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The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 7, 2008

TONIGHT'S GAME

WHO: Orlando Predators (8-6) at Tampa Bay Storm (6-7)

WHERE/WHEN: St. Pete Times Forum/7:30 p.m.

TV/RADIO: Catch 47/WDAE, 620 AM

NEED TO KNOW: This is the second meeting this season between the Southern Division rivals. Tampa Bay won the first matchup 48-41 in Orlando on April 26. … Tampa Bay is 20-22 all-time against Orlando. The Predators are 10-11 all-time in Tampa. … Tampa Bay has not swept the season series with Orlando since 1999. … The Storm have not lost more than three home games in a season since 2002, when they lost five. Tampa Bay is 3-3 at home this season. … The Predators have dropped three of their last four. … Tampa Bay DL Tom Briggs needs a half-sack to become the third player in AFL history with 50 career sacks. … Tampa Bay WR Lawrence Samuels, who last week became the AFL's career leader in receptions, needs six catches for 1,000 in his career. … Storm WR Hank Edwards will return to the lineup tonight following a two-week absence because of an ankle/foot injury. Edwards needs 14 receiving yards to become the ninth player in franchise history with a 1,000-yard receiving season.

Storm rookie WR Tyrone Timmons has three receiving touchdowns in each of the last two games, his first two in the league. He is the only Tampa Bay receiver to catch three or more scores in consecutive games this season. … After not recording an interception during the first 10 games, Tampa Bay DB Jeroid Johnson has two in the past three games. … Tampa Bay FB Torrance Marshall, who set an AFL record last week by scoring multiple rushing touchdowns in his sixth consecutive game, is three rushing touchdowns shy of tying Les Barley for second place on the franchise's all-time rushing touchdowns list. Marshall has 39 in his career, 22 this season.

Adam Adkins

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