Fort Wayne Tincaps 2018 Game Notes
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FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2018 GAME NOTES Fort Wayne TinCaps (10-13) @ Dayton Dragons (9-11) LHP Nick Margevicius vs. LHP Packy Naughton Sunday, April 29 — Fifth Third Field (Dayton, Ohio) — First Pitch 2:07 p.m. (Game 24) LISTEN: ESPN Radio 1380 & 100.9 FM / TinCapsRadio.com / TuneIn WATCH: MiLB.TV APPLE SLICES NEWS & NOTES vs. DAY in 2018 (4-1, 2-0 Away) Home Record: 5-7 SATURDAY NIGHT: The TinCaps drubbed the Dragons, 10-1. Fort Wayne set 6 Home, 6 Away (12 Total) Road Record: 5-6 Day Record: 5-3 season highs with 14 hits and 10 walks at the plate. On the mound, Emmanuel Night Record: 5-10 Ramirez (10) and Adrian Martinez (6) matched a season high for Ks. April 20 (Fri) vs. DAY L, 9-5 Streak: W3 (W6/8) TRENDING UP: The TinCaps have won 3 straight and 6 of their last 8. Fort Wayne Sunday: 1-3 is 10-7 since beginning the year 0-6. The ’Caps are 3-0-1 over their last 4 series. Monday: 1-1 April 21 (Sat) vs. DAY W, 8-2 Tuesday: 1-2 A TINCAPS WIN WOULD: Give the them a season-best 4-game winning streak… Wednesday: 2-1 Be their first sweep of the year… Extend Dayton’s losing streak to 9 games. Thursday: 1-3 April 22 (Sun) vs. DAY W, 7-6 Friday: 2-2 ALMOST HAD ’EM: The TinCaps have led in 8 of their 13 losses. Saturday: 2-1 April: 10-13 ROSARIOHHH: Outfielder Jeisson Rosario, who’s the 4th youngest player in the April 27 (Fri) @ DAY W, 6-5 Midwest League, is 4th in the MWL in BB% (24%). His 20 walks are the 4th most in Leading after Six: 7-4 the league. His .488 OBP is 6th. Meanwhile, he’s only struck out 13 times, so his Tied after Six: 2-0 1.54 BB/K is 5th best. And when Rosario has put the ball into play, he’s hit a line Trailing after Six: 1-9 drive 32% of the time — 3rd highest in the league — compared to hitting a fly ball April 28 (Sat) @ DAY W, 10-1 Leading after Seven: 8-2 or ground ball. According to FanGraphs, “batters who hit a lot of line drives typically Tied after Seven: 2-0 perform better than hitters who hit lots of fly balls or ground balls.” And when Trailing after Seven: 0-11 April 29 (Sun) @ DAY 2:07 p.m. Leading after Eight: 10-1 Rosario is on base, he’s a threat to run. He’s 6-for-6 in stolen base bids. That ties Tied after Eight: 0-1 him for 10th most in the MWL. Trailing after Eight: 0-11 STREAKING: Catcher Juan Fernandez is on a 14-game on-base streak and 12- July 25 (Wed) @ DAY 7 p.m. Scoring first: 7-7 game hitting streak. Fernandez has reached base in every game he’s had a plate Opponent scores first: 3-6 appearance. He’s hit safely in all but 1 (which was a 7-inning game when he had Come-from-behind wins: 3 Shutouts: 0-1 only 3 plate appearances). His on-base streak is tied for the 8th longest in the July 26 (Thu) @ DAY 7 p.m. league so far this year while his hitting streak is 2nd longest and the longest active. vs. LH starter: 0-4 vs. RH starter: 10-9 BUCKEYES BACK: The TinCaps have 2 Ohio natives in Jalen Washington and July 27 (Fri) @ DAY 7 p.m. Nick Margevicius. Washington’s parents (Barbara and Edward) were at last Scoring fewer than Three: 0-7 night’s game. Jalen’s younger brother Jevonte is a redshirt freshman catcher for Scoring Three or Four: 2-3 Ohio University, which was in action earlier Saturday at Miami in Oxford — about Scoring Five or more: 8-3 Aug. 1 (Wed) vs. DAY 7:05 p.m. 45 miles away. Washington, who went to Ohio State, is from Twinsburg — about 3 1-run games: 2-2 hours to the northeast. Margevicius is also from the Cleveland area and will have 2-run games: 2-2 family here today. 