History vs. Great Lakes Great Lakes Loons The Nuts are 11-3 vs. the Loons this year and Class A Affiliate, Los Angeles Dodgers • 34-32, 58-76 107-102 all-time, 60-48 at home, 47-54 road. RHP Gerardo Carrillo (1.43 ERA) 1st Half Score 2nd Half Score 4/5 at GL W, 12-1 6/21 at LAN W, 4-3 at 4/7 at LAN W, 6-4 6/22 at LAN W, 7-4 4/8 at LAN L, 11-6 6/23 at LAN W, 10-6 4/8 at LAN L, 5-2 6/24 at LAN W, 4-3 Lansing Lugnuts 6/28 at GL W, 5-1 6/29 at GL W, 3-1 Class A Affiliate, Toronto Blue Jays • 37-29, 80-56 6/30 at GL L, 13-6 RHP Maximo Castillo (4.63 ERA) 7/1 at GL W, 8-4 8/29 at LAN W, 2-1 8/30 at LAN W, 10-2 COOLEY LAW SCHOOL STADIUM 1ST PITCH: 7:05 PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST, 2018 8/31 at LAN Tonight: It’s a Fan Appreciation Day plus Lugnut Charities Night pres. by Dan Henry Distributing, with the Lugnuts’ Jersey Auction to benefit the Capital Area United Way, plus post- game on-field team autographs! The Lansing Lugnuts, the Class A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, will be looking to complete the three-game sweep of the Great Lakes Loons, the Class-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, sending 19-year-old All-StarMaximo Castillo against the Loons’ 19-year-old phenom Gerardo Carrillo. Last Night: Lansing 10, Great Lakes 2. Ryan Noda became the first Lugnut sinceJohermyn Chavez in 2009 to reach the 20-HR plateau and also broke the single-season walks record with his 104th base-on-balls of the year, as the Nuts romped past the Loons for their fourth straight win. Freddy Rodriguez ripped a three-run triple and Jordan Barrett fired six scoreless innings, leading the Nuts to victory. On Deck: After wrapping up the regular season with a three-game series at Lake County over Labor Day Weekend, the Nuts open up Showdown Week next Tuesday, playing Michigan State University on Tuesday, September 4th, and raising the curtain on the MWL Postseason with Game 1 vs. Bowling Green on Wednesday, September 5th. On the Air: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Dante De Caria have the call on MiLB.TV and the Tune-In Radio app, streaming online at lansinglugnuts.com. PITCHING PROBABLES IN A NUTSHELL 7:00 p.m., Saturday, September 1st RHP Graham Spraker (3.45), Lugnuts at RHP Felix Tati (4.63), Captains 43-27 1st half, 37-29 2nd half 1:30 p.m., Sunday, September 2nd RHP Kyle Weatherly (3.64), Lugnuts at LHP Juan Hillman (5.31), Captains Streak: Won 4, Won 5 of 6 1:00 p.m., Monday, September 3rd RHP Turner Larkins (3.65), Lugnuts at RHP Gregori Vasquez (4.10), Captains Home: 41-27 Night: 63-39 7:05 p.m., Tuesday, September 4th *** 12th annual Crosstown Showdown presented by Auto-Owners Insurance *** Road: 39-29 Day: 17-17 Lug•Notes vs. LHP: 27-18 vs. RHP: 53-38 Headlines: 3-game series: 15-10 The Lugnuts are playoff bound, winning the first-half Eastern Division wild card with a 43-27 record and setting a first-round date 4-game series: 7-2-5 with Bowling Green Hot Rods. The Lugnuts will host Game 1 of the best-of-three series on Wednesday, September 5th. Series sweeps: 7-5 Playoff Picture: The Nuts and Hot Rods will meet on one side of the Eastern Division playoffs. Great Lakes (34-31) currently sits Series openers: 24-15 in the top position in the second half, with Fort Wayne (31-34) and West Michigan (31-34) tied for the wild card. Rubber games: 6-4 Record Watch: The Lugnuts are one road win away from breaking the franchise mark for most single-season road wins, 39, set in Doubleheaders: 2-2 2012. They are two wins away from tying 2012’s franchise record of 82 victories in one year. Scored 1st: 57-20 Last night, Ryan Noda drew his 104th walk of the year, breaking Tony Schrager’s single-season record for walks, 103, set in 1999. Opponent scored 1st: 23-36 The Nuts lead the Midwest League in runs (705), walks (541), steals (191) and on-base percentage (.341) while tying for 2nd in Shutouts: 5-5 doubles (249) and pitching the most innings in the league (1196 2/3). The Nuts have also recorded the second most saves (46). With Dawel Lugo’s debut last night for the Detroit Tigers, seven Lugnuts have now made their MLB debuts this year, 136 all-time in 1-run games: 26-16 23 years of Nuts baseball: Marcus Walden, Jimmy Cordero, Ryan Borucki, Danny Jansen, Sean Reid-Foley and Justin Shafer. 