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OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (14-15) Vs High-A Affiliate OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (14-15) vs. Dayton Dragons (16-13) Sunday, June 6th • 1:30 p.m. • Classic Park • Broadcast: WJCU.org Game #30 • Home Game #12 • Season Series: 3-2, 19 Games Remaining RHP Mason Hickman (1-2, 3.45 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Stockton (2-0, 3.57 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captains’ three-game winning streak ended with a 15-4 loss to Dayton on Saturday night. Kevin Coulter surrendered seven runs on 10 hits over 1.2 innings to take the loss in a spot start. Dragons centerfielder Quin Cotton hit two home runs and drove in six High-A Central League runs to lead the Dayton offense. Dragons starter Graham Ashcraft earned the win with seven strong innings, in which he allowed just one run on two hits and struck out nine. East Division W L GB COMING ALIVE: After scoring just 12 runs and suffering a six-game sweep last week at West Michigan, the Captains have already scored 29 runs in the first five games of this series against Dayton. Will Brennan has gone 7-for-18 (.389) with two home runs, two doubles, 10 RBI and West Michigan (Detroit) 16 12 -- a 1.254 OPS. Joe Naranjo has gone 3-for-10 with a team-leading five walks for a .533 on-base percentage. Dayton (Cincinnati) 16 13 0.5 BRENNAN BASHING: Captains OF Will Brennan leads the High-A Central League (HAC) lead in doubles (11). He is second in batting average (.326), fourth in wRC+ (154), fifth in on-base percentage (.410), sixth in OPS (.920), sixth in extra-base hits (13) and ninth in slugging Great Lakes (Los Angeles - NL) 15 14 1.5 percentage (.511). LAKE COUNTY (Cleveland) 14 15 2.5 BANGED UP: The Captains currently have three players on the Injured List – OF George Valera, LHP Raymond Burgos and LHP Matt Turner. Valera has not played since May 12. Lavastida was activated from the Injured List yesterday and played his first game since May 12. Lansing (Oakland) 14 15 2.5 OF Quentin Holmes was activated from the Injured List on Tuesday and played his first game since May 6. Fort Wayne (San Diego) 13 15 3.0 LIGHTS OUT: Allen has the lowest ERA among qualified pitchers in the High-A Central League (HAC) at 1.63, the fourth-lowest WHIP (0.90) and the sixth-lowest batting average against (.202). Tanner Burns has the third-lowest WHIP (0.89), the eighth-lowest ERA (3.04) and the ninth-lowest batting average against (.207). West Division W L GB SWING AWAY: The Captains’ offense has walked just 107 times this season. That is the second-fewest in the High-A Central League. The Quad Cities (Kansas City) 18 10 -- Captains also have three of the eight lowest BB% rates among qualified hitters in the High-A Central League – Brayan Rocchio (4.6% - 2nd), José Tena (5.0% - 4th) and Raynel Delgado (6.3% - 8th). Beloit (Miami) 15 14 3.5 100: 2018 Captains RHP Eli Morgan became the 100th former Captain to reach the major leagues when he debuted for Cleveland on May 28. Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 14 15 4.5 Eight former Captains have made their major league debuts this year – OF Ka’ai Tom (2016), RHP Luis Oviedo (2018-19), LHP Sam Hentges (2016), RHP Louis Head (2012-13), RHP Nick Sandlin (2018), INF Ivan Castillo (2014), Jean Carlos Mejia (2018) and Morgan. South Bend (Chicago - NL) 13 15 5.0 The record for the most former Captains to debut in a single year is nine (2013 and 2016). Cedar Rapids (Minnesota) 12 17 6.5 DEFENSIVE FLEXIBILITY: The Captains’ have shuffled their infield defenders in 2021. Lake County has used four different first baseman, six different second baseman, six different third basemen and two different shortstops. Raynel Delgado, Brayan Rocchio and José Tena have Peoria (St. Louis) 12 17 6.5 each played three different infield positions. Victor Nova and Daniel Schneemann have played two different infield positions and left field. YOUNGSTERS: The Captains have five of the 10 youngest players in the High-A Central League – 1B Joe Naranjo (20), INF Aaron Bracho (20), INF José Tena (20), INF Brayan Rocchio (20) and OF George Valera (20). Naranjo, Bracho and Tena are the three youngest players in the league. Naranjo, who turned 20 on Tuesday, is the youngest player in all of High-A. Bracho (born 4/21/00) is the second youngest in all of High-A. The Captains have eight players who are age 21 or younger. Top Prospects th The Cleveland farm system enters 2021 as the 13 best farm system in HIGH-A: The 2021 season marks the Captains’ first as the