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High-A Affiliate OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (29-24) vs. South Bend Cubs (21-31) Sunday, July 4th • 6:35 p.m. • Classic Park • Broadcast: WJCU.org Game #54 • Home Game #24 • Season Series: 4-1, 7 Games Remaining RHP Mason Hickman (3-3, 5.67 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Kachmar (0-2, 5.30 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captains swept their second doubleheader in three days against the South Bend Cubs. Lake County High-A Central League notched a walk-off win in eight innings in game one, 2-1, before taking game two, 5-0. YESTERDAY GAME ONE: South Bend was pitching a perfect game through the first seven innings (of a seven-inning East Division W L GB regulation game). Cubs starter Ryan Jensen went the first six frames and Samuel Reyes pitched a perfect seventh. The Cubs’ offense, however, failed to score a run and the game went to extra innings with the score 0-0. The Cubs took a 1-0 Dayton (Cincinnati) 29 23 -- lead in the top of the eighth when Harrison Wenson broke through with a sacrifice fly to score Jake Slaughter. In the bottom Great Lakes (Los Angeles - NL) 29 24 0.5 of the eighth, Bryan Lavastida broke up the perfect game and no-hitter with a leadoff double to right field that moved the free runner, José Tena , to third. After Reyes intentionally walked Joe Naranjo to load the bases, Aaron Bracho knocked LAKE COUNTY (Cleveland) 29 24 0.5 in Tena with a sacrifice fly to tie the game. The Cubs intentionally walked Raynel Delgado to load the bases again for Austen Wade. After a 3-0 pitch to Wade landed for a strike, Reyes dropped the throw back to the mound by the catcher West Michigan (Detroit) 25 26 3.5 Wenson. Lavastida dashed home and scored the winning run on the error. Lansing (Oakland) 25 28 4.5 YESTERDAY GAME TWO: Captains starter Kevin Coulter spun five scoreless frames and Jared Janczak pitched the final two to combine for a shutout. Lake County’s offense plated three runs in the first inning. Will Brennan scored on a Fort Wayne (San Diego) 23 29 6.0 wild pitch, Brayan Rocchio came home on an error by first baseman Grayson Byrd and Joe Naranjo scored from third when catcher Raymond Pena threw to second base on a steal attempt by Raynel Delgado and nobody covered the base. West Division W L GB Clark Scolamiero and Mike Amditis each hit solo homers to cap the scoring. Quad Cities (Kansas City) 35 16 -- TIGHT SERIES: Four of the first five games in this series between Lake County and South Bend have been decided by two or fewer runs. The Captains won the first two games by scores of 5-4 and 3-2. South Bend took game three, 5-3. Lake Cedar Rapids (Minnesota) 27 26 9.0 County won game four in extra innings, 2-1. The only game with a wider margin was a 5-0 Captains win in game five. Beloit (Miami) 26 27 10.0 HOME COOKIN’ TASTES BETTER: The Captains are 18-5 at home, compared to 11-19 on the road. Captains pitchers Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 24 28 11.5 have experienced the biggest home/road disparity. Lake County has a 3.02 ERA at Classic Park and a 5.19 ERA on the road. South Bend (Chicago - NL) 21 31 14.5 HOT LAVA: Bryan Lavastida is riding an eight-game hitting streak, during which the Captains’ catcher has three three-hit Peoria (St. Louis) 21 32 15.0 games. Over that stretch, Lavastida has hit .500 (15-for-30) with three homers and three doubles. WELCOME BACK: In 15 games since returning from an oblique injury, George Valera has slashed .277/.414/.468 (.882 OPS) with two home runs, a double and a triple. Quentin Holmes returned from a groin injury on June 1 and has hit .358/.390/.472 (.862 OPS) since returning with a homer, a double, a triple and six steals. Top Prospects The Cleveland farm system enters 2021 as the 13th best farm system in ROCCHIO ROLLING: Over his last 15 games, Brayan Rocchio has hit .273/.365/.473 (.838 OPS) with two homers and baseball according to MLB.com. Below are current Captains and their ranking in Cleveland’s system, according to various publications. five doubles. FanGraphs Baseball America MLB.com BRENNAN BASHING: Captains OF Will Brennan is second in the High-A Central League (HAC) in doubles (17), tied for #3 George Valera #6 George