FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2019 GAME NOTES Fort Wayne TinCaps (19-23, 5th East) vs. South Bend Cubs (24-19, T-3rd East) RHP Gabe Mosser vs. RHP Peyton Remy Wednesday, May 22 • Parkview Field (Fort Wayne, Ind.) • First Pitch 11:05 AM (Game 43 / 138) WATCH: John Nolan & Evan Stockton (Comcast Network 81 & MiLB.TV) LISTEN: Mike Maahs (ESPN Radio 1380 & 100.9 FM | TinCapsRadio.com | TuneIn) APPLE SLICES NEWS & NOTES vs. SB in 2019 (3-3, 2-0 Home) 11 Home, 7 Away (18 Total) Home Record: 12-10 TUESDAY NIGHT: The TinCaps posted their 4th shutout win of the season with a 1- Road Record: 7-13 0 victory over the Cubs. Efraín Contreras went a season-long 6 frames followed by Day Record: 3-6 April 25 (Thurs) Away W, 12-6 Night Record: 16-16 an inning each from Nick Kuzia, Carlos Belen, and Henry Henry. Juan Fernandez Streak: W2, W4/5 provided the game’s lone run with an RBI triple in the second inning. April 26 (Fri) Away L, 7-4 Sunday: 0-5 IN CONTROL: TinCaps pitchers have walked the fewest batters in the MWL this Monday: 3-3 year (121 BB in 355.1 IP, or 2.9 BB/9). ‘Caps starters in particular have had pinpoint April 27 (Sat) Away PPD Tuesday: 4-3 accuracy lately—only 2 walks in the last 7 starts combined. Today’s starter Gabe Wednesday: 2-3 April 28 (Sun) Away L, 6-1 Thursday: 5-1 Mosser has featured the best control of anyone on the staff, as he’s walked Friday: 3-5 just 4% of batters faced this season (3rd lowest BB% in the MWL)—that translates to Saturday: 2-3 1.51 BB/9 (also 3rd lowest in the MWL). April 28 (Sun) Away L, 11-2 April: 11-13 MAKING HIS MARK: Infielder Tucupita Marcano got off to a slow start this season, May 20 (Mon) Home W, 9-1 May: 8-10 slashing .179/.270/.196 through his first 15 games. But since April 22, Marcano has June: 0-0 May 21 (Tues) Home W, 1-0 July: 0-0 been red hot. Over his last 23 games, Marcano has slashed August: 0-0 .383/.431/.511 with 7 doubles, a triple, a homer, and 12 RBIs. He was the MWL September: 0-0 Player of the Week for April 29-May 5. Overall this season, Marcano’s .307 Average May 22 (Wed) Home 11:05 AM ranks 9th in the MWL. His 47 Hits are 4th. Marcano has swung and missed at only Leading after Six: 14-1 4% of pitches (3rd lowest SwStr%) and has struck out only 12% of the times he’s May 23 (Thurs) Home 7:05 PM Tied after Six: 2-4 been up (tied for the 7th lowest K%). Trailing after Six: 2-17 June 25 (Tues) Home 7:05 PM Leading after Seven: 14-1 Tied after Seven: 1-3 MAY FLOURISHING: Outfielder Grant Little has slashed .372/.481/.442 this month. Trailing after Seven: 2-18 Little has 3 doubles and 8 RBIs in 13 games. Monday marked the first 4-hit game of June 26 (Wed) Home 12:05 PM Leading after Eight: 16-1 his pro career… Infielder Lee Solomon has slashed .341/.449/.463 through 12 Tied after Eight: 1-2 games in May. “Solo” has 5 doubles and 7 RBIs in this range. Solomon is in the No. June 27 (Thurs) Home 7:05 PM Trailing after Eight: 0-17 2 hole in the batting order today — the first time he’s hitting about sixth in the order June 28 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM Scoring first: 13-7 this season. Opponent scores first: 6-16 Come-from-behind wins: 8 AGE IS JUST A NUMBER: Justin Lopez has seen a resurgence at the plate Aug. 10 (Sat) Away 7:05 PM Shutouts: 4-2 lately. The recently turned 19-year-old (birthday: May 9) has a double, a triple, and 3 Aug. 11 (Sun) Away 2:05 PM vs. LH starter: 2-8 home runs in his last 6 games. Lopez had gone his previous 11 games without an extra-base hit. vs. RH starter: 17-15 Aug. 12 (Mon) Away 7:05 PM Scoring fewer than Three: 2-10 RUIZ RIPS IT: Outfielder Agustin Ruiz ranks 5th in the MWL in Doubles (12) and 9th Scoring Three or Four: 4-12 in RBIs (25). Ruiz’s Line Drive % of 26% on batted balls is 5th highest. Aug. 28 (Wed) Home 7:05 PM Scoring Five or more: 13-1 Aug. 29 (Thurs) Home 7:05 PM 1-run games: 6-8 HUNTING HITS: Catcher Blake Hunt has the 5th lowest Batting Average on Balls in 2-run games: 0-2 Play (BABIP) in the MWL at .223. (An average BABIP is .300.) His 15% K% is 15th 3+-run games: 13-13 lowest. Aug. 30 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM