Kane County Cougars History vs. Kane County The Nuts are 70-62 vs. the Cougars, Class A Affiliate, Arizona Diamondbacks • 11-12, T-5th West 45-22 at home, 25-40 road. RHP Cole Stapler (1.64 ERA) The Cougars have taken the season series at from the Lugnuts each of the last five years. 2018 Schedule Score Notes Lansing Lugnuts 5/1 at Lansing L, 6-5 K. Clemens GS 5/2 at Lansing W, 6-2 Nuts hit four HRs Class A Affiliate, Toronto Blue Jays • 17-9, 1st East 5/3 at Lansing RHP Donnie Sellers (7.16 ERA) COOLEY LAW SCHOOL STADIUM 1ST PITCH: 7:05 PM THURSDAY, MAY 3RD, 2018 Tonight: The Lansing Lugnuts play the rubber match of a three-game series against the Western Division’s Kane County Cougars, day three of a six-game home- stand. Today is also a special Labatt Thirsty Thursday: It’s Mike Sadler Night - the first 1,000 fans will receive a special Spartan-green No. 3 jersey. Yesterday: Lugnuts 6, Cougars 2. The Nuts blasted four solo home runs, courtesy of Kevin Smith, Kacy Clemens, Brock Lundquist and Chavez Young, in support of Zach Logue’s third consecutive six-inning start, taking the second game of the series from Kane County. On Deck: Tomorrow is a Grand Slam School Night with postgame LAFCU Fireworks as the Quad Cities River Bandits come to town for the start of a three-game series stretching through the weekend. Saturday is Comic-Con Night with an Avengers comic book for the first 500 fans! On the Air: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler has the call today on The Game 730 AM WVFN and via the Tune-In Radio app, streaming online at lansinglugnuts.com and thegame730am.com. Lugnuts Pregame begins at 6:45 p.m. PITCHING PROBABLES IN A NUTSHELL 7:05 p.m., Friday, May 4 RHP Cristian Javier (1.69), River Bandits at RHP Colton Laws (6.75), Lugnuts Overall: 17-9 7:05 p.m., Saturday, May 5 LHP Parker Mushinski (1.76), River Bandits at RHP Yennsy Diaz (0.31), Lugnuts 1:05 p.m., Sunday, May 6 LHP Patrick Sandoval (6.30), River Bandits at RHP Graham Spraker, Lugnuts Home: 8-5 Night: 13-5 7:35 p.m., Monday, May 7 LHP Zach Logue (2.51), Lugnuts at RHP Christian Taugner (4.50), Rattlers Road: 9-4 Day: 4-4 vs. LHP: 9-3 vs. RHP: 8-6 Lug•Notes Lugnut League Leaders: 3-game series: 1-1 Cesar Martín (Mar-TEEN) enters his second season as Lugnuts manager, his tenth season as manager overall. In his Lansing debut, Martín directed 4-game series: 2-0-1 the Nuts to a 37-29 first half and a 63-73 mark for the year. His career record as a manager is 381-304, with a .556 winning percentage. Martín was Series sweeps: 1-0 originally signed by the Blue Jays out of Santiago, D.R., as a 17-year-old infielder. On his way up the Blue Jays’ ladder, his current position coach, Dave Pano, was his hitting coach. Series openers: 6-2 Rubber games: 1-1 Antonio “Tony” Cáceres (CAH-ser-es) returns as Lugnuts pitching coach after spending the past seven years with advanced-rookie Bluefield. Cáceres previously served as Nuts pitching coach in 2009 and 2010, sending 12 Lansing pitchers onward to MLB debuts. Doubleheaders: 2-2 enters his first season as Lugnuts hitting coach as well as his first year in the Blue Jays organization. Young played 20 games in 2011 Matt Young Scored 1st: 11-2 with the Atlanta Braves and then five games in 2012 with the Detroit Tigers, where he debuted as the No. 2 batter in the starting lineup, hitting in front Opponent scored 1st: 6-7 of Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and Dmitri Young. Dave Pano (PAN-o) enters his first season as Lugnuts position coach after spending the last seven years with the Vancouver Canadians, where he Shutouts: 2-0 won four Northwest League championships (2011-2013, 2017). Pano previously worked as a scout for the Yankees and Pirates. 1-run games: 3-4 #LugLife by the numbers: 4+ run games: 10-3 League-leading ERA for Yennsy Diaz, who has allowed four runs, one earned, in 28 2/3 innings. Diaz More hits than opp.: 11-3 0.31 today was named the Midwest League’s April Player of the Month! Fewer hits than opp.: 5-5 Home runs hit by the Lugnuts in the first two games of this series... as well as the number of home Equal hits: 1-1 5 runs hit by the Midwest League’s Beloit Snappers in 20 games this season! Comeback wins: 7 MLB Pipeline Top 30 Blue Jays prospects on the Lugnuts’ roster: Final at-bat wins: 1 5 • Samad Taylor - No. 13 • Kevin Smith - No. 19 • Maximo Castillo - No. 24 • Ryan Noda - No. 18 • Kevin Vicuña - No. 23 Walk-offs: 1-0 Consecutive games on base for Kevin Smith, the reigning Midwest League’s Player of the Week Extra Innings: 0-0 24 for the Week of April 23-29, honored Monday for batting .433 and driving in 13 runs in eight games. 