High-A Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. Lake County had been Cleveland’s Low- baseball according to MLB.com. Below are current Captains and their A Affiliate for 17 seasons (2003-2019) and 18 years (2003-2020). ranking in Cleveland’s system, according to various publications. NEW SKIPPER: Greg DiCenzo was named the Captains’ manager before the eventually-canceled 2020 season. DiCenzo spent the previous FanGraphs Baseball America MLB.com 12 seasons as the head baseball coach at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. During his time at the helm, DiCenzo was twice #3 George Valera #6 George Valera #4 George Valera named Patriot League Coach of the Year (2008 and 2013). Prior to his time at Holy Cross, DiCenzo was the pitching coach and recruiting #4 Brayan Rocchio #8 Brayan Rocchio #7 Brayan Rocchio coordinator at Northeastern University for five seasons. He also served as a coach for the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape Cod Baseball #8 Aaron Bracho #11 Aaron Bracho #8 Aaron Bracho League and at his alma mater, St. Lawrence University. DiCenzo enters his second year and first season as a coach in Cleveland’s organization. #20 Tanner Burns #16 Tanner Burns #15 Tanner Burns #21 Logan Allen #21 Logan Allen #23 Logan Allen #29 Hunter Gaddis #24 Jose Tena NOW IN THE DUGOUT: Grant Fink returns to Lake County in his first year as Captains Hitting Coach. Fink was a Captains infielder in 2014 and 2015, and was the team’s starting third baseman in 2014 when the Captains reached the Midwest League Championship Series. The #30 Bryan Lavastida #27 Bryan Lavastida 2021 season is Fink’s fifth season coaching in the Cleveland organization. Former Captains outfielder Jordan Smith also returns to Lake #32 Jose Tena County in his second season as Bench Coach. Smith led the Captains with a .316 batting average in 2012 and led the Captains to a playoff #36 Raymond Burgos berth. Smith was the Captains Bench Coach in 2019 and is entering his third season coaching in Cleveland’s organization. 2020 DRAFT: The Captains have three players on their Opening Day roster who were selected by Cleveland in last year’s draft. RHP Tanner CURRENT SERIES SCHEDULE,Burns (CompetitiveRESULTS Balance & PROBABLERound A), LHP Logan PITCHING Allen (2nd Round), MATCHUPS and RHP Mason Hickman (5th Round). Date Opp. Time/Result Captains Starter2017 INTERNATIONAL CLASS: There were four CaptainsOpponent acquired Starter by Cleveland in the 2017 International free agent class, ledBroadcast by OF 6/1 vs. DAY L, 10-9 Hunter Gaddis,George RHP Valera (1-2,. 5.71)According to Baseball America, ValeraSpencer was the Stockton,sixth overall RHPinternational (2-0, 3.57)prospect that year. Also now on the CaptWJCU.orgains from 6/3 G1 vs. DAY W (7), 6-3 Logan Allen, thatLHP class (3- 0,are 1 INF.63) Aaron Bracho, INF Brayan RocchioLyon and Richardson, INF Jose Tena. RHP Brach (1 received-1, 1.33 the) highest signing bonus of Cleveland’sWJCU.org 2017 6/3 G2 vs. DAY W (7), 1-0 Juan Zapata,international RHP (0-0, signees 0.00) at $1.5 million. Eduardo Salazar, RHP (1-1, 2.27) WJCU.org 6/4 vs. DAY W, 8-4 Tanner Burns,SWITCH RHP (IT1 -UP:2, 3 Only.04) 1/3 of Captains’ position playersNoah are true Davis, right- handedRHP (0 hitters.-4, 4. The15) Captains have three (3) switch-hitters, sevenWJCU.org (7) left- 6/5 vs. DAY L, 15-4 Kevin Coulter,handed RHP hitters(2-1, and10 . 13five) (5) right-handed hitters. Graham Ashcraft, RHP (3-1, 3.58) WJCU.org 6/6 vs. DAY 1:30 p.m. Mason Hickman, RHP (1-2, 3.45) Spencer Stockton, RHP (2-0, 3.57) WJCU.org CAPTAINS FAMILY TIES: Captains 1B Joe Naranjo has a close connection with former Captains SS Tyler Freeman. Naranjo, who is from Whittier, CA, grew up as close friends with Tyler’s younger brother Cody, an infielder who was drafted in the 4th round by Texas in 2019. Classic Park 35300 Vine St. Eastlake, OH 44095 | 440-975-8085 | CaptainsBaseball.comNaranjo remains close | with @LCCaptains Tyler, Cody and the| Media Freeman Contact: family. Andrew Luftglass; [email protected] 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 Total 1-2 15.2 10 8 6 3 23 9 Acquired: 2020 Draft – 5th Round (154th overall) Pitch Selection: Fastball, Curveball, Slider, Changeup * Relief Appearance 2021 Statistics Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LC 1 2 3.45 4 4 0 0 15.2 10 8 6 3 0 9 23 Total 1 2 3.45 4 4 0 0 15.2 10 8 6 3 0 9 23 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 had the shortest start of his young pro career and took the loss at West Michigan last Sunday.
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