OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (6-3) at Dayton Dragons (3-6) Saturday, April 13 • 7:00 P.M
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Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (6-3) at Dayton Dragons (3-6) Saturday, April 13 • 7:00 p.m. • Fifth Third Field • Broadcast: All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT Game #10 • Road Game #4 • Season Series: 0-1, 17 Games Remaining RHP Shane McCarthy (0-1, 3.60 ERA) vs. RHP Lyon Richardson (0-0, 2.25 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captain lost to the Dayton Dragons in the opening game of their six-game road trip, 10-3. Dayton broke a 2-2 tie in the sixth inning with a five-run outburst against Captains starter Juan Mota and lefty reliever Jake Miednik. Shard Munroe knocked in the go-ahead run with Midwest League • Overall an RBI single before Jay Schuyler added a run with a single and Munroe scored on a wild pitch. After Miednik came in, Miguel Hernandez knocked in a pair with a single to make the score 7-2. Will Benson pulled the Captains a run closer with an RBI triple in the seventh, but the Dragons scored two in the seventh and one more in the eighth to put the game on ice. Dayton reliever Alexis Diaz picked up the win after pitching two innings and Eastern Division W L GB allowing one run in support of starter James Marinan. Mota took the loss after allowing six runs, five earned, over 5+ innings of work. Fort Wayne (Padres) 6 3 -- RUNNING WILD: The Captains lead all of Low-A baseball with 18 stolen bases. Only two teams in all of professional baseball have more steals. The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (High-A, Dodgers) have stolen 21 bases and the Seattle Mariners have swiped 19. Lake County has only been caught LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 6 3 -- stealing once and was successful in each of its 18 attempts. The Captains have stolen a base in all but one game this year. Ruben Cardenas has recorded the most in a single game with three in game two of Tuesday’s doubleheader against Bowling Green. West Michigan (Tigers) 5 4 1.0 SHUT DOWN: The Captains’ pitching staff enters today tied with the West Michigan Whitecaps for the third-best ERA in the Midwest League at 2.88. Bowling Green (Rays) 4 5 2.0 IN THE PARK: Lake County is the only team in the Midwest League that still has not surrendered a home run. The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Great Lakes Loons have each allowed two home runs. The Beloit Snappers and Quad Cities River Bandits have allowed the most with eight home Great Lakes (Dodgers) 4 5 2.0 runs against. Lansing (Blue Jays) 4 5 2.0 RED HOT START: After being added to the roster in between games of Tuesday’s doubleheader, Mitch Reeves has gone 7-for-14 with a home run, a double, five RBI, four runs scored and one stolen base across two games. Reeves reached base safely in eight of his first nine plate appearances before grounding out in the seventh inning Wednesday against Jake Palomaki, the Hot Rods’ third baseman who came in to pitch. South Bend (Cubs) 4 5 2.0 TOP PROSPECTS: Lake County features seven of the Indians’ Top 30 prospects, according to MLB.com. SS/2B Tyler Freeman (#3), C Bo Naylor Dayton (Reds) 3 6 3.0 (#4), RHP Luis Oviedo (#8), 2B/SS Jose Fermin (#23), OF Will Benson (#25), OF Quentin Holmes (#27) and SS Marcos Gonzalez (#28). TOP PICKS: The Captains’ roster includes two former first round draft picks and the Indians’ #1 draft selections from each of the last three years with Western Division W L GB OF Will Benson (2016; 1st round – 14th overall), OF Quentin Holmes* (2017; 2nd round – 64th overall) and C Bo Naylor (2018; 1st round – 29th overall). *The Indians did not have a first round pick in 2017. Burlington (Angels) 6 3 -- YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Captains have nine players on their Opening Day roster who begin the season under 21 years old and all seven top Kane County (Diamondbacks) 6 3 -- prospects on the team are either 19 or 20 years old. The following five players open the season at age 19: SS/2B Tyler Freeman (#3), C Bo Naylor (#4), RHP Luis Oviedo (#8), OF Quentin Holmes (#27) and SS Marcos Gonzalez (#28). The other two top prospects, 2B/SS Jose Fermin (#23) Quad Cities (Astros) 5 3 0.5 and OF Will Benson (#25), will open the season at age 20. The