OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (21-33) at South Bend Cubs (24-28) Friday, June 1 • 7:35 P.M
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Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (21-33) at South Bend Cubs (24-28) Friday, June 1 • 7:35 p.m. • Four Winds Field• Broadcast: All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT Game #55 • Road Game #29 • Season Series: 3-4, 10 Games Remaining LHP Francisco Perez (2-2, 4.05 ERA) vs. RHP Erich Uelmen (3-4, 4.62 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captains lost their sixth straight game and did so in heartbreaking fashion. Lake County took a 5-1 lead into Midwest League • Overall the bottom of the ninth, but the Lugnuts came back to score four runs against Captains reliever Tommy DeJuneas to tie the score. The Captains regained the lead with two runs in the top of the 10th. Nolan Jones doubled home the free runner, Will Benson, and Jones later scored on a sacrifice fly by Jonathan Laureano to give the Captains a 7-5 lead. Lansing struck again in Eastern Division W L GB the bottom of the 10th. Brock Lundquist tied the game with a two-run homer off of Riley Echols. In the bottom of the 11th, Samad Taylor started the inning on second as the free runner, pinch-running for Ryan Noda. He moved to third on a passed ball and the Lansing (Blue Jays) 35 19 -- Captains brought the infield in. With one out, Norberto Obeso blooped a single into shallow right-centerfield to lift Lansing to an 8- 7 walk-off win and a sweep of the three-game series at Cooley Law School Stadium. Bowling Green (Rays) 33 19 1.0 LOTS OF HITS, NOT ENOUGH RUNS: The Captains’ offense was confounding in their series at Lansing. While they lost all West Michigan (Tigers) 28 25 6.5 three games and had trouble scoring enough runs, the Captains did produce plenty of hits. Lake County out-hit the Lugnuts 32-27 in the series and had more hits than Lansing in two out of the three games. In the opener, the Captains managed just one run on Dayton (Reds) 27 25 7.0 10 hits (L, 10-1). In game two, the Captains out-hit Lansing 9-4 (L, 3-2). In the finale, the Captains had 13 hits to Lansing’s 12 (L, Fort Wayne (Padres) 24 28 10.0 8-7 – 11 innings). South Bend (Cubs) 24 28 10.0 WHO’S HOT? - Nolan Jones: Has homered in back-to-back games and has long balls in three of his last four games. In a five-game LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 21 33 14.0 hitting streak, Jones is 7-for-21 (.333) with three homers, a double and seven RBIs. Posted an .803 OPS in May. - Oscar Gonzalez: Has gone 15-for-39 (.385) in his last 10 games with three homers, four doubles and four RBIs. Led the Great Lakes (Dodgers) 18 34 16.0 team in slugging in May (.479). - Tyler Friis: Has four multi-hit games in his last 10 contests, including a four-hit game yesterday and three-hit games on Western Division W L GB May 21 and May 23 at Dayton. Is batting .415 (17-for-41) during that stretch with a home run, four doubles and four RBIs. Posted a team-best .829 OPS in May. Clinton (Mariners) 30 23 -- - Todd Isaacs: Has batted .333 (9-for-27) in his last eight games, including - Jonathan Laureano: Has posted back-to-back multi-hit games and is 6-for-12 in his last three games with a home run and Peoria (Cardinals) 30 24 0.5 three RBIs. Quad Cities (Astros) 30 24 0.5 LONG BALL LEADER: Will Benson is tied with Dayton’s Hendrik Clementina for second in the Midwest League in home runs with nine. Lansing’s Brock Lundquist leads the league with 10. Benson has clubbed five homers to right field, one to dead center Kane County (Diamondbacks) 27 25 2.5 and three to left. All of his homers were to right field in 2016 and 2017. Cedar Rapids (Twins) 25 26 4.0 RECENT RUN DIFFERENTIAL: The Captains have allowed an average of 8.3 runs per game during their six-game losing streak (50 runs). Lake County surrendered double-digit runs in back-to-back games on Monday and Tuesday. Meanwhile, the offense