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History vs. Great Lakes Lansing Lugnuts The Nuts are 8-2 vs. the Loons this year and Class A Affiliate, Toronto Blue Jays • 8-1, 51-28 104-101 all-time, 58-48 at home, 46-53 road. RHP Colton Laws (5.44 ERA) 1st Half Score 2nd Half Score 4/5 at GL W, 12-1 6/21 at LAN W, 4-3 at 4/7 at LAN W, 6-4 6/22 at LAN W, 7-4 4/8 at LAN L, 11-6 6/23 at LAN W, 10-6 4/8 at LAN L, 5-2 6/24 at LAN W, 4-3 Great Lakes Loons 6/28 at GL W, 5-1 6/29 at GL W, 3-1 Class A Affiliate, Los Angeles Dodgers • 0-9, 24-53 6/30 at GL RHP Edwin Uceta (4.40 ERA) 7/1 at GL 8/29 at LAN 8/30 at LAN DOW DIAMOND MIDLAND, MICH. 1ST PITCH: 7:05 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH, 2018 8/31 at LAN Tonight: The Lugnuts play game three of a six-game road trip with the second of four against the Great Lakes Loons. The Nuts are coming off a 9-1 homestand, sweep- ing South Bend to end the first half, hosting a hugely successful MWL All-Star Game, and then opening the second half by sweeping Great Lakes and taking two of three games from Lake County. Frankly, it’s good to be Nuts. Right hander Colton Laws gets the start tonight for Lansing, opposed by Loons right-hander Edwin Uceta. Last Night: Lugnuts 3, Loons 1. Right-hander Maverik Buffo became the second Lugnuts pitcher to toss seven scoreless innings this season, becoming the first MWL hurler to nine wins. Kevin Vicuña and Jesus Navarro each had two hits in the win, and Dalton Rodriguez and Brayden Bouchey tossed the final two innings. On Deck: The Lugnuts play one more game at idyllic Dow Diamond against amicable foe Great Lakes, and then two games at archnemesis West Michigan before return- ing home on the 4th of July, featuring a LAFCU Fireworks Spectacular! On the Air: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Dante De Caria have the call tonight on 730 The Game WVFN and the Tune-In Radio app, streaming online at lansinglugnuts. com. and thegame730am.com, while the genteel Christopher Vosters and Bradley Tunney deliver analytical excellence on MiLB.TV. PITCHING PROBABLES IN A NUTSHELL 2:05 p.m., Sunday, July 1st LHP Matt Gunter (4.62), Lugnuts at RHP Alfredo Tavarez (3.28), Loons 43-27 1st half, 8-1 2nd half 7:05 p.m., Monday, July 2nd RHP Donnie Sellers (4.41), Lugnuts at RHP Dane Myers (2.91), Whitecaps Streak: won 4 7:05 p.m., Tuesday, July 3rd RHP Maximo Castillo (5.35), Lugnuts at RHP Elvin Rodriguez (4.26), Whitecaps Home: 28-13 Night: 40-16 7:05 p.m., Wednesday, July 4th RHP Maverik Buffo (4.01), Lugnuts at RHP Jesus Rodriguez (4.96), Whitecaps Road: 23-15 Day: 11-12 Lug•Notes vs. LHP: 20-13 vs. RHP: 31-15 Headlines: 3-game series: 9-5 2016 Lugnuts southpaw made his Major Leauge debut at Houston on Tuesday, tossing six innings and allowing two runs. Borucki Ryan Borucki 4-game series: 4-0-4 became the second Nut to reach The Show this year, joining Marcus Walden, and the 131st Lugnut all-time to reach the Majors. Series sweeps: 6-2 Ryan Noda is slashing .350/.419/.763 with 27 hits (9 HR) and 27 RBIs in 21 games this month, twice earning the honor of Midwest League Series openers: 15-7 Player of the Week, June 4-10 and June 18-24. Noda leads the Midwest League with 62 walks (2nd in MiLB) and a .435 OBP (8th in MiLB). Rubber games: 4-3 June has featured an unusual schedule for the Nuts: They spent June 1-14 on the road, June 15-27 at home (including the All-Star Break, in which the Lugnuts hosted the 54th annual Midwest League All-Star Game presented by LAFCU), and now head on the road from June 28-July 3. Doubleheaders: 2-2 Lansing’s offense leads the Midwest League in runs scored (441), total bases (1091), doubles (156), walks (328), on-base percentage (.354), Scored 1st: 35-8 OPS (.769) and third in SLG (.413). On the pitching side, the Lugnuts have pitched the most innings in the league (693 2/3). Opponent scored 1st: 16-20 The Lugnuts have added five new players this week from Short-Season A Vancouver: OF Freddy Rodriguez, INF Jesus Navarro, C Owen Shutouts: 3-4 Spiwak, C Reilly Johnson and P Dalton Rodriguez. 