Fort Wayne Tincaps 2019 Game Notes
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FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2019 GAME NOTES Fort Wayne TinCaps (15-20, 6th East) @ Lake County Captains (20-15, T-2nd East) RHP Efraín Contreras vs. RHP Luis Oviedo Tuesday, May 14 • Classic Park (Eastlake, OH) • First Pitch 6:30 PM (Game 36 / 139) LISTEN: John Nolan (ESPN Radio 1380 & 100.9 FM | TinCapsRadio.com | TuneIn) APPLE SLICES NEWS & NOTES Home Record: 8-9 MONDAY NIGHT: The TinCaps fell to the Captains in their series opener, 4-3. Road Record: 7-11 vs. LC in 2019 (0-1, 0-1 Away) Day Record: 3-5 Fort Wayne fell behind 4-0 before scoring all 3 of its runs in the top of the 6th. 8 Home 5 Away (13 Total) Night Record: 12-15 Tucupita Marcano and Justin Lopez had 2 hits apiece, while Agustin Ruiz, Streak: L2 Dwanya Williams-Sutton, and Lopez each drove in a run. Sunday: 0-5 X FACTOR: Infielder Xavier Edwards leads the Midwest League in Batting Monday: 2-3 May 13 (Mon) Away L, 4-3 Tuesday: 3-2 Average (.357), is tied for the highest OBP (.426), and ranks 3rd in Stolen Wednesday: 2-2 Bases (11). Edwards also has the 3rd lowest strikeout rate in the MWL (7%) Thursday: 4-1 and has the lowest swinging strike rate (2%) in the league. His 1.40 BB/K ratio May 14 (Tues) Away 6:30 PM Friday: 2-5 is 2nd best. Edwards is presently on an 8-game hitting streak and a 16-game Saturday: 2-2 on-base streak. May 15 (Wed) Away 11:00 AM April: 11-13 May: 4-7 MWL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Last Monday the Midwest League announced June: 0-0 that infielder Tucupita Marcano was the MWL Player of the Week for April 29- June 4 (Tues) Home 7:05 PM July: 0-0 August: 0-0 May 5.In 6 games that week, Marcano slashed .538/.586/.654 as he went 14- September: 0-0 for-26 with two walks, a hit by pitch, a double, a triple, 3 RBIs, and a stolen June 5 (Wed) Home 7:05 PM base. Marcano had a 16-game on-base and 10-game hitting streak (the longest Leading after Six: 10-1 such streaks among TinCaps this season) end on Saturday in Beloit. Tied after Six: 2-3 Trailing after Six: 2-15 June 6 (Thurs) Home 7:05 PM Leading after Seven: 11-1 RUIZ RIPPING IT: Outfielder Agustin Ruiz is tied for 2nd in the MWL in RBIs Tied after Seven: 1-2 (24) & 6th in Doubles (11). Ruiz has a 29% Line Drive % on Batted Balls — 2nd Trailing after Seven: 2-16 highest in the Midwest League. June 14 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM Leading after Eight: 13-1 Tied after Eight: 1-2 Trailing after Eight: 0-14 POWER OUTAGE: The TinCaps rank tied for 14th out of 16 MWL teams for June 15 (Sat) Home 7:05 PM home runs with 11. Fort Wayne has hit only 1 homer over its last 15 games — Scoring first: 9-7 a Dwanya Williams-Sutton blast at Beloit last Thursday. Opponent scores first: 6-13 June 16 (Sun) Home 1:05 PM Come-from-behind wins: 8 Shutouts: 2-2 LOPEZ LOOKING TO GET HOT: With 2 hits Monday, infielder Justin Lopez had his 2nd multi-hit game of the season and his 1st since April 7. July 2 (Tues) Away 7:00 PM vs. LH starter: 2-8 vs. RH starter: 13-12 TURNAROUND: Catcher Juan Fernandez began the season 0-for-18 at the July 3 (Wed) Away 7:00 PM Scoring fewer than Three: 1-9 plate, but is 14-for-34 (.411) since, including a trifecta of 3-hit games. Scoring Three or Four: 3-11 Scoring Five or more: 11-0 SOLO SHOT: Since returning from the Injured List on May 4, infielder Lee July 4 (Thurs) Home 6:05 PM Solomon is 7-for-26 (.269) with 3 walks (.345 OBP) and 7 RBIs in 7 games. 1-run games: 4-7 2-run games: 0-2 July 5 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM 3+-run games: 11-11 WALK & RUN: Outfielder Jawuan Harris has walked in 18% of his plate Extra Innings: 0-2 appearances this season. That’s the 3rd highest BB% in the MWL (and a jump from 14% for him last year as a rookie). Harris is also tied for 9th in Runs (20). PADRES PROPECTS Out-hitting opponent: 10-5 Being out-hit: 2-13 ALUMNI REPORT: 2016 TinCaps catcher Austin Allen was called up by the Same number of hits: 3-2 MLB.com and Baseball America Padres on Saturday. After making his MLB debut that night as a pinch-hitter, have both rated the Padres’ farm Series W-L-T (Home): 1-3-1 Allen started on Sunday and got his first big-league hit. He’s the 181st former system as the best in baseball in Series W-L-T (Road): 1-3-1 Fort Wayne player to go from the 260 to The Show. Series W-L-T (Total): 1-5-2 2019. The following TinCaps are Series Sweeps (Home): 1-1 ranked by MLB Pipeline as Top CLASSIC MEMORIES: The TinCaps opened their 2018 season here at Classic Series Sweeps (Road): 0-0 30 Padres Prospects: Series Sweeps (Total): 1-1 Park. Nick Margevicius, a native of nearby North Royalton, Ohio, got the start. Margevicius, who also pitched here in high school for Saint Ignatius, made the Home crowds of 6,000+: 1-2 Padres’ big-league rotation this season. 