Fort Wayne Tincaps 2019 Game Notes
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FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2019 GAME NOTES Fort Wayne TinCaps (4-8, 37-43) @ Lake County Captains (7-5, 47-34) LHP Ryan Weathers vs. RHP Alex Royalty Wednesday, July 3 • Parkview Field (Fort Wayne, Ind.) • First Pitch 7:00 PM (Game 81 / 138) LISTEN: John Nolan & Evan Stockton (ESPN Radio 1380 & 100.9 FM | TinCapsRadio.com | TuneIn) APPLE SLICES NEWS & NOTES Home Record: 20-20 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The TinCaps snapped a 4-game skid with a 10-5 win Road Record: 17-23 vs. LC in 2019 (5-5, 1-3 Away) Day Record: 9-12 over the Captains. Xavier Edwards, Tucupita Marcano, Blake Hunt, and 8 Home 5 Away (13 Total) Night Record: 28-31 Justin Lopez each had 2 hits as Fort Wayne tallied 12 as a team. On the Streak: W1 mound, Joey Cantillo had a quality start with 6 innings of 2-run ball. He struck out 8. Sunday: 2-9 Monday: 5-5 May 13 (Mon) Away L, 4-3 Tuesday: 7-4 PITCHER OF THE MONTH: On Monday, Joey Cantillo was named the Wednesday: 7-4 Midwest League’s Player of the Month. Since the MWL started giving the award Thursday: 10-2 in 2013, Cantillo is the 4th TinCap to garner the accolade, and the 1st pitcher May 14 (Tues) Away L, 5-4 Friday: 4-10 Saturday: 2-9 (previous winners: third baseman Hudson Potts in Aug. 2017, catcher Austin Allen in April 2016, and outfielder Nick Schulz in Aug. 2014). In 4 starts in May 15 (Wed) Away L, 10-6 April: 11-13 June, Cantillo posted a 0.36 ERA over 25 innings with 30 strikeouts and 1 walk. May: 15-14 His ERA, as well as is 0.36 WHIP and .099 average against were all league June: 10-15 June 4 (Tues) Home W, 4-3 July: 1-1 lows. Cantillo is also the reigning back-to-back MWL Pitcher of the Week. August: 0-0 September: 0-0 MORE THAN BASEBALL: After hosting the opening ceremonies for 2020 June 5 (Wed) Home W, 3-2 Tokyo Paralympic Qualifying in judo and goalball last night, Parkview Field is Leading after Six: 28-2 Tied after Six: 5-5 hosting the Fort Wayne Philharmonic’s Patriotic Pops concert tonight. Trailing after Six: 3-34 June 6 (Thurs) Home L, 10-2 Leading after Seven: 29-2 WEEKDAY WONDERS: For what it’s worth… the TinCaps are 29-15 in games Tied after Seven: 3-3 played Monday-Thursday, but 8-28 in games on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Trailing after Seven: 3-36 June 14 (Fri) Home W, 3-2 Leading after Eight: 30-1 Tied after Eight: 3-4 MAKING HIS MARK: Infielder Tucupita Marcano has hit safely in 5 Trailing after Eight: 0-34 consecutive games. Over this stretch, he’s 10-for-20 with a double, 4 RBIs, and June 15 (Sat) Home L, 7-4 a stolen base. He has 3 walks versus 1 strikeout… For the year, Marcano has Scoring first: 27-14 Opponent scores first: 9-30 the lowest K% (9%) in the MWL and the 3rd lowest swing & miss % (4%). Come-from-behind wins: 12 Marcano’s 0.78 K/BB ratio is 8th. June 16 (Sun) Home W, 4-3 Shutouts: 8-4 MEXICAN POWER: Outfielder Agustin Ruiz has launched 4 homers over his vs. LH starter: 7-12 July 2 (Tues) Away W, 10-5 vs. RH starter: 30-31 last 19 games after not homering in his first 51 games of the season. Over his last 16 games, since June 12, Ruiz has slashed .338/.362/.538 (.900 OPS). In Scoring fewer than Three: 4-18 this span, his BA is 6th in the MWL, while his OPS ranks 7th... His 42 RBIs on July 3 (Wed) Away 7:00 PM Scoring Three or Four: 11-20 Scoring Five or more: 22-5 the year tie him for 11th in the MWL... 22% of the balls he’s put in play have been line drives, the 3rd highest LD% in the league. July 4 (Thurs) Home 6:05 PM 1-run games: 14-14 2-run games: 2-2 PLAY THE HITS, J-LO: Infielder Justin Lopez is batting .470 (8-17) over his 3+-run games: 21-27 July 5 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM Extra Innings: 0-4 last 4 games with 2 homers and a triple… The 19-year-old hit his team-leading 8th home run on Tuesday night, becoming the 1st player on the team this year Out-hitting opponent: 26-10 to homer in consecutive games… Lopez matched his TinCaps career-high with PADRES PROPECTS Being out-hit: 5-29 3 hits on Sunday… This recent hot streak at the plate comes