History vs. Cedar Rapids Lansing Lugnuts The Nuts are 68-73 all-time vs. the Kernels, High-A Affiliate, Oakland Athletics • 21-25, 6th 40-29 in Michigan’s state capital, 28-44 in the City of Five Seasons. RHP Colin Peluse (5.58 ERA) Meeting Score Time Attendance at 1. 6/23 at CR (1) 4-0 (7) 2:02 1,412 2. 6/23 at CR (2) 1-0 (7) 2:18 -- Cedar Rapids Kernels 3. 6/24 at CR L, 5-2 2:51 1,343 High-A Affiliate, Minnesota Twins • 25-21, 2nd 4. 6/25 at CR W, 5-2 2:50 (:17) 1,730 5. 6/26 at CR RHP Tyler Beck (2.63 ERA) 6. 6/27 at CR VETERANS MEMORIAL STADIUM CEDAR RAPIDS, IA JUNE 26, 2021 6:35 PM GAME 47 This Evening: The Lugnuts play the penultimate game of a six-game series tonight at the Cedar Rapids Kernels, Lansing’s only road trip at a West Division team this season. 23-year-old right-hander Colin Peluse makes his sixth start of the season for the Nuts, opposed by 25-year-old Kernels right-hander Tyler Beck in his fifth start. On Deck: The Nuts and Kernels play a matinee tomorrow, wrapping up the series, and then Lansing packs up and boards the bus for the seven-hour trip home. An off day follows on Monday, affording R&R, before the Dayton Dragons arrive in town for a six-game series running from Tuesday, June 29, through Sunday, July 4. On the Air: Tonight’s game is on MiLB.TV with broadcaster Chris Kleinhans-Schulz, and streaming online at http://milb.streamguys1.com/lansing, with Jesse Goldberg-Strassler on the call. Last Night: Lugnuts 5, Kernels 2. A night after the Kernels overcame four errors to defeat the Nuts, they committed two more costly errors in a tie-breaking three-run eighth, lifting the Lugnuts to their first win of the series and ending Cedar Rapids’ eight-game winning streak. What’s New in 2021: Entering this season, the Lugnuts’ stadium name changed from Cooley Law School Stadium to Jackson® Field™, Lansing moved up to the High-A Central and the ball- club accepted an invitation to affiliate with the Oakland A’s, the Nuts’ fourth MLB partner, following the Kansas City Royals (1996-98), Chicago Cubs (1999-2004) and Blue Jays (2005-2020). UPCOMING GAMES IN A NUTSHELL 2:05 p.m., Sunday, June 27 RHP Stevie Emanuels (6.26 ERA), Lansing at LHP Kody Funderburk (4.15 ERA), Cedar Rapids 21-25 Monday, June 28 High-A Central off day Streak: Won 1 Tuesday, June 29 - Sunday, July 4 Dayton Dragons at Lansing Lugnuts Home: 11-13 Night: 17-22 Road: 10-12 Day: 4-3 LUG•NOTES: HEADLINES AND POINTS OF INTEREST vs. LHP: 1-2 vs. RHP: 20-23 Meet the Boss: Scott Steinmann is the 16th manager in Lugnuts team history. Born in Dayton, Steinmann joins the Lugnuts after three straight seasons assigned to manage Double-A Midland (though the 2020 season was canceled). Steinmann previously managed against the Lugnuts with Wisconsin Tuesday: 6-1 (2005), Clinton (2009, 2014-15) and Beloit (2017). More info about the skipper can be found on the next page of these notes. Wednesday: 2-7 Recent Roster Moves: Today, outfielderAustin Beck was promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas. Two days ago, outfielderLester Madden, Jr. was activated Thursday: 2-6 from the Injured List. Lansing now has 28 players active with four players (all pitchers) on the Injured List. Friday: 3-5 Alumni Report: 2017 Lugnut Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., leads the Majors in OBP (.440), OPS (1.116), total bases (181) and RBIs (62); is tied for 1st Saturday: 4-3 in home runs (25); and ranks 2nd in slugging percentage (.675), 3rd in batting average (.340) and tied for 3rd in runs (58). Fellow 2017 Lugnut Bo Sunday: 4-3 Bichette leads the Majors in runs scored (62). Series wins: 0-0 Man of Steal: Infielder Max Schuemann (Portage Northern H.S. / Eastern Michigan University) is tied with South Bend’s Delvin Zinn in leading all of Series losses: 0-1 Minor League Baseball with 29 stolen bases, eight more than the Major League leader, Kansas City’s Whit Merrifield. Schuemann is tied for second in the Minors with 12 HBPs and is second in the High-A Central with 37 runs scored. Series splits: 6 Hail to Arms: The Lugnuts’ pitching staff tops the High-A Central with a 3.71 earned run average (leading Cedar Rapids, which has lowered its team Scored 1st: 16-8 ERA to 3.75 by starting this series with three earned runs in 32 innings) with the second fewest walks in the league (147) and fourth most strikeouts Opponent scored 1st: 5-17 (468). The Lugnuts also have the second best GO/AO ratio in the league at 1.22, trailing Cedar Rapids’ ratio of 1.32. Shutouts: 2-4 A Fine First Impression: Right-handed reliever Zach Rafuse debuted, in both his first appearance of 2021 and his first appearance with Lansing, with six straight strikes last night, whiffing Jair Camargo and Gabe Snyder to set the tone for what would become two scoreless innings. More hits than opp.: 15-2 Fewer hits than opp.: 3-21 In Search of Pop: The Lugnuts have 18 base hits in this series, but only one - Max Schuemann’s leadoff home run last night - has gone for extra bases. Equal hits: 3-2 Gorilla Ball: On the other hand, of the 12 runs Cedar Rapids has scored in this series, 10 have been scored on five swings - a series-opening grand slam from Gabriel Maciel, two home runs from Trey Cabbage and one apiece from Seth Gray and Jair Camargo. Comeback wins: 8 Final at-bat wins: 3 Situational Spotlight: Lansing went 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position last night and is 1-for-29 in the four games of this series. Walk-offs: 1 Baseball America’s Top A’s Prospects MLB.com’s Top A’s Prospects Keith Law’s Top A’s Prospects Extra Innings: 2-0 No. 13 - CF Austin Beck 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 No. 23 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 19 - OF Lazaro Armenteros No. 17 - C Drew Millas Leading Trailing Tied No. 26 - P Colin Peluse No. 28 - P Colin Peluse No. 18 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 27 - C Drew Millas No. 29 - OF Michael Guldberg After 6: 18-3 2-20 2-0 No. 29 - OF Lazaro Armenteros No. 30 - C Drew Millas After 7: 19-2 1-21 2-0 No. 35 - P Richard Guasch No. 39 - P Stevie Emanuels After 8: 20-1 1-22 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: Three former Nuts have made their Major League debuts this season, bringing the Luggie’s Fast Facts total to 157 all-time - pitcher Ty Tice ‘18, outfielderJosh Palacios ‘16-’17, and pitcher Tayler Saucedo ‘16- ’17.