9-INNING GAMES ONLY Walks drawn by Ryan Noda in 22 games, leading all of Minor League Baseball. Kacy Clemens has 28 drawn 23 walks this year, MiLB’s 2nd best total. Kacy is also tied for 1st in the MWL with six home runs. Leading Trailing Tied After 6: 10-1 4-3 1-1 League-leading runs scored by the Lugnuts’ offense, averaging 6.4 runs per game, 35 more runs than 167 the second-highest scoring team, Burlington. The Nuts lead the league in run differential (+61), hits (226), After 7: 14-0 1-5 0-0 TBs (363), 2Bs (52), HRs (23), BBs (130), SBs (41), slugging percentage (.426) and OPS (.796). After 8: 14-0 0-5 1-0 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 • (517) 485-4500 • lansinglugnuts.com • @lansinglugnuts THE MAN ON THE MOUND #10 RHP Donnie Sellers 6-1, 205 age 22 Profile Full Name .............Rodney Donnell Sellers, Jr. School ................................... Wake Forest University Born .............. July 26, 1995, in High Point, NC Drafted ......................339th overall, 11th round, 2017 Resides...........Winston-Salem, North Carolina Bats / Throws ......................................... Right / Right Big Picture: One of 13 2017 draftees on the Lugnuts roster... one of 18 collegians on the roster... only player on the team from North Carolina... Twitter: @dsell_11. Personal: Says that his brush with fame was when “Drake pointed me out at a concert”... enjoys cleaning... has over 200 wins in Fortnite... favorite TV show is Family Guy... once “worked with chickens on a farm.” 2018 - Midwest League: Opened the season in the bullpen, allowing a run in the eighth inning to Great Lakes on Opening Day, 4/5... it was the only run given up by Lugnuts pitch- ers in a 12-1 romp... next pitched in a piggyback with Maverik Buffo, 4/9 at Fort Wayne, Fastball, Change-Up, Slider and pitched the final five innings of Lansing’s 10-1 victory... dazzled with a career-high 12 strikeouts, striking out the side in the eighth and ninth innings to close out the win... limiting MiLB Firsts MiLB Highs left-handed batters to .174 batting average (4-for-23). MiLB Debut .......6/24/17 Innings Pitched ....... 5.0, 2 gms. Start ..................6/24/17 Hits Allowed .............. 8, 4/27/18 2017 - Northwest League: Made professional debut with the Vancouver Canadians, work- Win ...................7/25/17 Home Runs .............. 1, 4/27/18 ing initialy in a piggyback with Wilfri Aleton... topped out at 4.0 innings, worked in relief on Save ............................. Runs Allowed ........... 7, 4/27/18 CG ................................ Walks ........................ 4, 7/19/17 7/25 at Tri-City... set season high in strikeouts with five whiffs, 7/13 vs. Spokane... did not Shutout ......................... Strikeouts ................. 12, 4/9/18 pitch in NWL postseason as Canadians won the league championship. 2018 - Lansing Lugnuts Draft Day: Selected 339th overall in the 11th round of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft, one of eight Wake Forest Demon Deacons drafted... the highest-picked Demon Deacon Game Dec. IP H R BB K HR ERA Final was Stuart Fairchild, taken by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round, 38th overall... the 4/5 at GL - 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 9.00 W, 12-1 Blue Jays previously drafted Dave Bush (2002) out of Wake Forest. 4/9 at FW W, 1-0 5.0 3 0 0 12 0 1.50 W, 10-1 4/18 vs. LC W, 2-0 5.0 2 2 3 1 0 2.45 W, 7-2 On Campus: Chose Wake Forest over Liberty and UNC-Greensboro... as a freshman, 4/23 vs. DAY - 2.2 4 3 1 7 0 3.95 W, 10-7 pitched 32.0 innings out of the bullpen (4-1, 5.34 ERA)... spent the summer with the Thunder 4/27 at WM L, 2-1 2.2 8 7 3 0 1 7.16 L, 7-4 Bay Border Cats (Northwoods League)... served as Demon Deacons closer during the first half of his sophomore campaign (5-5, 5 saves, 5.65 ERA)... singled in first collegiate at-bat, 2/27/16... played summer ball for the Harrisonburg Turks (Valley League)... in final year at Wake Forest, joined starting rotation as a junior (3-5, 4.71 ERA, 17 games, 14 starts, 84.0 IP)... final career stats: 12-11, 5.09, 78 G, 14 GS, 159.0 IP, 104 K.