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History vs. Fort Wayne Lansing Lugnuts The Lugnuts are 1-2 this season and 193-197 High-A Affiliate, Oakland Athletics • 7-8, 4th all-time vs. Fort Wayne, 102-80 in Michigan’s state capital and 91-117 in the Summit City. RHP Reid Birlingmair (4.00 ERA) Meeting Score Meeting Score 1. 5/18 at FW L, 13-1 13. 9/7 at FW at 2. 5/19 at FW L, 6-3 14. 9/8 at FW 3. 5/20 at FW W, 12-1 15. 9/9 at FW 4. 5/21 at FW 16. 9/10 at FW 5. 5/22 at FW 17. 9/11 at FW Fort Wayne TinCaps 6. 5/23 at FW 18. 9/12 at FW High-A Affiliate, San Diego Padres • 6-8, 5th 7. 7/27 at LAN 8. 7/28 at LAN RHP Anderson Espinoza (0.00 ERA) 9. 7/29 at LAN 10. 7/30 at LAN 11. 7/31 at LAN PARKVIEW FIELD FORT WAYNE, IN FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021 7:05 PM GAME 15 12. 8/1 at LAN Tonight: The Lugnuts play the fourth game in a six-game series against the TinCaps, the fourth of 18 meetings between the two clubs this season. 24-year-old right-hander Reid Birlingmair makes his third start of the season, taking on Fort Wayne right-hander Anderson Espinoza, returning to the mound this year for the first time since 2016. The TinCaps defeated the Lugnuts in each of the first two games of the series, outscoring the Nuts 19-4 in total, before the Lugnuts came back to win in a romp yesterday. Last Night: Lugnuts 12, TinCaps 1. 20-year-old Jordan Díaz homered for the third straight day, Michael Guldberg homered and made a leaping catch at the wall, and four Lugnuts pitchers struck out 18 ‘Caps hitters in an overwhelming triumph at Parkview Field. Richard Guasch struck out seven TinCaps hitters in five scoreless innings, Seth Shuman fanned five in two innings, Jack Weisenburger whiffed all five batsmen he faced, and Michael Danielak rang up Luis Almanzar to end the game, leaving the Lugnuts pitching corps one strikeout shy of the team record for K’s in a game, set on April 29th, 2001, vs. South Bend. Last Transaction: The Nuts have made only one roster move this year, placing starting pitcher Jeff Criswell on the Injured List and adding relief pitcher Brandon Withers from Extended Spring Training on May 12th. Withers, the 835th player in Lugnuts team history. On the Air: Today’s game is on MiLB.TV stars John Nolan and Jack McMullen with the call of the game, doing their part to put the little-known Syracuse broadcast program on the map, and Lugnuts voices Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Adam Jaksa delivering the online audio play-by-play via http://milb.streamguys1.com/lansing. ON DECK IN A NUTSHELL 6:35 p.m., Saturday, May 22nd RHP Colin Peluse (1.13), Lugnuts at LHP Ethan Elliott (0.60), TinCaps 7-8 1:05 p.m., Sunday, May 23rd RHP Stevie Emanuels (0.96), Lugnuts at RHP Matt Waldron, TinCaps Streak: Won 1 LUG•NOTES: HEADLINES AND POINTS OF INTEREST Home: 3-3 Night: 5-8 Road: 4-5 Day: 2-0 What’s New in 2021: Entering this season, the Lugnuts’ stadium name changed from Cooley Law School Stadium to Jackson® Field™, the Nuts moved up to the High-A Central, and they accepted an invitation to affiliate with the Oakland Athletics, the Nuts’ fourth MLB partner, following the Kansas City Royals vs. LHP: 1-1 vs. RHP: 6-7 (1996-98), Chicago Cubs (1999-2004) and Blue Jays (2005-2020). The Athletics had previously partnered with Lugnuts rivals Burlington (1963-1974, 2011- 2012), West Michigan (1994-1996), Kane County (1993-2010) and Beloit (2013-2020). Tuesday: 2-1 Meet the Boss: Scott Steinmann is the 16th manager in Lugnuts team history. Born in Dayton, Steinmann joins the Lugnuts after three straight seasons Wednesday: 1-2 assigned to manage Double-A Midland (though the 2020 season was canceled). Steinmann previously managed against the Lugnuts with Wisconsin (2005), Clinton (2009, 2014-15) and Beloit (2017). Thursday: 1-2 Friday: 0-2 Pitching Success, but...: The Lugnuts’ pitching staff leads the High-A Central with a 2.68 earned run average despite allowing the second-most hits in the Saturday: 1-1 league (114) thanks to issuing only 44 walks, fewest in the league. Yesterday marked the sixth time already this year that Lugnuts pitchers have held the op- position to two runs scored or fewer. The Nuts additionally lead the league in GO/AO ratio (1.59). Sunday: 2-0 Offensive Outburst: The Nuts had scored exactly 12 runs total in their last six games before erupting for 12 runs last night. Lansing leads the High-A Central