Valera #4 George Valera sixth in extra-base hits (20) and tied for seventh in batting average (.289). #4 Brayan Rocchio #8 Brayan Rocchio #7 Brayan Rocchio #8 Aaron Bracho #11 Aaron Bracho #8 Aaron Bracho ALUMNI UPDATE: 2017 Captains RHP Justin Garza became the 102nd former Captain to reach the major leagues when #20 Tanner Burns #16 Tanner Burns #15 Tanner Burns he debuted for Cleveland on June 27. A record 10 former Captains have made their major league debuts this year – OF #29 Hunter Gaddis #24 Jose Tena Ka’ai Tom (2016), RHP Luis Oviedo (2018-19), LHP Sam Hentges (2016), RHP Louis Head (2012-13), RHP Nick #30 Bryan Lavastida #26 Bryan Lavastida Sandlin (2018), INF Ivan Castillo (2014), Jean Carlos Mejia (2018), RHP Eli Morgan (2018), INF Ernie Clement (2018) #32 Jose Tena and Garza. That breaks the record for the most former Captains to debut in a single year, besting the nine alumni that #36 Raymond Burgos debuted in 2013 and 2016. DEFENSIVE FLEXIBILITY: The Captains’ have shuffled their defenders in 2021. Lake County has used four different first CURRENT SERIES SCHEDULE,baseman, RESULTS six different & second PROBABLE baseman, six PITCHING different third basemen MATCHUPS and two different shortstops. Raynel Delgado, Brayan Rocchio and José Tena have each played three different infield positions. Victor Nova and Daniel Schneemann Date Opp. Time/Result Captains Starterhave played two different infield positions and Opponentleft field. Starter Broadcast 7/1 G1 vs. SB W (7), 5-4 Xzavion Curry, RHP (1-0, 2.66) Max Bain, RHP (2-3, 5.53) WJCU.org 7/1 G2 vs. SB W (7), 3-2 Logan Allen, YOUNGSTERS:LHP (5-0, 1.58) The Captains have five of theMatteo 10 youngest Bocchi, players RHP in(1 -the0, 2High.54)- A Central League – 1B Joe NaranjoWJCU.org (20), INF Aaron Bracho (20), INF José Tena (20), INF Brayan Rocchio (20) and OF George Valera (20). Naranjo, Bracho 7/2 vs. SB L, 5-3 Tanner Burns, RHP (2-3, 3.34) Derek Casey, RHP (3-5, 3.66) WJCU.org 7/3 G1 vs. SB W (8), 2-1 Hunter Gaddis,and RHP Tena (2 are-3, the5.3 three5) youngest players in theRyan league. Jensen, Naranjo, RHP who (2 -turned4, 5.97 20) on May 11, is the youngest playerWJCU.org in all of 7/3 G2 vs. SB W (7), 5-0 Kevin Coulter,High RHP-A. (Bracho4-3, 6. 97(born) 4/21/00) is the second youngestJoe Nahas, in all RHP of High (1--1A., 4The.50 )Captains have eight players who areWJCU.org age 21 or 7/4 vs. SB 6:35 p.m. Mason Hickman,younger. RHP (3-3, 5.67) Chris Kachmar, RHP (0-2, 5.30) WJCU.org HIGH-A: The 2021 season marks the Captains’ first as the High-A Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. Lake County had been Classic Park 35300 Vine St. Eastlake, OH 44095 | 440-975-8085 | CaptainsBaseball.comCleveland’s Low-A Affiliate| @LCCaptains for 17 seasons | Media (2003 Contact:-2019) and Andrew 18 years Luftglass; (2003-2020). [email protected] NEW SKIPPER: Greg DiCenzo was named the Captains’ manager before the eventually-canceled 2020 season. DiCenzo LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER 2021 Game -By-Game #41 MASON HICKMAN RHP Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): December 23, 1998 (22) 5/9 at LAN L 3.2 5 3 3 2 6 1 L, 5-2 5/16 vs. FW ND 5.0 0 0 0 0 7 2 W, 3-0 Hometown: Hendersonville, TN School: Vanderbilt University 5/23 at GL W 5.0 2 0 0 0 7 2 W, 4-3 5/30 at WM L 2.0 3 5 3 1 3 4 L, 7-1 HT: 6’6” │WT: 228 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R 6/6 vs. DAY W 5.2 4 1 1 0 5 1 W, 14-4 Acquired: 2020 Draft – 5th Round (154th overall) 6/13 at FW ND 2.0 9 6 6 0 5 1 L, 7-6 Pitch Selection: Fastball, Curveball, Slider, Changeup 6/20 vs. WM W 6.0 4 0 0 0 9 0 W, 3-0 6/27 G1 at GL L 4.0 7 8 8 3 1 5 L, 14-6 Total 3-3 33.1 34 23 21 6 43 16 2021 Statistics * Relief Appearance Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LC 3 3 5.67 8 8 0 0 33.1 34 23 21 6 0 16 43 Total 3 3 5.67 8 8 0 0 33.1 34 23 21 6 0 16 43 NCAA Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2018 VAN 8 2 5.21 16 13 0 1 74.1 66 30 1.36 2019 VAN 9 0 2.05 20 13 0 0 96.2 129 28 0.95 2020 VAN 2 0 0.48 3 3 0 0 18.2 26 3 0.59 Total NCAA 19 2 3.13 39 29 0 1 189.2 221 61 1.07 LAST TIME OUT: Hickman suffered the loss at Great Lakes in game one of a doubleheader after allowing career-highs in walks (5), home runs (3) and runs (8) over four innings.