History vs. Great Lakes Great Lakes Loons The Nuts are 4-5 this year and 119-116 all-time vs. Great Lakes, 68-61 in Michigan’s state High-A Affiliate, Los Angeles Dodgers • 19-20, T-4th capital and 51-55 at Dow Diamond. RHP Landon Knack (5.40 ERA) Meeting Score Meeting Score 1. 5/25 at LAN W, 10-5 13. 7/6 at GL at 2. 5/26 at LAN L, 5-2 14. 7/7 at GL 3. 5/27 at LAN L, 10-1 15. 7/8 at GL 4. 5/28 at LAN L, 4-2 16. 7/9 at GL 5. 5/29 at LAN W, 7-3 17. 7/10 at GL Lansing Lugnuts 6. 5/30 at LAN L, 6-2 18. 7/11 at GL High-A Affiliate, Oakland Athletics • 19-20, T-4th 7. 6/15 at LAN W, 9-7 19. 8/17 at GL 8. 6/16 at LAN L, 6-4 20. 8/18 at GL RHP Reid Birlingmair (4.50 ERA) 9. 6/17 at LAN 21. 8/19 at GL 10. 6/18 at LAN 22. 8/20 at GL 11. 6/19 at LAN 23. 8/21 at GL JACKSON® FIELD™ LANSING, MI FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021 7:05 PM GAME 40 12. 6/20 at LAN 24. 8/22 at GL Tonight: The Lugnuts play the fourth game in a six-game series against the Great Lakes Loons, the tenth meeting of 24 between the two Michigan-based High-A clubs this season. The Loons have won five of nine games against the Lugnuts this year, with the Nuts winning two of the first three of the current series. Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame: This evening marks the second of three consecutive Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame inductions. Tonight is the induction of the Class of 2020: Brighton H.S. great Drew Henson and the late Bob Miller, who pitched for the Phillies and set the D-I state of Michigan career victories record as head coach at the University of Detroit. Last night saw the induction of longtime Greater Lansing baseball coach Javier Cavazos. Tomorrow will see the Lugnuts honor the Page Fence Giants, a legendary traveling black baseball team of 1895-1898 based out of Adrian. On the Air: Tonight’s game is on MiLB.TV and via streaming online audio at http://milb.streamguys1.com/lansing, with Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Adam Jaksa on the call of the game. Last Night: Locos 4, Loons 3. Four Great Lakes errors led to four unearned Lansing runs in front of a season-high crowd of 6,189. Starter Richard Guasch struck out eight in five innings andWilliam Simoneit and Ryan Gridley each collected two hits in the win. What’s New in 2021: Entering this season, the Lugnuts’ stadium name changed from Cooley Law School Stadium to Jackson® Field™, the Nuts moved up to the High-A Central, and they 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 7:05 p.m., Saturday, June 19 RHP Clayton Beeter (6.52), Loons at RHP Colin Peluse (5.40), Lugnuts 19-20 1:05 p.m., Sunday, June 20 RHP Logan Boyer (3.12), Loons at RHP Stevie Emanuels (5.18), Lugnuts Streak: Won 1 Monday, June 21 Midwest League off-day / travel day Tuesday, June 22 - Sunday, June 27 Lansing Lugnuts at Cedar Rapids Kernels Home: 10-10 Night: 15-18 Road: 9-9 Day: 4-2 LUG•NOTES: HEADLINES AND POINTS OF INTEREST vs. LHP: 1-2 vs. RHP: 18-18 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: 2-5 A Saucy Debut: 2016-2017 Lugnuts left-hander Tayler Saucedo tossed a scoreless inning in relief for the Toronto Blue Jays last night, becoming the Thursday: 2-5 157th Nut to reach the Major Leagues all-time and the third this season (joining Josh Palacios and Ty Tice). Friday: 2-4 Welcome Back: Center fielder Michael Guldberg is in the starting lineup today for the first time since May 29. The Athletics’ third-round selection in Saturday: 3-3 2020 from Georgia Tech is hitting .286/.346/.481 with six doubles, three homers and six stolen bases. He has reached base in 19 of the 20 games he Sunday: 4-2 has played. Series wins: 0-0 Streaking: Catcher Drew Millas enters tonight on a 19-game on-base streak and center fielderMichael Guldberg comes in on an 18-game on-base Series losses: 0-1 streak. The Lugnuts’ longest streak this season is 24 games, set by Max Schuemann from May 8-June 6. Series splits: 5 Man of Steal: InfielderMax Schuemann (Portage Northern H.S. / Eastern Michigan University) leads Minor League Baseball with 27 steals, two more than Augusta’s Braulio Vasquez and ten more than the Major League leader, Kansas City’s Whit Merrifield. Schuemann is tied for second in the Minors Scored 1st: 15-7 with 12 HBPs and is tied for second in the High-A Central with 32 runs scored. Opponent scored 1st: 4-13 Double Your Pleasure: The Lugnuts’ offense tops the High-A Central with 81 doubles. Nine different hitters have notched at least six doubles. Shutouts: 2-2 Alumni Report: 2021 Lugnut Jake Suddleson homered for the second straight game for the Double-A Midland RockHounds, going 3-for-5 with More hits than opp.: 14-1 three runs scored last night. After opening 0-for-15 in Midland, Suddleson has five hits and a walk in his last 10 plate appearances. He had batted Fewer hits than opp.: 2-18 .284/.346/.526 with nine doubles, a triple and four homers before receiving a promotion to the RockHounds. Equal hits: 3-1 Hail to Arms: The Lugnuts’ pitching staff tops the High-A Central with a 3.52 earned run average with the second fewest walks in the league (122), tied for the second fewest home runs (26) and fifth most strikeouts (402) Comeback wins: 7 Final at-bat wins: 2 Keys to Success: When the Nuts outhit the opposition, they are 14-1 this season. When they get outhit, they are 2-18. Walk-offs: - Baseball America’s Top A’s Prospects MLB.com’s Top A’s Prospects Keith Law’s Top A’s Prospects Extra Innings: 1-0 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 1-17 1-0 No. 29 - OF Lazaro Armenteros No. 30 - C Drew Millas After 7: 19-2 0-18 1-0 No. 35 - P Richard Guasch No. 39 - P Stevie Emanuels After 8: 19-1 0-19 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..