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OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (24-20) at Great Lakes Loons (22-22) Thursday, June 24Th • 7:05 P.M High-A Affiliate OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (24-20) at Great Lakes Loons (22-22) Thursday, June 24th • 7:05 p.m. • Dow Diamond • Broadcast: WJCU.org Game #45 • Road Game #27 • Season Series: 4-4, 16 Games Remaining LHP Logan Allen (3-0, 2.06 ERA) vs. RHP Clayton Beeter (0-2, 5.40 ERA) YESTERDAY: Two home runs propelled the Captains to a 7-1 win over Great Lakes. Joe Naranjo hit a High-A Central League three-run home run in the first and Daniel Schneemann hit a grand slam in the third. The Loons’ only run came on a solo homer by Deacon Liput in the ninth. Captains reliever Tim Herrin earned the win with three East Division W L GB scoreless innings. Loons starter Bobby Miller allowed five runs, three earned, over 2.2 innings to take the loss. Dayton (Cincinnati) 26 18 -- LAKE COUNTY (Cleveland) 24 20 2.0 HOME COOKIN’ TASTES BETTER: The Captains are 14-4 at home, compared to 10-16 on the road. The Captains’ offense owns the second-best home OPS in the High-A Central League (HAC) at .781 and the Great Lakes (Los Angeles - NL) 22 22 4.0 pitching staff has the second-lowest home ERA in the league at 3.35. On the flip side, the Captains’ offense has the worst road OPS in the league at .605 and the pitching staff has a 4.76 ERA, which is eighth in the Fort Wayne (San Diego) 20 23 5.5 league. West Michigan (Detroit) 20 23 5.5 WELCOME BACK: In seven games since returning from an oblique injury, George Valera has posted a Lansing (Oakland) 20 24 6.0 .950 OPS (.417 OBP, .533 SLG) with two home runs and one double. Quentin Holmes returned from a groin injury on June 1 and has hit .378/.439/.514 (.952 OPS) since returning with a homer, a triple and three West Division W L GB steals. Quad Cities (Kansas City) 28 14 -- ROCCHIO ROLLING: Brayan Rocchio has hits in six of his last seven games. During that time, the infielder Cedar Rapids (Minnesota) 24 20 5.0 has gone 9-for-26 (.346) with two home runs and three doubles. During the month of June, Rocchio has a .999 OPS with four homers and seven doubles. The switch-hitter has five multi-hit games this month, Beloit (Miami) 22 22 7.0 including four games with multiple extra-base hits. Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 19 24 9.5 BRENNAN BASHING: Captains OF Will Brennan is second in the High-A Central League (HAC) in doubles South Bend (Chicago - NL) 18 25 10.5 (16), tied for fourth in extra-base hits (19), tied for fourth in hits (42) and sits sixth in batting average (.295). Peoria (St. Louis) 18 26 11.0 ALUMNI UPDATE: 2018 Captains SS Ernie Clement became the 101st former Captain to reach the major leagues when he debuted for Cleveland on June 13. Nine 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 RHP Eli Morgan (2018) and Clement. That ties the record for the most former Captains to debut in a single Top Prospects th year, matching 2013 and 2016. The Cleveland farm system enters 2021 as the 13 best farm system in baseball according to MLB.com. Below are current Captains and their ranking in Cleveland’s system, according to various publications. 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 FanGraphs Baseball America MLB.com shortstops. Raynel Delgado, Brayan Rocchio and José Tena have each played three different infield #3 George Valera #6 George Valera #4 George Valera #4 Brayan Rocchio #8 Brayan Rocchio #7 Brayan Rocchio positions. Victor Nova and Daniel Schneemann have played two different infield positions and left field. #8 Aaron Bracho #11 Aaron Bracho #8 Aaron Bracho #20 Tanner Burns #16 Tanner Burns #15 Tanner Burns YOUNGSTERS: The Captains have five of the 10 youngest players in the High-A Central League – 1B Joe #21 Logan Allen #21 Logan Allen #23 Logan Allen Naranjo (20), INF Aaron Bracho (20), INF José Tena (20), INF Brayan Rocchio (20) and OF George #29 Hunter Gaddis #24 Jose Tena Valera (20). Naranjo, Bracho and Tena are the three youngest players in the league. Naranjo, who turned #30 Bryan Lavastida #26 Bryan Lavastida 20 on Tuesday, is the youngest player in all of High-A. Bracho (born 4/21/00) is the second youngest in all of #32 Jose Tena #36 Raymond Burgos High-A. The Captains have eight players who are age 21 or younger. HIGH-A: The 2021 season marks the Captains’ first as the High-A Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. Lake CURRENT SERIES SCHEDULE,County RESULTS had been Cleveland’s & PROBABLE Low-A Affiliate PITCHING for 17 seasons MATCHUPS (2003-2019) and 18 years (2003-2020). Date Opp. Time/Result Captains Starter Opponent Starter Broadcast 6/22 at GL L, 9-1 Hunter Gaddis,NEW RHP SKIPPER: (2-3, 6.39 )Greg DiCenzo was namedJose the Martinez, Captains’ RHP manager (3-1, 2.52 before) the eventually-canceledWJCU.org 2020 6/23 at GL W, 7-1 Xzavion Curry,seas RHPon. (0 DiCenzo-0, 1.20) spent the previous 12 seasonsBobby Miller, as the RHP head (0- 1baseball, 1.90) coach at the College of the WJCU.orgHoly 6/ 24 at GL 7:05 p.m. Logan Allen, CrossLHP (3 in-0, Worcester, 2.06) MA. During his time Claytonat the helm, Beeter, DiCenzo RHP (0 was-2, 5.40) twice named Patriot League CoachWJCU.org of the 6/25 at GL 7:05 p.m. Tanner Burns,Year RHP (2008 (2-2, and2.93 )2013). Prior to his time atLogan Holy Boyer,Cross, RHP DiCenzo (0-0, 2.53)was the pitching coach and recruitingWJCU.org 6/26 at GL 7:05 p.m. Kevin Coulter,coordinator RHP (3-3, 7.61)at Northeastern University forAlec five Gamboa, seasons. LHP He (1also-3, served5.87) as a coach for the FalmouthWJCU.org 6/ 27 at GL 1:05 p.m. Mason Hickman,Commodores RHP (3-2, in3. 99the) Cape Cod Baseball JoseLeague Martinez, and at RHP his alma (3-1, mater,2.84) St. Lawrence University. DiCenzoWJCU.org enters his second year and first season as a coach in Cleveland’s organization. Classic Park 35300 Vine St. Eastlake, OH 44095 | 440-975-8085 | CaptainsBaseball.com | @LCCaptains | Media Contact: Andrew Luftglass; [email protected] 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 LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER 2021 Game -By-Game #29 LOGAN ALLEN LHP Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): September 5, 1998 (22) 5/5 at LAN W 5.0 1 0 0 0 8 1 W, 3-1 5/12 vs FW W 5.0 5 0 0 0 7 2 W, 5-3 Hometown: Altamonte Springs, FL School: Florida International University 5/19 at GL ND 5.2 7 2 2 1 7 0 W, 3-2 5/26 at WM ND 6.0 2 0 0 0 5 1 L (10), 1-0 HT: 6’0” │WT: 170 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: L 6/3 vs DAY W 6.0 5 3 3 1 8 1 W (7), 6-3 Acquired: 2020 Draft – 2nd Round (56th overall) 6/10 at FW ND 6.1 5 4 3 0 8 4 L (10), 5-4 Pitch Selection: Fastball, Changeup, Slider 6/17 vs. WM ND 5.1 2 2 1 1 6 2 W, 6-3 Total 3-0 39.1 27 11 9 3 49 11 2021 Statistics * Relief Appearance Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LC 3 0 2.06 7 7 0 0 39.1 27 11 9 3 1 11 49 Total 3 0 2.06 7 7 0 0 39.1 27 11 9 3 1 11 49 NCAA Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2018 FIU 5 5 3.89 13 12 0 0 74.0 85 16 1.22 2019 FIU 4 6 3.11 14 14 0 0 84.0 120 25 1.14 2020 FIU 2 1 2.45 4 4 0 0 25.2 41 6 0.90 Total NCAA 11 12 3.33 31 30 0 0 183.2 246 47 1.14 LAST TIME OUT: Allen held the Whitecaps to two runs, one earned, over 5.1 innings last Thursday at Classic Park. The lefty pitched four scoreless innings before surrendering a fifth-inning solo homer by Corey Joyce. Allen began the sixth with a walk to Trei Cruz and threw away a pick-off throw to move Cruz to second. Reliever Nick Gallagher relieved Allen with one out and allowed Cruz to score on a single by Daniel Cabrera. Allen was in line for the loss with the Captains trailing, 2-1, but Lake County came back to score five runs, including three in the eighth, to beat the Whitecaps, 6-3.
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