4+ run games: 27-24 More hits than opp.: 44-12 #LugLife By the Numbers: Fewer hits than opp.: 28-37 Lugnuts who lead the Midwest League defensively: Samad Taylor tops all MWL second basemen in total games, chances, Equal hits: 8-6 2 putouts, assists and double plays, and Chavez Young is the best MWL outfielder when it comes to games, chances and putouts. Comeback wins: 33 Final at-bat wins: 8 29 Base hits in August for Jesus Navarro, the Lugnuts’ August Booster Club Player of the Moth. The 20-year-old infielder is hitting .367 (29-for-79) in 22 games. He had batted just .205 (17-for-83) in 25 games in July, but has caught fire with 10 multi-hit games. Walk-offs: 6-6 Extra Innings: 4-6 Doubles by Chavez Young, tied for 1st in the Midwest League. (Samad Taylor is 4th with 32 doubles.) Young is tied for 2nd in 33 extra-base hits (48), 3rd in runs scored (85), tied for 2nd in total bases (202), 5th in steals (39) and 6th in base hits (129). 9-INNING GAMES ONLY Start your engines! It’s the number of stolen bases for the Lugnuts in 28 games in August, led by 15 from Chavez Young, 10 from Leading Trailing Tied 47 Reggie Pruitt and nine by Samad Taylor. Taylor’s 44 total SBs place him 3rd in the MWL. The Nuts’ 191 SBs ranks 1st in MiLB. After 6: 51-7 13-36 13-9 104 Walks drawn by Ryan Noda, leading MiLB and tied with Mike Trout. Noda tops the MWL in on-base pct. (.422), OPS (.917), isolated After 7: 62-5 8-42 7-5 power (slugging pct. minus batting avg., .236), wRC (weighted runs created, 96), wRAA (36.7), wOBA (.418) and wRC+ (162). After 8: 66-1 3-46 7-4 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 • (517) 485-4500 • lansinglugnuts.com • @lansinglugnuts TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER #25 RHP Maximo Castillo 6-2, 255 age 19 Profile Name .......Maximo Alberto Campos y Castillo, Jr. Acquired ................................ international free agent Born ..................................................May 4, 1999 Signed ........................................September 25, 2015 Resides................................ Caracas, Venezuela Bats / Throws ......................................... Right / Right Big Picture: Eighth-youngest player in the Midwest League to start the season... youngest player on Eastern Division All-Star Team... shares May 4th birthday with Audrey Hepburn, Will Arnett, Dawn Staley, George Will and Ken Oberkfell... one of 40 Maximos to ever play pro baseball, including six current Maxi- mos... loves to go swimming... utilizes blue and black baseball glove, purchased last year to match Blue- field’s colors... originally a third baseman, converted to pitching by his agent before signing with Blue Jays. Quote Unquote: From MLB Pipeline: “The Yankees were the favorites to land Castillo at the outset of the 2015-16 international period before an issue with the Venezuelan right-hander’s physical caused the deal to fall through. He instead signed with the Blue Jays in September, and did so for just $10,000” ... signed out of the Carlos Guillen Baseball Academy, same as fellow Blue Jays MiLBers Kevin Vicuña, Yeltsin Gudiño and Freddy Rodriguez. Fastball, Change-Up, Curve Prospect Watch: Entered 2018 rated MLB.com’s No. 24 prospect in the Blue Jays organization and the top pitching prospect on the Lugnuts’ roster, ranking above Justin Maese, Thomas Pannone, Jordan MiLB Firsts MiLB Highs Romano and Jon Harris... MLB Pipeline’s grades: 55 fastball, 45 change, 50 curve, 50 control, 45 overall. MiLB Debut .........6/4/16 Innings Pitched .... 6.0, 6 games Start ....................6/9/16 Hits Allowed ............ 10, 7/19/17 La Capital: Other baseball players from Caracas include Omar Vizquel, Andres Galarraga, Cesar Tovar, Win ...................7/25/16 Home Runs ............ 2, 3 games Magglio Ordoñez, Miguel Montero, Richard Hidalgo, Ramon Hernandez and Franklin Barreto. Save .................4/18/18 Runs Allowed ........... 8, 6/10/18 CG ................................ Walks ........................ 4, 7/25/18 2016 - Dominican Summer League: Made professional debut, June 4th, in DSL, striking out two and Shutout ......................... Strikeouts ................. 9, 5/30/18 allowing one run on a hit, a walk, a HBP in an inning... joined starting rotation for three starts (10.0 IP, 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts). 2018 - Lansing Lugnuts ( * - GS) Game Dec. IP H R BB K HR ERA Final 2016 - Gulf Coast League: Moved up to GCL, June 29th, and suffered the loss vs. GCL Tigers (2.0 IP, 6 4/5 at GL - 1.0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 W, 12-1 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 1 K)... started nine GCL games before year concluded..