THE SERIES .... All three games of this series will be played at Joker Marchant Stadium, June 18-20, with a pair of 6:30 pm games on Monday and Wednesday sandwiched around a 10:30 am Camp Day game on Tuesday. This series completes the first half of the season.
UP NEXT ... The Flying Tigers will open the second half of the Florida State League schedule with clean slate and a three-game series against Tampa. Games one and two of the series are 7 pm starts at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Game three has the two clubs playing in Lakeland at Joker Marchant Stadium at a special 5:00 pm start time.
THE FLYING TIGERS (34-29, T-2nd, 6.5 GB) ... The Flying Tigers were rained out in the last scheduled game before the All-Star Break on June 14 at home versus Dunedin. Lakeland opened the Blue Jays series with an 11-3 win behind a 3x5, 3 RBI night by Wade Gaynor. The next night, Shawn Teufel tossed seven shutout innings and was followed by scoreless innings throw by Tyler Clark and Bruce Rondon as Lakeland won 1-0. Luis Castillo doubled on a 3-2 pitch with two outs and then scored on a Cale Iorg single in the bottom of the eighth to lift Lakeland to the victory. With four wins in a row, Lakeland was the hottest team in the FSL heading into the break. Rondon is second in the league with 14 saves while Tyler Collins is one behind the league-leader with 20 doubles.
THE MIRACLE (29-37, T-5th, 13.0 GB) ... Brevard County had lost four of five games before snapping out of the funk with wins in their last two games. Reggie Keen tops the Florida State League with 22 stolen bases while T.J. Mittelstaedt is tied for the league lead with seven triples and third with 28 extra base hits. Mittelstaedt has feasted on Lakeland pitching, collecting 13 base hits in 29 at bats (.448) including three triples and four home runs while driving in 14 of the 35 Manatee runs in the series. Taylor Jungmann is 2-1 versus Lakeland with a 2.75 ERA. He is 3-2 with a 4.11 ERA in 10 starts against the rest of the FSL.
LAKELAND PROBABLE STARTERS (With the three-day break for the All-Star game, these probable starters listed are just that, probable, and are based on previous rotations) ...
6/18 - RHP Luis Angel Sanz (0-1, 4.22 ERA) ... Sanz had a streak of 15.0 consecutive scoreless innings pitched snapped on the road at Brevard County on June 10. After not being scored upon in back-to-back starts, the 6’1” righty gave up three earned runs on six hits with a season-high eight strikeouts. Sanz is 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA in one previous outing against the Manatees in 2012.
6/19 - LHP Alex Burgos (4-7, 5.32 ERA) ... Burgos has won back-to-back starts and has given up just two hits in the two starts. On June 3 against Jupiter, he tossed six no-hit scoreless innings with six strikeouts and four walks. He followed that outing by allowing the two hits in 5.0 innings on June 10 against Brevard County. He surrendered three earned runs in that start and walked four. Burgos is 1-2 with a 3.94 ERA in three starts versus Brevard County this season.
6/20 - RHP Brian Stroud (0-1, 3.76 ERA) ... Stroud has a 1.59 ERA in his last three starts with three earned runs allowed on 13 hits and eight K’s and four walks. In his last two starts he has been touched for just one earned run on seven hits over 11.0 innings. Despite the impressive numbers, he is still looking for his first win since joining Lakeland. Stroud is 0-0 with a 1.80 ERA in one start against the Manatees in 2012.
THIS YEAR ... The Manatees have won six of the nine meeting between these two clubs this season, but the Flying Tigers won the last two including a 6-5 win in ten innings in their last contest on June 11. Lakeland dropped all three games in the previous home series with Brevard County on April 9-11. The Manatees shut out Lakeland in consecutive games on May 16 (3-0) and May 17 (5-0).
GARCIA WINS FSL HOME RUN DERBY ... Lakeland Flying Tigers outfielder Avisail Garcia defeated St. Lucie’s Cory Vaughn and Daytona’s Nelson Perez to win the Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game Saturday.
