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History vs. Lake County Lansing Lugnuts The Nuts are 8-7 this year and 81-83 all-time Class A Affiliate, Toronto Blue Jays • 17-19, 49-56 vs. the Captains, 48-41 at home, 33-42 road. RHP Troy Watson (4.15 ERA) 1st Half Score 2nd Half Score 5/24 at LAN L, 7-2 6/25 at LAN W, 6-4 at 5/25 at LAN W, 10-3 6/26 at LAN L, 6-3 5/26 at LAN L, 4-1 6/27 at LAN L, 9-4 5/27 at LAN W, 5-4 6/28 at LAN W, 9-4 6/7 at LC W, 6-4 7/6 at LC W, 8-1 Lake County Captains 6/8 at LC W, 9-3 7/7 at LC W, 3-2 Class A Affiliate, Cleveland Indians • 20-16, 60-45 6/9 at LC L, 5-2 7/8 at LC L, 2-0 6/10 at LC L, 10-4 7/30 at LC RHP Thomas Ponticelli (4.44 ERA) 7/31 at LC 8/1 at LC 8/2 at LC CLASSIC PARK EASTLAKE, OHIO 1ST PITCH: 7:00 PM TUESDAY, JULY 30TH, 2019 Tonight... is the first day of the Lugnuts’ eight-game road trip, with four-game series at Lake County and Bowling Green. These are the Nuts’ final meetings of the season with the Lake County Captains; Lansing is 8-7 overall against the Captains this year, splitting three four-game series and winning two of three at Classic Park three weeks ago. The Nuts are coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of the South Bend Cubs at Cooley Law School Stadium, dropping them two games behind South Bend for the Eastern Division wild card. Yesterday: Cubs 17, Lugnuts 8. South Bend scored 13 runs in the first four innings, including 11 against starter Juan De Paula, and added two two-run homers in the ninth in- ning, one by Brennen Davis and the other by Cole Roederer, to complete the sweep. Clayton Daniel and Andy Weber each went 5-for-6 to lead the Cubs, while Jake Brodt homered for the second straight day in the defeat. On Deck: This series concludes Friday, with the Nuts proceeding to Bowling Green Ballpark from August 2-6. Then the Lugnuts return home August 7-9, hosting South Bend once more. On the Air: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Adam Jaksa have the call on Lansing’s Sports Station, The Game 730 AM WVFN, streaming via Tune-In Radio and at lansinglugnuts. com and TheGame730AM.com. Lugnuts Pregame starts at 6:45 p.m. COMING UP... IN A NUTSHELL 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 1 RHP Cobi Johnson (4.54), Lugnuts at RHP Alex Royalty (4.11), Captains 17-19 2nd half, 49-56 overall 7:00 p.m., Thursday, August 2 RHP Eric Pardinho (1.88), Lugnuts at LHP Zach Draper (2.63), Captains Streaks: Lost 3 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 3 RHP Sean Wymer (5.82), Lugnuts at LHP Matt Turner (2.53), Captains Home: 22-31 Night: 37-39 7:35 p.m., Saturday, August 4 RHP Juan De Paula (9.48), Lugnuts at TBA, Bowling Green Hot Rods Road: 27-25 Day: 12-16 Lug•Notes vs. LHP: 13-16 vs. RHP: 35-40 Headlines: 3-game series: 10-10 Bo to The Show: Last night, 2017 Lugnuts SS Bo Bichette made his Major League debut as the Toronto Blue Jays’ starting shortstop, collecting a single in his first at-bat and finishing 1-for-4 in the Jays’ 7-3 win at Kansas City. Bichette joined fellow former LugnutsCavan Biggio, Vladimir Guerrero, 4-game series: 1-3-6 Jr., Danny Jansen, Tim Mayza and Justin Shafer in taking part in yesterday’s victory, with former Lake County Captain Thomas Pannone serving as Series sweeps: 3-4 the starting pitcher for Toronto. Series openers: 15-16 Team Goals: The Nuts’ offense leads the Midwest League in total bases (1348), triples (44), stolen bases (141) and slugging percentage (.387), and Rubber games: 5-5 ranks 2nd in base hits (869), 3rd in OPS (.716), 4th in home runs (75) and batting average (.249), and tied for 4th in doubles (166). Doubleheaders: 0-1-1 International Exposure: RHP Will McAffer has been placed on the Temporarily Inactive List while he competes on the Team Canada men’s baseball team at the Pan-Am Games in Peru. Also on the team: Minnesota Twins top prospect pitcher Jordan Balazovic and former Lugnuts Connor Panas Scored 1st: 38-14 and Michael Crouse. Opponent scored 1st: 11-42 Eastern Division 2nd Half Standings The Lugnuts didn’t make the postseason in the first half, finishing fifth Playoff Picture: 1. Bowling Green 23-13 - - in the Eastern Division with a 32-37 record while Great Lakes and Lake County snagged Shutouts: 7-9 the first two berths. That means that the Nuts have to finish among the top two teams 2. South Bend 19-17 - 4.0 in the East in the second half, excluding the Loons and Captains, in order to make their Lansing 17-19 2.0 6.0 