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Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (9-5) vs. South Bend Cubs (7-7) Friday, April 19 • 1:00 p.m. • Classic Park • Broadcast: All Sports CLE Games #15 & 16 • Home Game #8 &9 • Season Series: 1-0, 11 Games Remaining Game 1: RHP Alex Royalty (0-0, 3.60 ERA) vs. RHP Riley Thompson (1-0, 0.93 ERA) Game 2: RHP Luis Oviedo (2-1, 5.06 ERA) vs. LHP Faustino Carrera (1-0, 5.40 ERA) THURSDAY: Will Benson hit four home runs in a game, becoming the first Captain ever to accomplish the feat and the fifth in Midwest League history, as the Captains defeated the South Bend Cubs, 12-6. Benson went deep in each of his first four at-bats Midwest League • Overall and finished 4-for-5 with four homers and eight RBI after striking out on a 3-2 pitch in the eighth inning. Benson connected in the first inning against starter Eury Ramos for a two-run homer and hit a solo shot off of Ramos on the first pitch of the third inning. In Eastern Division W L GB the fourth, Benson came up with the bases loaded and battled through a 10-pitch at-bat, fouling off six consecutive pitches before homering to dead centerfield against righty reliever Zach Mort. Benson led off the sixth inning against Jeffrey Passantino and worked the count full before hammering his fourth long ball of the game deep over the right-centerfield wall. Hose Nelson also hit a LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 9 5 -- two-run homer in the second inning and Jesse Berardi added two runs with a single in the third. Shane McCarthy held the Cubs to Bowling Green (Rays) 9 7 1.0 one run over six innings and earned his second win of the year. Fort Wayne (Padres) 9 7 1.0 FOUR-HOMER HISTORY: Will Benson became the first player in Captains history to hit four home runs in a single game when he accomplished the rare feat Thursday night against the South Bend Cubs. Benson is now the fifth player in Midwest League history Lansing (Blue Jays) 8 7 1.5 to produce a four-home run game and the fourth to do so in the MWL regular season. The three others who hit four home runs in a MWL regular season game are Garrett Jones (2002; Quad Cities River Bandits), Mike Bishop (1978; Quad Cities Angels) and South Bend (Cubs) 7 7 2.0 Bobby Smith (1959; Clinton Pirates). Eric Battersby (1999; Burlington Bees) is the only player ever to hit four home runs in the MWL postseason game. Dayton (Reds) 6 9 3.5 ABOUT EACH HOMER Great Lakes (Dodgers) 6 9 3.5 HR #1: 1st inning against Eury Ramos… 3-2 count… Sixth pitch of the at-bat… Two-run home run West Michigan (Tigers) 6 9 3.5 HR #2: 3rd inning against Eury Ramos… 0-0 count… First pitch of the at-bat (first pitch of the inning)… Solo home run HR #3: 4th inning against Zach Mort… 2-2 count… 10th pitch of the at-bat (after six straight foul balls)… Grand slam th th Western Division W L GB HR #4: 6 inning against Jeffrey Passantino… 3-2 count… 7 pitch of the at-bat… Solo home run QUICK HOME RUN FACTS Burlington (Angels) 11 5 -- - Two of Benson’s home runs led off the inning (#2 and #4) Kane County (Diamondbacks) 10 6 1.0 - Benson saw 24 pitches across his home-run-producing at-bats. He saw 32 pitches total - His eight RBI tied a Captains single-game record Clinton (Marlins) 8 6 2.0 THAT’S WEIRD: The last time somebody hit four home runs in a minor league game was May 25, 2014 when Mike Ford went deep Quad Cities (Astros) 7 7 3.0 four times for the Charleston RiverDogs (Class-A, Yankees) against the Hickory Crawdads in Hickory, NC. Ford, coincidentally, made his Major League debut Thursday night (the same night Benson hit four homers) for the Yankees against the Royals. Cedar Rapids (Twins) 7 8 3.5 INDIANS FOUR-HOMER GAMES: The last four-home run game by a member of the Cleveland Indians organization was on June Wisconsin (Brewers) 6 8 4.0 10, 1959 when Rocky Colavito hit four homers in a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MD. The last time an Indians minor