after a stretch of 7 Same number of hits: 6-4 consecutive games without a hit (0-for-26 with 1 walk and 8 strikeouts). MLB.com and Baseball America Series W-L-T (Home): 5-5-2 have both rated the Padres’ farm Series W-L-T (Road): 3-6-2 HOT CURRY: In 29 games since May 26, Michael Curry has slashed system as the best in baseball in Series W-L-T (Total): 7-9-2 .290/.391/.473 (.864 OPS) — the 10th highest OPS in the MWL in this time. 2019. The following TinCaps are Series Sweeps (Home): 2-3 Series Sweeps (Road): 1-2 ranked by MLB.com’s MLB CATCHING UP: After starting the season 0-for-18 at the plate, catcher Juan Series Sweeps (Total): 2-5 Pipeline as Top 30 San Diego Fernandez is 30-for-90 (.333) since. Prospects: Home crowds of 6,000+: 4-8 Home crowds of 7,000+: 4-5 WALK & RUN: Center fielder Jawuan Harris ranks 2nd in the MWL in BB% Home crowds of 8,000+: 1-0 7. Ryan Weathers (LHP) Sellouts: 6 (18%) and is tied for 9th in stolen bases (16). 8. Xavier Edwards (INF) Delayed Starts: 2 IN CONTROL: TinCaps pitchers have the best ratio of strikeouts to walks in the 17. Tucupita Marcano (INF) Suspensions: 1 MWL this season (3.07). ‘Caps pitchers have also walked the fewest batters in 27. Blake Hunt (C) Postponements: 3 30. Joey Cantillo (LHP) Cancelled: 2 the MWL, averaging only 3.0 per 9 innings. Ended Early: 2 Upcoming Games (All Times Eastern) Thursday, July 4 vs. Lake County 6:05 PM RHP Sam Keating vs. LHP Zach Draper Friday, July 5 vs. Lake County 7:05 PM LHP Omar Cruz vs. RHP Luis Oviedo Saturday, July 6 @ Great Lakes 7:05 PM Sunday, July 7 @ Great Lakes 2:05 PM Monday, July 8 @ Great Lakes 7:05 PM Media Contact: John Nolan — [email protected] MORE NOTES RECORD-SETTER: Anthony Contreras won his 228th game as manager of the TinCaps on June 20 as he surpassed Doug Dascenzo (who won 227 games from 2007-09) for the most wins by a manager in franchise history. More important to AC than wins, since he began managing in 2014 in the Arizona League, he has had 19 players who’ve reached the big leagues. (Contreras managed Short-Season Tri-City in 2015.) ALL-STARS: The TinCaps were represented in June 18’s Midwest League All-Star game by Xavier Edwards, who started at second base, plus starting pitcher Ryan Weathers and reliever Henry Henry. Edwards off with a single and stole second base. He finished 1-for-3, while Henry tossed 0.1 scoreless innings. PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Infielder Tucupita Marcano was the league’s Offensive Player of the Week for the week of April 29-May 5. The 19-year-old from Venezuela was 14-for-26 (.538 average) that week as he posted an on-base percentage of .586 and a .654 slugging percentage with two walks, a hit by pitch, a double, a triple, 3 RBIs, and a stolen base. SPORTSCENTER TOP PLAY: In his first career start at first base on June 26, Luis Almanzar made a diving catch on a ball popped up in front of the plate. The catch came in at No. 2 on SportsCenter’s Top Plays. FOREVER YOUNG: The average age for a TinCaps position player thus far has been 20.2, the youngest in the Midwest League (MWL average: 21.2). The average age for a ’Caps pitcher is 20.9, also the youngest (MWL average: 21.9). This marks the 6th consecutive year Fort Wayne has had the league’s most youthful lineup, going back to 2014. The TinCaps had the youngest pitching staff in the league in 2016 and ranked tied for 2nd youngest in ’18, while ranking 2nd youngest in ’12, ’13, and ’17. TinCaps Roster By Age 19-year-olds: 8 20-year-olds: 6 21-year-olds: 3 22-year-olds: 4 23-year-olds: 3 24-year-olds: 1 FIRST HALF REVIEW: The TinCaps went 33-35 in the first half, finishing in 5th place in the 8-team Eastern Division. Their best record was at 6-2, while they were as many as 7 games below .500 at 15-22 after May 15. Offensively, the ‘Caps slashed .245/.331/.343 as they averaged 4.19 runs per game. In the 16-team MWL, Fort Wayne ranked tied for 9th in runs/game, 6th in AVG, 5th in OBP, 11th in SLG, and 9th in OPS. Their 61 stolen bases ranked 8th… On the mound, the TinCaps’ 4.02 ERA ranked 10th. They had the fewest BB/9 (2.9), tied for the 6th most K/9 (9.2), and had the best BB/K (3.12).