Extra Innings: 0-2 POWER SURGE: The TinCaps have a combined 23 extra-base hits in their last 6 Out-hitting opponent: 12-6 games, including 5 on Monday. Fort Wayne had 2 extra-base hits combined PADRES PROPECTS Being out-hit: 3-14 Same number of hits: 4-3 between its previous 4 games. MLB.com and Baseball America Series W-L-T (Home): 2-3-1 WALK & RUN: Outfielder Jawuan Harris has walked in 20% of his plate have both rated the Padres’ farm Series W-L-T (Road): 1-4-1 appearances this season. That’s the 2nd highest BB% in the MWL (and a jump from Series W-L-T (Total): 3-7-2 system as the best in baseball in 14% for him last year as a rookie). The speedster is also 7th in the MWL in Stolen 2019. The following TinCaps are Series Sweeps (Home): 1-1 Bases (11) and 10th in Runs (25). Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 ranked by MLB Pipeline as Top Series Sweeps (Total): 1-2 30 Padres Prospects: X FACTOR: Infielder Xavier Edwards leads the Midwest League in Batting Average Home crowds of 6,000+: 2-2 (.350) and Hits (50), is 4th in OBP (.410) and ranks 5th in Stolen Bases (12)… Home crowds of 7,000+: 1-2 Edwards also has the lowest Swinging Strike % (2%) and 3rd lowest K% in the MWL 8. Ryan Weathers (LHP) Home crowds of 8,000+: - (8%)… Edwards had a 14-game hitting and 22-game on-base streaks end Tuesday. 11. Xavier Edwards (INF) Sellouts: - Both were the longest active streaks in the MWL. 18. Tucupita Marcano (INF) Delayed Starts: - 28. Blake Hunt (C) Suspensions: 1 TURNAROUND: Catcher Juan Fernandez began the season 0-for-18 at the plate, Postponements: 3 but is 18-for-45 (.400) since, including a trifecta of 3-hit games. Cancelled: 2 Ended Early: 1 Upcoming Games (All Times Eastern) Thursday, May 23 vs. South Bend 7:05 PM LHP Joey Cantillo vs. LHP Faustino Carrera Friday, May 24 @ Great Lakes 7:05 PM RHP Sam Keating Saturday, May 25 @ Great Lakes 7:05 PM RHP Angel Acevedo Sunday, May 26 @ Great Lakes 2:05 PM LHP Ryan Weathers Monday, May 27 @ Great Lakes 2:05 PM TBA Media Contact: John Nolan — [email protected] MORE NOTES CHASING HISTORY: Anthony Contreras, who’s in his 4th season as the team’s skipper, won his 200th game as TinCaps manager on April 11. His win total now stands at 213. The franchise leader in that category is Doug Dascenzo (227, 2007-09). Randy Ready (2004-06) now ranks 3rd with 209 victories. FOREVER YOUNG: The average age for a TinCaps position player thus far has been 20.1, the youngest in the Midwest League (MWL average: 21.2). The average age for a ’Caps pitcher is 20.9, also the youngest (MWL average: 21.9). This marks the 6th consecutive year Fort Wayne has had the league’s most youthful lineup, going back to 2014. The TinCaps had the youngest pitching staff in the league in 2016 and ranked tied for 2nd youngest in ’18, 2nd youngest in ’12, ’13, and ’17. 260 TO THE SHOW: 181 former Fort Wayne players have reached the big leagues since the franchise was founded in 1993. 8 ‘Caps alums have broken through this year with SS Fernando Tatis Jr., RHP Chris Paddack, LHP Nick Margevicius, RHP Pedro Avila, RHP Gerardo Reyes, INF Ty France and C Austin Allen appearing for the Padres, plus INF Josh VanMeter with the Reds. WELCOME BACK: 14 of the team’s 25 players appeared in at least 1 game with the TinCaps last year: INF Luis Almanzar, LHP Joey Cantillo, LHP Dan Dallas, INF Nick Feight, C Juan Fernandez, RHP Nick Kuzia, RHP Henry Henry, INF Justin Lopez, RHP Adrian Martinez, RHP Gabe Mosser, RHP Jose Quezada, OF Agustin Ruiz, LHP Ryan Weathers, and RHP Carlos Belen, who was a corner infield with the ‘Caps in 2016 and ’18. IN THE DUGOUT: Anthony Contreras is back for his 4th season as TinCaps manager, becoming the first skipper in the franchise’s 27-year history to lead the team for more than 3 years… Hitting coach Jonathan Mathews (2nd season), fielding coach Jhonny Carvajal (3rd), athletic trainer Allyse Kramer (3rd), and strength coach Sam Hoffman (2nd) are also back. Matt Williams is the team’s new pitching coach, succeeding Burt Hooton—the club’s pitching coach for the last 6 seasons— who’s missing the season as he recovers from knee surgery in March.