3+-run games: 6-9 Aug. 2 (Thu) vs. DAY 7:05 p.m. Extra Innings: PIGGYBACK: Lefty Aaron Leasher, who’s started 4 games so far this season, is expected to work out of the bullpen today. Out-hitting opponent: 5-3 Aug. 3 (Fri) vs. DAY 7:05 p.m. Being out-hit: 5-8 Same number of hits: 0-2 K-MAN: Nick Margevicius leads the MWL in K/9 at 13.29. He has struck out 33.3% of the batters he’s faced (5th highest rate in the league). His 31 strikeouts PADRES PROPECTS Series W-L-T (Home): 2-2-0 overall rank 2nd in the circuit. Series W-L-T (Road): 1-2-1 MLB.com has rated the Padres’ farm Series W-L-T (Total): 2-4-0 BULLPEN IMPROVEMENT: Since last Sunday, TinCaps relievers have allowed system as the best in baseball in Series Sweeps (Home): only 7 runs (all earned) in their last 27.0 innings. That works out to a 2.33 ERA. 2018. The following TinCaps are Series Sweeps (Road): Fort Wayne’s bullpen ERA was 7.73 through its first 16 games. Series Sweeps (Total): ranked by MLB Pipeline as Top 30 Padres Prospects: Home crowds of 6,000+: 1 SOUTHPAW SUCCESS: As a team, the TinCaps are hitting .278 against lefties Home crowds of 7,000+: this year (compared to .232 vs. righties). Fort Wayne has only had 108 at-bats 2. MacKenzie Gore (LHP) Home crowds of 8,000+: against southpaws (compared to 643 vs. righties). Individually, Carlos Belen has Sellouts at Parkview Field: 1 led the way against left-handers with a .571 average (8-for-14). Gabriel Arias isn’t 10. Gabriel Arias (SS) far behind at .429 (6-for-14). Luis Campusano has also thrived (.364, 4-for-11 with 11. Esteury Ruiz (2B) Delays: 1 Suspensions: 1 a home run), as has Tirso Ornelas (.333, 4-for-12, with a homer). All this said, the 14. Tirso Ornelas (OF) Postponements: 1 TinCaps are 0-4 in games in which a lefty has started against them. 18. Jeisson Rosario (OF) 23. Luis Campusano (C) GIVING BACK: Prior to Saturday’s game, pitchers Nick Margevicius, Jared Carkuff, Ben Sheckler, Aaron Leasher, Travis Radke, Adrian Martinez, and 24. Mason Thompson (RHP) Caleb Boushley signed autographs for a Dayton-area little league team that is named after the TinCaps. Players even played catch with the kids on the field. Upcoming Games (All Times Eastern) Monday, April 30 OFF Tuesday, May 1 vs. Beloit 7:05 p.m. RHP Mason Thompson Wednesday, May 2 vs. Beloit 11:05 a.m. LHP Tom Cosgrove Thursday, May 3 vs. Beloit 7:05 p.m. LHP Osvaldo Hernandez Media Contact: John Nolan — [email protected] FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2018 GAME NOTES TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER 25 Nick Margevicius HT: 6-5 WT: 220 B/T: L/L HOMETOWN: North Royalton, Ohio AGE: 21 BORN: 06/18/96 OBTAINED: Drafted in the 7th Round in 2017 (Rider University) 2018 Starts with Fort Wayne NOTES Pitches- Date Opponent Dec IP H R ER BB K THROWS: Fastball, Curveball, Changeup Strikes HOMETOWN: North Royalton, Ohio (about 18 miles south of Cleveland) 4/5 @ LC - 5.2 1 0 0 0 9 74-50 HIGH SCHOOL: Saint Ignatius in Cleveland… One of the school’s alums is an owner of the nearby Lake County Captains, so the Wildcats play some of their home games at Classic 4/11 vs. LAN - 5.2 8 2 2 0 6 - Park; Nick got to pitch there several times while in high school… Had dozens of family and friends there to see him on Opening Day this year 4/17 vs. GL W 5.1 9 3 3 1 9 94-66 COLLEGE: Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ… about 60 miles south of New York 4/23 @ GL — 4.1 4 1 1 5 7 91-55 City and 40 miles north of Philadelphia)… Mascot: Broncs (not Broncos)… Notable alum: Digger Phelps COLLEGIATE CAREER: 1st Team All-MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) in 2017, his junior year, after landing on the 2nd Team as a sophomore in 2016… As a junior, led Rider in innings pitched, WHIP, ERA, strikeouts, complete games, quality starts and strikeout- to-walk ratios (3.5-to-1) as he went 6 or more innings in 11 of his 13 starts… Among starters in the MAAC, ranked 3rd in ERA and innings pitched, 4th in batters struck out looking… Tossed 2 complete games his junior year… Collegiate career record 3.16 ERA and 1.34 WHIP, with 195 strikeouts & 68 walks in 228 IP… Finance major; MAAC All-Academic Team; graduated in 3.5 years… Rider’s 64th MLB Draft pick and highest-selected since Ken Kramer (4th round, 1988) COLLEGE COACH’S QUOTE: Barry Davis: “His high school coach had nothing but great things to say about him. He didn’t throw very hard so a number of schools in Ohio passed on him. He just wasn’t doing enough to warrant money from an Ohio University or Kent State or Miami of Ohio. He wasn’t at the level of Ohio State. He was more a notch below coming out of high school. I think it was a matter of somebody pulling the trigger.