History vs. Great Lakes Great Lakes Loons The Nuts are 1-0 this year and 116-111 all-time High-A Affiliate, Los Angeles Dodgers • 8-11, 5th vs. Great Lakes, 65-56 in Michigan’s state capital and 51-55 at Dow Diamond. RHP José Martínez (1.35 ERA) Meeting Score Meeting Score 1. 5/25 at LAN W, 10-5 13. 7/6 at GL at 2. 5/26 at LAN 14. 7/7 at GL 3. 5/27 at LAN 15. 7/8 at GL 4. 5/28 at LAN 16. 7/9 at GL 5. 5/29 at LAN 17. 7/10 at GL Lansing Lugnuts 6. 5/30 at LAN 18. 7/11 at GL High-A Affiliate, Oakland Athletics • 10-9, 3rd 7. 6/15 at LAN 19. 8/17 at GL 8. 6/16 at LAN 20. 8/18 at GL LHP Brady Basso (2.53 ERA) 9. 6/17 at LAN 21. 8/19 at GL 10. 6/18 at LAN 22. 8/20 at GL 11. 6/19 at LAN 23. 8/21 at GL JACKSON® FIELD™ LANSING, MI WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2021 7:05 PM GAME 20 12. 6/20 at LAN 24. 8/22 at GL Last Night: Lugnuts 10, Loons 5. The Nuts won their 1701st game all-time, scoring five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 5-5 tie.Max Schuemann and Shane Selman each homered and a quartet of Lugnuts pitchers struck out 13 Loons in the winning cause. Tonight: Coming off a win in the series opener, the Lugnuts play the second in a six-game series and 24 meetings overall this season against the Great Lakes Loons, High-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tonight also marks the second game in a stretch of 12 home games in 13 days; the Lugnuts have won three straight home games. Off the Field: It’s Dog Days of Summer, with dogs welcome at the ballpark! What’s New in 2021: Entering this season, the Lugnuts’ stadium name changed from Cooley Law School Stadium to Jackson® Field™, the Nuts moved up to the High-A Central, and they accepted an invitation to affiliate with the Oakland Athletics, the Nuts’ fourth MLB partner, following the Kansas City Royals (1996-98), Chicago Cubs (1999-2004) and Blue Jays (2005-2020). On the Air: Today’s game is on MiLB.TV with audio available online via http://milb.streamguys1.com/lansing with broadcasters Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Adam Jaksa. This is the third year for Jesse and Adam partnering on the call in Lansing, following 2019 in the Midwest League and 2020 in the wood-bat, yellow-ball collegiate Lemonade League. ON DECK IN A NUTSHELL 7:05 p.m., Thursday, May 27th RHP Jesús Vargas (2.51), Loons at RHP Seth Shuman (1.13), Lugnuts 10-9 7:05 p.m., Friday, May 28th RHP Clayton Beeter (2.08), Loons at RHP Reid Birlingmair (2.40), Lugnuts Streak: Won 2 7:05 p.m., Saturday, May 29th RHP Logan Boyer (4.91), Loons at RHP Colin Peluse (7.15), Lugnuts 1:05 p.m., Sunday, May 30th RHP Bobby Miller, Loons at RHP Stevie Emanuels (2.84), Lugnuts Home: 4-3 Night: 7-9 Monday, May 31st High-A Central off day Road: 6-6 Day: 3-0 vs. LHP: 1-2 vs. RHP: 9-7 LUG•NOTES: HEADLINES AND POINTS OF INTEREST Meet the Boss: Scott Steinmann is the 16th manager in Lugnuts team history. Born in Dayton, Steinmann joins the Lugnuts after three straight Tuesday: 3-1 seasons assigned to manage Double-A Midland (though the 2020 season was canceled). Steinmann previously managed against the Lugnuts Wednesday: 1-2 with Wisconsin (2005), Clinton (2009, 2014-15) and Beloit (2017). More info about the skipper can be found on the next page of these notes. Thursday: 1-2 Friday: 1-2 Last Transaction: The Nuts have made only one roster move this year, placing starting pitcher Jeff Criswell on the Injured List and adding relief pitcher Brandon Withers from Extended Spring Training on May 12th. In the process, Withers became the 835th player in Lugnuts team history. Saturday: 1-2 Sunday: 3-0 A Hail to Arms: The Lugnuts’ pitching staff tops the High-A Central with a 3.09 earned run average and has walked the fewest batters (56), struck out the most hitters (202) and recorded the best GO/AO ratio (1.41) in the league. Series wins: 0-0 Series losses: 0-0 A Breath of Relief: The bullpen has been a strength for the Lugnuts, with a 2.89 ERA and 129 strikeouts (compared to only 29 walks) in 93 Series splits: 3 1/3 innings. Aiden McIntyre leads the High-A Central with nine appearances, while Dalton Sawyer is tied for second with eight appearances. Jack Weisenburger, meanwhile, has struck out 19 batters in just 8 2/3 innings. Scored 1st: 8-5 The Bats Are ALIVE: After scoring a total of 12 runs in a six-game stretch from May 13-19 that left the Lugnuts with the fewest runs scored in Opponent scored 1st: 2-4 the High-A Central, a dramatic turnaround has taken place. In the last five games, Lansing has scored 44 runs (by game: 12, 7, 7, 8, 10), with Shutouts: 1-0 13 home runs over that span, and now leads the league in runs scored (96), hits (156), total bases (267) and doubles (47), and ranks second in slugging (.415) and OPS (.743). The Nuts have also dropped down the most sacrifice bunts in the league (6). More hits than opp.: 7-1 Fewer hits than opp.: 1-8 Individual Excellence: Infielder Max Schuemann is second in the league in runs scored (18), steals (11), extra-base hits (10) and OPS (1.036); fourth in OBP (.429) and fifth in slugging (.607). InfielderJordan Díaz, who homered in four of the first five games of the series at Fort Equal hits: 2-0 Wayne, is tied for third in the circuit with 16 RBIs and tied for fourth with five roundtrippers. Comeback wins: 3 Streaking: OutfielderMichael Guldberg enters play today on a 14-game on-base streak, hitting .321 (18-for-56) with four walks and two HBPs Final at-bat wins: 2 in that span. InfielderMax Schuemann enters on a 13-game on-base streak (15-for-50, .300, with four walks and five HBPs). Walk-offs: - Baseball America’s Top A’s Prospects MLB.com’s Top A’s Prospects Keith Law’s Top A’s Prospects Extra Innings: 1-0 No. 13 - CF Austin Beck No. 8 - P Jeff Criswell No. 5 - P Jeff Criswell No. 14 - P Jeff Criswell No. 12 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 14 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 18 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 18 - CF Austin Beck No. 15 - CF Austin Beck Leading Trailing Tied No. 23 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 28 - P Colin Peluse No. 17 - C Drew Millas No. 26 - P Colin Peluse No. 29 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 18 - OF Michael Guldberg After 6: 8-2 1-7 1-0 No. 27 - C Drew Millas No. 30 - C Drew Millas After 7: 9-1 0-8 1-0 No. 35 - P Richard Guasch No. 39 - P Stevie Emanuels After 8: 9-0 0-9 1-0 Jackson® Field™, 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 | (517) 485-4500 | lansinglugnuts.com | @lansinglugnuts | Contact: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, [email protected] 33 SCOTT STEINMANN MANAGER Age: 47 | Height: 6’2 | Bats/Throws: L/R Year Team - League W-L PCT Finish 2003 Peoria - AZL 30-23 .566 3rd/3rd Born: July 17, 1973 | Hometown: Chandler, AZ 2004 Peoria - AZL 31-25 .554 T-2nd/5th 2005 Wisconsin - MWL 76-63 .547 1st/1st College: Miami University (Oxford, OH) 2007 High Desert - CAL 54-86 .386 5th/5th Pro Managerial Experience: 13th season 2008 West Tenn - SL 70-68 .507 T-1st/5th 2009 Clinton - MWL 69-68 .503 4th Years in Pro Baseball: 1996-present, 25th season 2011 Peoria - AZL 25-31 .446 2nd 2014 Clinton - MWL 61-77 .442 7th/6th Year Team - League G AB H HR AVG OPS 2015 Clinton - MWL 46-93 .331 6th/8th 1996 Lancaster - CAL 5 10 2 0 .200 .454 2017 Beloit - MWL 65-73 .471 T-4th/4th Everett - NWL 30 100 14 0 .140 .459 2018 Midland - TL 68-71 .489 3rd/3rd 1997 Wisconsin - MWL 72 225 48 0 .213 .545 2019 Midland - TL 73-66 .525 2nd/1st 1998 Orlando - SL 18 52 9 0 .173 .495 Total 12 years, 1294 G 597-697 .461 - Total 3 seasons 125 387 73 0 .189 .512 • Managed Wisconsin to MWL Championship Series in 2005. • Caught a two-inning, five-K Randy Johnson rehab ap- • On May 7, 2014, Steinmann’s Clinton LumberKings overcame a 17-1 • In addition to the managerial seasons above, Steinmann worked pearance in 1996 with Everett. deficit entering the 6th inning, scoring 19 unanswered runs for a 20-17 as a roving catching instructor in 1999 for Seattle and was a mem- • Member of Mariners organization, player and coach, from victory in 12 innings. It remains the largest deficit ever overcome in a ber of the coaching staff for Wisconsin (2000-01), San Bernardino 1996-2015... joined Oakland Athletics organization in 2017. professional baseball game. (2002), Peoria (2006), Everett (2010, 2012) and Tacoma (2013). Don Schulze Javier Godard Anthony Phillips Toshi Nagahara Connor Hughes Pitching Coach Hitting Coach Assistant Hitting Coach Head Athletic Trainer Sport Performance Coach Dixon, Illinois Baruta, Venezuela Bellville, South Africa -> Scottsdale, AZ Takamatsu, Japan -> Akron, OH Minden, Nevada 2019: Low-A Beloit 2019: High-A Stockton 2019: Low-A Beloit 2019: SS-A Vermont 16th season in A’s organization 3rd season in A’s organization 3rd season in A’s organization 15th season in A’s organization 3rd season in A’s organization Pitched 6 years in MLB Played 6 seasons in A’s MiLB system Member of Team South Africa in 2009 WBC Southern Arkansas University Boise State University Major League Lugnuts: Two former Nuts have made their Major League debuts this season, pitcher Luggie’s Fast Facts Ty Tice ‘18 and outfielderJosh Palacios ‘16-’17, with the duo making their first MLB appearance in the same game for the Toronto Blue Jays on April 9th.