leaguer hit four homers in a game was on September 3, 1948 when Leonard Cross went 7-for-7 with four Beloit (A’s) 5 9 5.0 homers for the Spartanburg Peaches in a 30-6 win over the Asheville Tourists at Duncan Park in Spartanburg, SC. The Peaches’ third baseman hit all four of his homers in the first four innings. The Peaches were members of the Class-B Tri-State League. Peoria (Cardinals) 5 10 5.5 OFF TO THE RACES: Ruben Cardenas hit an inside-the-park home run on Tuesday night in Bowling Green. It was the first inside- @-1st Half Title $-2nd Half Title %-1st-half Wild Card *-2nd-half Wild Card the-park homer by a Captains hitter since Sam Haggerty hit one on August 8, 2016 against the Dayton Dragons. TOP PROSPECTS: Lake County features seven of the Indians’ Top 30 prospects, according to MLB.com. SS/2B Tyler Freeman (#3), C Bo Naylor (#4), RHP Luis Oviedo (#8), 2B/SS Jose Fermin (#23), OF Will Benson (#25), OF Quentin Holmes (#27) and SS Marcos Gonzalez (#28). Captains Contacts 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 OF Will Benson (2016; 1st round – 14th overall), OF Quentin Holmes* (2017; 2nd round – 64th overall) and C Tim O’Brien: [email protected] Bo Naylor (2018; 1st round – 29th overall). *The Indians did not have a first round pick in 2017. Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Captains have nine players on their Opening Day roster who begin the season under 21 years old and Telephone: 440-975-8085 all seven top prospect s on the team are either 19 or 20 years old. The following five players open the season at age 19: SS/2B Twitter: @LCCaptains 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) 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. ALL-STARS: The Captains have three 2018 New York-Penn League All-Stars and one 2018 Midwest League All-Star on their UPCOMING SCHEDULEcurrent roster.AND SS/2B PROBABLE Tyler Freeman, OF PITCHING Hosea Nelson and OF/1BMATCHUPS Mitch Reeves were all named New York-Penn League All- Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter Stars last year, as membersOpponent of the Indians’ Starter Short -Season affiliate, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.Live OF Audio Will Benso (Subjectn was tonamed Change) a 4/22 vs. Dayton 6:30 PM LHP Raymond BurgosMidwest League All-Star lastRHP season Jhon and De finished Jesus second in the MWL Home Run Derby. All Sports CLE 4/23 vs. Dayton 6:30 PM RHP Juan Mota FIRST TIME IN A WHILE: CRHP Bo Naylor James is Marinan the first player since LHP Justus Sheffield in 2015 to make the Captains’ AllOpening Sports Day CLE 4/24 vs. Dayton 12:00 PM RHP Shane McCarthy roster the year after being draftRHPed Lyonby the Richardson Indians in the first round. All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN 4/25 at West Michigan 6:35 PM RHP Alex Royalty TBA All Sports CLE 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 LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER #28 ALEX ROYALTY RHP 2019 Game-By-Game Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): March 19, 1997 (22) 4/9 G1 BG ND 5.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 L (10), 6-3 Hometown: Raleigh, NC Total 0-0 5.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 School: UNC Wilmington HT: 6’4” │WT: 190 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R * Relief Appearance Acquired: 2018 MLB Draft – Round 8 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 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 1 1 6 Total 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 0 1 1 6 Career Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2018 AZL IND1 1 0 0.00 4 1 0 0 7.2 13 2 0.78 2018 MV 0 0 2.40 5 5 0 0 15.0 16 3 1.33 2018 LC 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 5.0 6 1 1.20 Total 3 Teams 1 0 1.95 10 7 0 0 27.2 35 6 1.16 LAST TIME OUT: Royalty took the mound on Sunday in Dayton and only pitched one inning before the game was suspended due to rain.