Beloit (A’s) 24 27 5.0 has scored an average of 3.2 runs per game over that stretch (19 runs). Wisconsin (Brewers) 24 30 6.5 WELCOME BACK: Captains shortstop Ernie Clement came back from the Disabled List on Tuesday. Clement collided with Burlington (Angels) 22 32 8.5 centerfielder Austen Wade on May 20 at West Michigan on a fly ball in shallow left-centerfield. Wade is still on the DL. @-1st Half Title $-2nd Half Title %-1st-half Wild Card *-2nd-half Wild Card ALUMNI REPORT: Two former Captains made their Major League debuts yesterday. RHP Shane Bieber (2017) made his first big league start with the Indians at Minnesota. He pitched 5.2 innings and allowed four runs on eight hits. He struck out six and walked one. INF Ronny Rodriguez (2011) debuted with the Tigers against the Angels yesterday and went 2-for-4, singling in his first at-bat in the first inning. Rodriguez also played both second and third base in the game. This is the second time in the last two years that two ex-Captains made their Major League debuts on the same day. OF Greg Allen (2015) and C Francisco Mejia Captains Contacts (2015-16) both debuted with the Indians on September 1, 2017. Tim O’Brien: [email protected] SUSPENSION: RHP Domingo Jimenez has been suspended 80 games for a violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced on Friday, May 18. The report stated Jimenez tested Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] positive for Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance. His suspension will begin immediately. Telephone: 440-975-8085 NO-HITTER: Francisco Perez and James Karinchak combined to pitch the Captains’ fourth no-hitter in team history on April Twitter: @LCCaptains 25, 2018 against West Michigan in game one of a doubleheader. The Captains’ last no-hitter was on April 11, 2011 against Dayton. Lake County also had two no-hitters in 2007. The Captains have never pitched a solo no-hitter. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter Opponent Starter Live Audio (Subject to Change) 6/2 at South Bend 7:05 PM LHP Kirk McCarty RHP Jesus Camargo All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT 6/3 at South Bend 2:05 PM RHP Nick Gallagher RHP Javier Assad All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN 6/5 vs. Dayton 7:00 PM LHP Zack Draper TBA All Sports CLE 6/6 vs. Dayton 7:00 PM RHP Gregori Vasquez TBA All Sports CLE LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER #46 FRANCISCO PEREZ LHP 2018 Game-By-Game Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): July 20, 1997 (20) 4/9 at DAY ND 5.0 6 2 2 0 5 2 L, 3-2 Hometown: Loma de Cabrera, DR 4/19 at LAN ND 3.2 6 3 3 0 1 7 W, 4-3 School: 4/25 G1vs. WM W 6.1 0 0 0 0 4 6 W, 4-0 HT: 6’2” │WT: 195 lbs │ Bats: L │Throws: L 5/1 vs. WIS L 3.0 10 9 9 0 4 4 L, 10-5 5/6 vs. BEL L 6.0 4 2 2 0 2 2 L, 2-1 Acquired: 2014 – NDFA 5/11 at QC L 5.2 3 2 2 0 5 5 L, 8-1 Pitch Selection: Fastball, sinker, curveball, slider, changeup 5/17 vs. SB W 6.0 6 0 0 0 4 1 W, 7-0 5/22 at DAY ND 5.0 2 1 1 1 4 2 W, 2-1 5/27 vs. GL ND 6.0 3 2 2 1 5 2 L, 7-3 2018 Statistics Total 2-3 46.2 40 21 21 2 34 31 Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LC 2 3 4.05 9 9 0 0 46.2 40 21 21 2 1 31 34 Total 2 3 4.05 9 9 0 0 46.2 40 21 21 2 1 31 34 * Relief Appearance Career Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2015 DSL IND 2 2 2.49 13 12 0 0 50.2 48 19 1.34 2016 AZL IND 5 1 2.69 12 7 0 0 63.2 52 17 1.02 2017 MV 4 4 3.28 15 15 0 0 74.0 48 28 1.28 2018 LC 2 3 4.05 9 9 0 0 46.2 31 34 1.52 Total 4 Teams 13 10 3.10 49 43 0 0 235.0 182 95 1.27 LAST TIME OUT: Perez pitched six solid innings on Sunday against Great Lakes. The left-hander allowed two runs on three hits. He struck out five and walked two. He left the game with the Captains leading 3-2, but the Loons came back to score five runs against the Captains bullpen in the last three innings to stun Lake County, 7-3. TRENDING UP: Perez has posted a 2.20 ERA (7 R, 28.2 IP) in his last five starts.