1- run games: 13-10 second straight postseason appearance. Dayton 15-21 4.0 8.0 4+ run games: 23-25 One to Forget: In yesterday’s slugfest defeat, the Lugnuts set season highs in most runs allowed (17) and most hits allowed (20). In addition, the entire series against the Cubs took nine hours and 57 minutes to play 27 innings (plus a 31-minute rain delay yesterday), with an average duration of 22 More hits than opp.: 36-11 minutes per inning. Aaagh. Fewer hits than opp.: 11-39 Equal hits: 2-6 By the Numbers: Comeback wins: 16 MLB.com’s Top 30 Jays prospects on the Lugnuts’ active roster (with SS Jordan Groshans, No. 3, on the Lugnuts’ Injured List since May): Final at-bat wins: 9 3 • P Eric Pardinho - No. 6 • C Gabriel Moreno - No. 9 • OF Griffin Conine - No. 17 Walk-offs: 2-0 Former Lugnuts who have made their Major League debuts in 2019: SS Bo Bichette, P Jordan Romano, UT Cavan Biggio and 3B Vladimir Guerrero, Extra Innings: 2-3 6 Jr. with the Blue Jays; OF Lane Thomas with the Cardinals; and P Jesús Tinoco with the Rockies. 146 total Lugnuts have reached The Show in 24 years. Total Lugnuts to suit up in 2019, 20 position players and 23 pitchers, with 16 different players hitting a home run, 18 different players stealing a base, 10 9-INNING GAMES ONLY 43 different pitchers making a start, 17 recording a win, nine recording a save and two position players (Ryan Gold, Jesus Severino) pitching. Leading Trailing Tied Triples for the Lugnuts, most in the Midwest League, more than any Major League team (the Colorado Rockies are 1st with 32), and tied for 4th among 44 all Minor League teams, trailing only Rancho Cucamonga (54), Lakeland (48) and Las Vegas (46). Lake County is 6th in MiLB with 39 triples. After 6: 38-4 5-43 5-4 After 7: 39-2 4-46 5-3 Stolen bases for the Lugnuts, most in the Midwest League, more than any Major League team (the Royals rank 1st with 91), tied for 5th among all Minor 141 League teams, trailing Northwest Arkansas (175), Montgomery (161), Rancho Cucamonga (146) and Charlotte (144). After 8: 43-0 1-48 4-3 Cooley Law School Stadium, 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 | (517) 485-4500 | lansinglugnuts.com | @lansinglugnuts | Contact: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, [email protected] MANAGER DALLAS MCPHERSON Age: 38 | Height: 6’4 | Bats/Throws: L/R • Member of The Citadel Hall of Fame, inducted 2011... won 17 games as a pitcher while posting .322 career batting average and Born: July 23, 1980 | Hometown: Randleman, NC knocking 21 home runs • Played for Cedar Rapids, taking part in the 2002 MWL All-Star Game... played in the 2004 Texas League All-Star Game, winning College: The Citadel (Charleston, SC) the HR Derby... played in the 2004 MLB Futures Game. 2nd round, 57th overall, 2001, Anaheim • Named Baseball America’s 2004 Minor League Player of the Drafted: Year after slashing .317 / .387 / .670 between Class-AA Arkansas and Class-AAA Salt Lake, totaling 36 doubles, 14 triples, 40 hom- Midwest League Experience: 1st season ers, 107 runs and 126 RBIs. • Made MLB debut 9/10/04 vs. Chicago White Sox... started all Pro Managerial Experience: 2nd season three games at 3B as Angels were swept in 2004 ALDS by even- tual champion Boston, batting 1-for-9. W-L Record Entering 2019: 40-36 (Vancouver, 2018) • Ranked No. 12 prospect in baseball entering 2005 season. • As a member of Triple-A Albuquerque, won the 2008 Joe Bau- Pro Playing Career: 2002-2012 man Roundtripper Award, leading MiLB with 42 home runs. • After playing career ended, coached King’s Christian High MLB: 2004-06 (Angels), ‘08 (Marlins), ‘11 (White Sox) School baseball and founded HardKnox Baseball Development. Years G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB IBB K HBP S SF AVG OBP SLG Minor League totals 10 874 3289 584 950 198 38 209 704 83 33 407 29 1050 31 1 20 .289 .370 .563 Major League totals 5 139 386 54 93 21 2 18 45 5 3 27 1 133 1 0 0 .241 .292 .446 Antonio Caceres Logan Bone Dave Pano Hiroki Yoshimoto Justin Batcher Pitching Coach Hitting Coach Position/1B Coach Athletic Trainer Strength/Conditioning Cotuí, Dominican Republic Festus, MO Worcester, MA -> Seminole, FL Osaka, Japan Milwaukee, WI Years in Lansing: 2009-10, ‘18-19 1st year in Lansing 2nd year in Lansing 1st year in Lansing 1st year in Lansing Pitched 1995-1998 in Jays’ org., Former catcher at Mizzou Former pro scout with Interned with Cleveland in 2012 WGTC -> LaGrange College reaching Adv.