• Kennan Hallamore went 3-4 hitting a club record 3 home runs and driving in 5 in a 6-1 win over LV

POTW AWARDS:

• AL Sincere Manigo (ALK) Luis Rivera (FLA) Barela (DET) Ayala (MIL)
• NL Kennan Blashill (KC) Kinnon Matkin (JAX) Ogarro (LA) Hurst (OK)

MINOR LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS

• Pat Brown (A) tossed a shutout on opening day
• Randy Metcalf (AAA) tossed a shutout in his 1st start back from shoulder surgery
• Mike Neal (AA) threw a 6-hit shutout in his 1st start for Clovis
• 1B Sean Connelly (A) took home POTW honors oing 6-9 4 HR 9 RBI
• Gregorio Figueroa (AAA) won POTW by going 13-29 7 HR 17 RBI (he did not homer in the seasons 1st two weeks)
• Jarod Alvord (A) won POTW going 13-28 3 HR 9 RBI
• Pat Brown won Class A Pitcher of the Month going 5-0 2.50

HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE LEAGUE

• Las Vegas' Tousei Sato threw a no-hitter on opening day to beat New York 8-0. He struck out 7. It was his record 3rd career no-hitter
• Pittsburgh lost top P prospect 21-year-old Tomoaki Ashida to a torn UCL. He's done for the year
• Memphis Chris Dement hit in 32 straight games
• Memphis also lost superstar slugger Dan Goodman for the remainder of the year when he tore his PCL in a game on 4/26. He hit .293-41-108 last year.
• Amari Tutson (LA) hit 3 homers and drove in 7 in an April 27th, 13-7 win over San Diego

APRIL SUMMARY

• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Luis Barela (DET) .340-13-27
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Tyshawn Ogarro (LA) .413-7-21
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – RJ Stanton (FLA) 5-1 1.88 48 IP 67 K
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Kuniaki Fujiwara (SAN) 5-1 2.54
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Jerry Sherman (MIN) .358-2-13
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Luis Montiel (SAN) .327-3-31

• TARPON PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Luis Molina .341/.432/.707 9 HR 25 RBI
• TARPON PITCHER OF THE MONTH – RJ Stanton 5-1 1.88 48 IP 33 H 67 K 10 BB
• TARPON MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Gregorio Figueroa (AAA) .370/.412/.707 9 HR 29 RBI
• TARPON MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Pat Brown (A) 5-0 2.50 39.2 IP 28 H 33 K 9 BB

Ladies and gentleman the Austin Colts!

[gehrig38]

Our bullpen was a nightmare in April but we still managed the leagues best record. Brad Turner had the worst month of his career. RJ Stanton went full on ace after his opening day loss.
Opening day 6.1 IP 8 H 2 ER 4 BB 9 K and then
8 IP 2 ER 12 K
9 IP 0 ER 12 K
8 IP 1 ER 11 K
9 IP 3 ER 13 K
7.2 IP 2 ER 10 K

The "Zachs" went 8-2 and threw great this month. Kody Pollock had a very up and down month and Flores 2-4 7.32 month was AFTER 0-4 9.49 1st 4 starts!