Posts Tagged ‘Rick Porcello’

Congratulations to the Lakeland Flying Tigers who just broke a 23 year-old attendance record last night. The Lakeland Flying Tigers established a new single-season attendance record at Joker Marchant Stadium with last night’s crowd as they played the Dunedin Blue Jays.  Kerri Koesel of Lakeland was the 61,256th fan to pass through the gates this season and for helping [...]

We have been saying for a long time what a great opportunity it is to go see a Lakeland Flying Tigers game because you literally get to see the stars of Major League Baseball before they make it big. Well, The Ledger has done a great job of putting together an interactive Lakeland Tigers Hall [...]

As the Detroit Tigers head north to Comerica Park to start their Major League Baseball season, the real tenants of Joker Markchant Stadium, the Lakeland Flying Tigers (the Detroit Tigers Class A affiliate) will take over where the big club left off. The Flying Tigers play some great baseball and it is one of the [...]

Lakeland Flying Tigers starting pitcher Rick Porcello was named Pitcher of the Week by the Florida State League (FSL) today.  The selection was for the period of May 5-11.   During the week Porcello won both his starts against St. Lucie and Vero Beach.  In 11 innings pitched, Porcello did not allow any runs scored [...]

This is an important week for the Lakeland Flying Tigers on the field as they play two division rivals.  The Flying Tigers will travel to Tampa Monday through Wednesday to take on the Yankees in a battle of the two hottest teams in the Florida State League (FSL).  The Flying Tigers just took 3 of 4 games from the Vero [...]