LAKELAND ALL-STARS ... Avisail Garcia started in rightfield for the FSL North Division All-Star team and went 1x3 on the evening. He grounded out in the second, walked in the fourth, grounded out again in the sixth, and singled in the ninth. Bruce Rondon came on in relief in the bottom of the eighth and was charged with one run on one hit, one walk and a wild pitch in 1.0 inning pitched. The North Division led 3-0 thru five innings, but the South scored three times in the seventh and eighth innings for a 6-3 win in front of 5,678 fans. (Note: Two other Flying Tigers were named to the All-Star game in third baseman Nick Castellanos and catcher James McCann, but both were promoted to AA Erie shortly after the selections and could not play in the game.)
LUCKY SEVENS ... Shawn Teufel followed his seven-inning complete game shutout of Charlotte on June 8 with seven more shutout innings on June 13 against Dunedin. Teufel has not surrendered a run in 14.0 innings over his last two starts with eight hits allowed and seven strikeouts and five walks.
ROSTER SHUFFLE ... Cale Iorg has completed his recovery work in Lakeland and was promoted to AAA Toledo on Friday, June 15. Taking the open roster spot is Matt Perry, who is making his third appearance on the Flying Tiger roster this season. Iorg was 5x26 in seven games in Lakeland with six runs scored and six more driven in. Perry is 1x8 in four games with the Flying Tigers.
1700th WIN ... Manager Dave Huppert recorded his 1,700th victory as a minor league manager on Sunday, June 3 when the Flying Tigers posted an 11-1 win at Jupiter. He is in his second season with Lakeland and his 24th season as a minor league manager. Huppert, who became the winningest active manager in the minor leagues with Lakeland’s sixth win on April 19 of this year, brings a 1,706-1,564 record into the All-Star Break series. The all-time record for wins for a minor league manager belongs to Stan Wasiak of the Dodger’s organization who won 2,497 games.
2012 ALUMNI REPORT (as of Saturday) ... Nick Castellanos is still looking to get untracked at Erie and is 9x36 (.250) in nine games while James McCann is also slow to catch fire, going 6x28 (.214) in eight games. Patrick Cooper is 0-0 with a 5.91 ERA in eight appearances, including a pair of starts, while Zach Samuels is 3-1 with a 5.32 ERA in 14 relief appearances. Jacob Turner is 2-1 with a 3.43 ERA at Erie in eight bullpen trips.
WHERE ARE THEY? ... As of June 17, here’s a look at where some former Lakelanders are in the organization:
DETROIT: Duane Below, Brennan Boesch, Andy Dirks, Bryan Holaday, Don Kelly, Rick Porcello, Luke Pukonen, Ryan Rabun, Ramon Santiago, Drew Smyly, Justin Verlander, Brayan Villarreal, Thad Weber, Danny Worth.
TOLEDO: Rob Brantly, Audy Ciriaco, Brent Dlugach, Jeff Frazier, Ben Guez, Justin Henry, Zach Maggard, Ryan Robowski, Ryan Strieby, Jacob Turner, Rob Waite, Adam Wilk, Austin Wood.
ERIE: Rawley Bishop, Nick Castellanos, Patrick Cooper, Brandon Douglas, Kenny Faulk, Ramon Garcia, Jared Gayhart, Jamie Johnson, Corey Jones, Jordan Lennerton, James McCann, Michael Morrison, John Murrian, Tony Plagman, Bryan Pounds, Michael Rockett, Zach Samuels, Luis Alberto Sanz, Tyler Stohr, Jay Voss, Robbie Weinhardt, Jared Wesson.
WEST MICHIGAN: Lance Durham, Jeff Holm, Brandon Loy, Melvin Mercedes, Wilsen Palacios, Gabriel Purroy, Michael Torrealba.
TIGERS ORGANIZATION ... With a combined 147-160 record and a .479 winning percentage, the Detroit organization ranks 21st among all teams. The New Yorks rank first with a 169-121 combined record for a .583 mark. The San Diego Padres are last with a 122-168 overall combined record and a .421 winning percentage.
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