Final Feeding Frenzy Tonight

Game Time: 7:00pm      Gates Open: 6:00pm

Tonight's Lineup
TBA

It's a Frenzy
Dagwood's Sandwich Shoppes, Pete & Shorty's, Boston Market, and Buffalo Wild Wings are tonight's guest restaurants. This is the final Feeding Frenzy of the 2007 season.

Road Trip Recap
The Threshers fell to the Sarasota Reds on Friday by a score of 4-3 in 12 innings. Jake Blalock and Clay Harris both had two hits on the night.

Saturday's game was rained out, and was played as part of a doubleheader (2 seven-inning games) on Sunday. The Threshers won Game 1 by a score of 7-3. Scott Mathieson started the game as part of his rehab. Brad Harman and Clay Harris both had two hits in the game. The Threshers were shutout 3-0 in Game 2 despite Brad Harman's two doubles.

Updated 11:35am: Read Friday's game recap from Phil Denis in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Play Catch
Parent-Kid Catch returns tomorrow starting at 6:20pm.

Former Thresher Update
Pete Shier and Luke Lockwood are currently playing for the Camden Riversharks. The Riversharks play in the independent Atlantic League.

Shier is batting .275 in 55 games, while Lockwood has struck out 18 in eight starts.

Bonus Baseball
Due to heavy rains in our region throughout the month of July, we are playing a doubleheader here against the Flying Tigers on Friday, August 31. There is also the potential for an additional doubleheader here against the Flying Tigers on a date to be determined. They are seven-inning games. Game 1 on August 31 will now start at 5:00pm with Game 2 scheduled to start approximately 30 minutes after the completion of Game 1.

Recent transactions

Time to recap some of our recent transactions

May 4
Kevin Howard sent to Lakewood
Michael Garciaparra added from Extended Spring Training

May 5
Allen Davis promoted to Reading

May 6
Victor Hall released
Carlos Pena added from Extended Spring Training

May 7
Michael Garciaparra added from Extended Spring Training
Pete Shier added from Reading

Some information about our new players:

Carlos Pena is a right-hander who has been both a starter and a reliever during his time in the Phillies minor league system. He played last season with the GCL Phillies, where he came out of the bullpen 15 times. He was 1-2 with a 2.96 ERA and picked up two saves.

Pete Shier started the season with the Threshers, but only played in two games at shortstop before being promoted to Reading. He played second base, shortstop, and third base in his 6 games with the R-Phillies.

Noon update

For whatever reason, blogger wouldn't let me update my previous post...

Updated at Noon: After splitting yesterday's doubleheader with Tampa, the Threshers record sits at 3-3 which ties them for second place in the FSL West with Dunedin and Tampa. Sarasota leads the division with a 5-1 record. Sarasota and Dunedin play tonight in Sarasota, while Clearwater and Tampa finish off the series tonight. Gates open at 6:00pm for the 7:00pm game.

The Threshers are currently the hottest hitting team in the FSL with a team batting average of .289. Jeremy Slayden and Greg Golson are leading the team and are still in the FSL Top 10 in batting average. Slayden is batting .400 with six RBIs and Golson is batting .375 with four RBIs through their first six games. Golson's five extra-base hits so far put him in second place in the league.

Clay Harris is tied for the FSL league lead in home runs with two.

We had a couple transactions on our roster yesterday. Pete Shier was promoted to Reading, and Freddy Garcia has officially completed his rehab assignment.

Looking outside of Clearwater, former Notre Dame wide receiver Jeff Samardzija is scheduled to start tonight for the Daytona Cubs in their game at Vero Beach.

Updated at 2:15pm


Just caught a picture (above) of our hat for our give-a-way tomorrow.
The first 1,000 guests receive a hat. The give-a-way is sponsored by Richard's Charter.