1-run games: 16-11 #LugLife By the Numbers: 4+ run games: 19-10 MLB Pipeline Top 30 Blue Jays prospects on the Lugnuts’ roster: More hits than opp.: 30-8 4 • Samad Taylor - No. 13 • Kevin Vicuña - No. 23 • Ryan Noda - No. 17 • Maximo Castillo - No. 24 Fewer hits than opp.: 17-17 Equal hits: 4-3 9 Victories this season for Maverik Buffo, first pitcher to nine wins and most in the Midwest League. Comeback wins: 21 Different pitchers to record a save for the Nuts this season, including seven members of the current 10 roster. No pitcher has notched more than five saves, yet the Lugs’ 26 saves is tied for 1st in the MWL. Final at-bat wins: 7 Nine different pitchers have also started games for the Lugnuts this season. Walk-offs: 6-4 Extra Innings: 4-3 Home runs slammed by Brock Lundquist, tied for second most in the circuit behind Clinton’s Ryan 13 Costello. Lundquist also ranks 4th in the MWL with 48 runs batted in. 9-INNING GAMES ONLY Number of times that Ryan Noda has reached base against the Loons in nine games this year: eight 17 walks and ten hits (in 31 at-bats), slashing .323/.462/.742 with seven runs scored and 10 RBIs. Leading Trailing Tied Total players who have suited up for the Lugnuts this year, 21 pitchers and 23 position players, with the After 6: 33-4 11-16 4-4 44 arrivals of Navarro, Rodriguez, Spiwak and Reilly Johnson. That’s more Lugnuts in one year After 7: 37-3 8-18 3-3 than in 1996, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009 and 2013. The most players ever in one year? 54 players, 2017. After 8: 40-1 3-20 5-3 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 • (517) 485-4500 • lansinglugnuts.com • @lansinglugnuts TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER #36 RHP Colton Laws 6-7, 230 age 22 Profile Full Name ........................... Colton Keith Laws School .......... University of North Carolina - Charlotte Born ................................. November 20, 1995 Drafted ....................... 219th overall, 7th round, 2017 Resides...........................Faith, North Carolina Bats / Throws ......................................... Right / Right Turning Pro: The 22-year-old Laws was drafted by Toronto in the seventh round after his redshirt-sophomore year at UNC Charlotte, signing for $183,300. He was the second pitcher selected by the Blue Jays, following 1st-rounder Nate Pearson, the 28th overall pick. 2018 - Lansing: Laws was officially added to the Lugnuts roster, 4/29, making his 2018 debut and his MWL debut against West Michigan in Game 2 of a doubleheader... he worked briefly in a piggyback tandem with Maximo Castillo, receiving his own slot in the rotation, 5/26... set a new career high with 5 1/3 innings vs. Lake County, 6/6... only three walks in last 151 PAs. Get Your Popcorn Ready: Interested in drama? Check out these Laws starts: • On May 15th, the Lugnuts brought a 9-3 lead to the 8th inning, only to see the Dayton Dragons score six runs to force extra innings -- but Yeltsin Gudino delivered a walkoff single in the 10th for a 10-9 victory. • On May 26th, the Fort Wayne TinCaps brought a 10-3 lead to the 6th inning and a 10-5 lead to the 9th, but the Lugnuts rallied with five runs (including with four with two outs) to send the game to the 10th. The ‘Caps took an 11-10 lead in the 10th, but Kevin Smith tied the game with an RBI triple and a fielding error by 2B Esteury Ruiz gave the Nuts the walkoff win. Fastball, Change-Up, Slider • On May 31st, the Lugnuts trailed the Lake County Captains 5-1 going to the bottom of the 9th, but rallied for four runs to tie the score. In the 10th, the Captains scored twice for a 7-5 lead -- but Brock Lundquist launched a two-run HR in the home half to tie the game at 7-7. In the 11th, Norberto Obeso singled home pinch-runner Samad Taylor, and the Lugnuts MiLB Firsts MiLB Highs celebrated a heartstopping 8-7 victory. MiLB Debut .......6/26/17 Innings Pitched ...... 5.1, 5/31/18 2017 - Bluefield: Laws made his pro debut on June 26th, starting vs. Burlington and tossing a scoreless inning. It was one Start ..................6/26/17 Hits Allowed ............... 8, 4 gms. of five scoreless appearances out of six games for the big right-hander at Bluefield, with his only run allowed coming in two Win .....................7/2/17 Home Runs .............. 3, 5/31/18 innings at Elizabethton on July 21st. He excelled otherwise, firing exactly two innings in his final six outings and totaling 11 strikeouts next to just one walk in 11 combined innings before getting called up to the Northwest League. Save ............................. Runs Allowed ........... 7, 5/26/18 CG ...............................