Series wins: 0-0 in at-bats (501) and has the fourth-most hits (113), the fourth-highest slugging percentage (.375), the second-most total bases (186) and the most doubles (36). Series losses: 0-0 Individual Excellence: InfielderJordan Díaz, who has homered in all three games of this series, now is tied for fourth in the High-A Central with four roundtrip- Series splits: 2 pers, tied for fourth in extra-base hits with seven (tied, by the way, with teammates Michael Guldberg and Jake Suddleson), and third in the circuit with 14 RBIs. Shortstop Max Schuemann scored four runs yesterday and stole three bases, giving 12 runs scored this year (tied for second) and 10 steals (second-most). Scored 1st: 6-4 Opponent scored 1st: 1-4 A Slew of Starters: The Lugnuts have used eight starting pitchers this season, with a ninth on the horizon, namely: Seth Shuman (May 4, May 15); Brady (May 5, May 12); (May 6, May 20th); (May 7, May 14); (May 8); (May 9, May 16); Basso Richard Guasch Reid Birlingmair Jeff Criswell Stevie Emanuels Shutouts: 1-0 Rafael Kelly (May 11, May 18); and Shohei Tomioka (May 13); with Colin Peluse scheduled to start for the first time on Saturday. More hits than opp.: 5-1 Major League Lugnuts, Part I: Two former Nuts have made their Major League debuts this season, pitcher Ty Tice ‘18 and outfielderJosh Palacios ‘16-’17, with the duo making their first MLB appearance in the same game for the Toronto Blue Jays on April 9th. It was the seventh time in team history that two Lug- Fewer hits than opp.: 1-7 nuts made their MLB debut in the same game, with the first occurring on September 14, 1998:Carlos Febles and Carlos Beltrán for the Kansas City Royals. Equal hits: 1-0 Major League Lugnuts, Part II: Who has been the best Lugnut in the Majors this year? Let’s make two cases: Pitcher Kendall Graveman ‘13-’14, who went Comeback wins: 1 from Lansing to the Majors in one season in 2014, has turned into a relief ace for the Seattle Mariners: 16 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing six hits in 54 at-bats (.111) with only three walks and 17 strikeouts (0.54 WHIP). First baseman Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. ‘17 leads Major League Baseball with 2.6 WAR (according Final at-bat wins: 1 to Fangraphs) and is second to Mike Trout in wRC+ (188 to Trout’s 198). Walk-offs: - Baseball America’s Top A’s Prospects MLB.com’s Top A’s Prospects Keith Law’s Top A’s Prospects Extra Innings: 1-0 No. 13 - CF Austin Beck No. 8 - P Jeff Criswell No. 5 - P Jeff Criswell No. 14 - P Jeff Criswell No. 12 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 14 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 18 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 18 - CF Austin Beck No. 15 - CF Austin Beck Leading Trailing Tied No. 23 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 28 - P Colin Peluse No. 17 - C Drew Millas No. 26 - P Colin Peluse No. 29 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 18 - OF Michael Guldberg After 6: 6-2 0-6 1-0 No. 27 - C Drew Millas No. 30 - C Drew Millas After 7: 6-1 0-7 1-0 No. 35 - P Richard Guasch No. 39 - P Stevie Emanuels After 8: 6-0 0-8 1-0 Jackson® Field™, 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 | (517) 485-4500 | lansinglugnuts.com | @lansinglugnuts | Contact: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, [email protected] 33 SCOTT STEINMANN MANAGER Age: 47 | Height: 6’2 | Bats/Throws: L/R Year Team - League W-L PCT Finish 2003 Peoria - AZL 30-23 .566 3rd/3rd Born: July 17, 1973 | Hometown: Chandler, AZ 2004 Peoria - AZL 31-25 .554 T-2nd/5th 2005 Wisconsin - MWL 76-63 .547 1st/1st College: Miami University (Oxford, OH) 2007 High Desert - CAL 54-86 .386 5th/5th Pro Managerial Experience: 13th season 2008 West Tenn - SL 70-68 .507 T-1st/5th 2009 Clinton - MWL 69-68 .503 4th Years in Pro Baseball: 1996-present, 25th season 2011 Peoria - AZL 25-31 .446 2nd 2014 Clinton - MWL 61-77 .442 7th/6th Year Team - League G AB H HR AVG OPS 2015 Clinton - MWL 46-93 .331 6th/8th 1996 Lancaster - CAL 5 10 2 0 .200 .454 2017 Beloit - MWL 65-73 .471 T-4th/4th Everett - NWL 30 100 14 0 .140 .459 2018 Midland - TL 68-71 .489 3rd/3rd 1997 Wisconsin - MWL 72 225 48 0 .213 .545 2019 Midland - TL 73-66 .525 2nd/1st 1998 Orlando - SL 18 52 9 0 .173 .495 Total 12 years, 1294 G 597-697 .461 - Total 3 seasons 125 387 73 0 .189 .512 • Managed Wisconsin to MWL Championship Series in 2005.