remaining two 20-year-olds on the Captains are 1B Ulysses Cantu and LHP Raymond Burgos. Wisconsin (Brewers) 4 4 1.5 ALL-STARS: The Captains have three 2018 New York-Penn League All-Stars and one 2018 Midwest League All-Star on their current roster. SS/2B Tyler Freeman, OF Hosea Nelson and OF/1B Mitch Reeves were all named New York-Penn League All-Stars last year, as members of the Beloit (A’s) 4 5 2.0 Indians’ Short-Season affiliate, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. OF Will Benson was named a Midwest League All-Star last season and finished second in the MWL Home Run Derby. Clinton (Marlins) 3 5 2.5 FIRST TIME IN A WHILE: C Bo Naylor is the first player since LHP Justus Sheffield in 2015 to make the Captains’ Opening Day roster the year Peoria (Cardinals) 3 5 2.5 after being drafted by the Indians in the first round. Cedar Rapids (Twins) 3 6 3.0 FAMILIAR FACES: The Captains have 11 players on their roster (including the Injured List) who spent time with Lake County last year. They are RHP Manuel Alvarez, LHP Skylar Arias, RHP Dakody Clemmer, LHP Zach Draper, RHP Luis Oviedo, RHP Thomas Ponticelli, C Josh Rolette, @-1st Half Title $-2nd Half Title %-1st-half Wild Card *-2nd-half Wild Card INF Jesse Berardi, 1B Ulysses Cantu, OF Will Benson and OF/1B Mitch Reeves. CARLIN RETURNS: Luke Carlin is back for his second straight season as Captains Manager, becoming the first skipper since Ted Kubiak in 2010- 11 to spend multiple seasons in Lake County. Between Kubiak’s 2011 campaign and Carlin’s Captains debut last year, the Captains had a new manager every year for seven straight years. Carlin is now the fourth manager in Captains history to lead the team for multiple seasons, joining Kubiak, Aaron Holbert (2008-09) and Luis Rivera (2003-04). In his first year at the helm, Carlin led Lake County to a 60-79 record. Captains Contacts ALUMNI ON THE BENCH: Captains Pitching Coach Owen Dew and Bench Coach Jordan Smith both played for Lake County before beginning their coaching careers. Dew pitched for the Captains in 2010 and 2011, and was part of Lake County’s lone championship squad in 2010. His playing career ended after 2013, due to an elbow injury. Smith played for the Captains in 2012 and was known by fans as “The Milkman,” due to his love for Tim O’Brien: [email protected] the nutrient-rich drink. He played in the Indians’ organization through the 2017 season, reaching as high as Triple-A. Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] HOME RUN KINGS: The Captains have led the Midwest League in home runs each of the last two seasons and they have also had the individual Telephone: 440-975-8085 home run champion the last two years. Lake County’s 118 long balls led the circuit in 2018 and Will Benson hit the most homers in the MWL with 22. Twitter: @LCCaptains In 2017, the Captains set a new club record with a league-best 153 home runs and Emmanuel Tapia broke the Captains’ single-season record with a league-leading 29 big flies. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter Opponent Starter Live Audio (Subject to Change) 4/14 at Dayton 2:00 PM RHP Alex Royalty RHP Jared Solomon All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN 4/15 at Bowling Green 7:35 PM RHP Luis Oviedo RHP Easton McGee All Sports CLE 4/16 at Bowling Green 7:35 PM LHP Raymond Burgos RHP Alan Strong All Sports CLE 4/17 at Bowling Green 11:35 AM RHP Juan Mota TBA All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER #34 SHANE McCARTHY RHP 2019 Game-By-Game Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): July 29, 1996 (22) 4/7 at GL L 5.0 3 3 2 0 5 3 L, 6-0 Hometown: Fair haven, NJ Total 0-1 5.0 3 3 2 0 5 3 School: Seton Hall University HT: 6’2” │WT: 190 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R * Relief Appearance Acquired: 2018 MLB Draft – Round 18 Pitch Selection: Fastball, slider, changeup 2019 Statistics Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LC 0 1 3.60 1 1 0 0 5.0 3 3 2 0 0 3 5 Total 0 1 3.60 1 1 0 0 5.0 3 3 2 0 0 3 5 Career Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2018 AZL IND1 2 0 1.35 9 0 0 0 20.0 20 2 1.00 2018 MV 1 1 0.43 6 4 0 0 21.0 16 2 0.71 2019 LC 0 1 3.60 1 1 0 0 5.0 5 3 1.20 Total 3 Teams 3 2 1.17 16 5 0 0 46.0 41 7 0.89 LAST TIME OUT: McCarthy pitched at Great Lakes on Sunday and allowed three runs, two earned over five innings pitched.