8. Ryan Weathers (LHP) — IL Home crowds of 7,000+: 1-1 11. Xavier Edwards (INF) Home crowds of 8,000+: - Sellouts: - ENOUGH ALREADY: Last Wednesday’s washout in Wisconsin was the 1st 18. Tucupita Marcano (INF) cancelled game of the year for the TinCaps since they aren’t scheduled to see 28. Blake Hunt (C) Delayed Starts: - the Rattlers again. But the ’Caps have had 3 other games postponed, and 1 Suspensions: 1 Postponements: 3 suspended, by rain. The average first pitch temperature for a TinCaps game Cancelled: 1 this season has been 58°. Tonight’s forecast calls for a high of 58° with sun. Upcoming Games (All Times Eastern) Wednesday, May 15 @ Lake County 11:00 AM RHP Gabe Mosser vs. RHP Cody Morris Thursday, May 16 vs. Lansing 7:05 PM LHP Joey Cantillo vs. RHP Sean Wymer Friday, May 17 vs. Lansing 7:05 PM RHP Sam Keating vs. RHP Cobi Johnson (Piggyback: RHP Fitz Stadler) Saturday, May 18 vs. Lansing 7:05 PM RHP Angel Acevedo vs. RHP Josh Winckowski Sunday, May 19 vs. Lansing 1:05 PM LHP Ramon Perez vs. RHP Juan De Paula (Piggyback: RHP Josh Hiatt) Media Contact: John Nolan — [email protected] MORE NOTES 200: Anthony Contreras, who’s in his 4th season as the team’s skipper, won his 200th game as TinCaps manager on April 11. His win total now stands at 209. The franchise leader in that category is Doug Dascenzo (227, 2007-09). Randy Ready (2004-06) ranks 2nd with 209 victories. FOREVER YOUNG: The average age for a TinCaps position player thus far has been 20.1, the youngest in the Midwest League (MWL average: 21.2). The average age for a ’Caps pitcher is 20.9, also the youngest (MWL average: 21.9). This marks the 6th consecutive year Fort Wayne has had the league’s most youthful lineup, going back to 2014. The TinCaps had the youngest pitching staff in the league in 2016 and ranked tied for 2nd youngest in ’18, 2nd youngest in ’12, ’13, and ’17. 260 TO THE SHOW: 181 former Fort Wayne players have reached the big leagues since the franchise was founded in 1993. 8 ‘Caps alums have broken through this year with SS Fernando Tatis Jr., RHP Chris Paddack, LHP Nick Margevicius, RHP Pedro Avila, RHP Gerardo Reyes, INF Ty France and C Austin Allen appearing for the Padres, plus INF Josh VanMeter with the Reds. WELCOME BACK: 14 of the team’s 25 players appeared in at least 1 game with the TinCaps last year: INF Luis Almanzar, LHP Joey Cantillo, LHP Dan Dallas, INF Nick Feight, C Juan Fernandez, RHP Nick Kuzia, RHP Henry Henry, INF Justin Lopez, RHP Adrian Martinez, RHP Gabe Mosser, RHP Jose Quezada, OF Agustin Ruiz, LHP Ryan Weathers, and RHP Carlos Belen, who was a corner infield with the ‘Caps in 2016 and ’18. IN THE DUGOUT: Anthony Contreras is back for his 4th season as TinCaps manager, becoming the first skipper in the franchise’s 27-year history to lead the team for more than 3 years… Hitting coach Jonathan Mathews (2nd season), fielding coach Jhonny Carvajal (3rd), athletic trainer Allyse Kramer (3rd), and strength coach Sam Hoffman (2nd) are also back. Matt Williams is the team’s new pitching coach, succeeding Burt Hooton—the club’s pitching coach for the last 6 seasons— who’s missing the season as he recovers from knee surgery in March. PADRES ON DECK: MLB.com, Baseball America, and ESPN have rated San Diego’s farm system as baseball’s best. The ‘Caps have 4 players on MLB.com’s Top 30 list for the Pads (see list on Page 1). Not to be overlooked, ESPN’s Keith Law ranks INF Justin Lopez at No. 19. He also notes RHP Efraín Contreras as another to watch with OF Agustin Ruiz & LHP Joey Cantillo. VAMOS TINCAPS: A team of Padres minor league prospects ventured to Mexico City to play the Diablos Rojos del México and open up Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú, which is named after a member of the Padres’ ownership team, with a pair of games March 23-24.