OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (17-13) at Beloit Snappers (9-18) Tuesday, May 7 • 12: 0 P.M
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Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (17-13) at Beloit Snappers (9-18) Tuesday, May 7 • 12: 0 p.m. • Pohlman Field • Broadcast: All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN Game #31 • Road Game #13 • Season Series: 1-0, 2 Games Remaining RHP Luis Oviedo (3-2, 4.70 ERA) vs. RHP Aiden McIntyre (0-0, 3.45 ERA) YESTERDAY: After Beloit scored the first run in the opening inning, the Captains countered with nine unanswered runs to win game one of their six-game road trip, 9-1. Jesse Berardi led the offense with three hits, including a double, an RBI and a run scored. Midwest League • Overall Mitch Reeves and Daniel Schneemann also had a pair of hits each. Captains starter Shane McCarthy earned the win after allowing one run over five innings. He struck out five, walked two and gave up just three hits. Snappers starter Bryce Conley took Eastern Division W L GB the loss after surrendering three runs, one earned, over four innings. He struck out three, walked two and gave up six hits. SHUT-DOWN BULLPEN: The Captains’ bullpen has helped prop up the pitching staff in the beginning of the season. Lake County’s Great Lakes (Dodgers) 18 12 -- relievers have combined for a 2.71 ERA, while the starters have a 4.51 ERA. LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 17 13 1.0 HOME SWEET HOME: The Captains have been drastically better at home (11-7) than on the road (6-6) this year. Lake County has Bowling Green (Rays) 17 14 1.5 the third-best home ERA in the Midwest League at 2.81 and the third-worst ERA on the road at 4.89. At home, the offense has been in the middle of the pack with the eighth-highest batting average and a slash line of .242/.332/.386. On the road, the Captains have South Bend (Cubs) 16 14 2.0 the fifth-lowest batting average and have slashed .218/.326/.336. West Michigan (Tigers) 14 15 3.5 OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN: After beginning the season holding at least a share of first place in the Eastern Division for 27 straight days, the Captains have now been below first for six straight days, thanks to the Great Lakes Loons’ 10-game winning streak. The Lansing (Blue Jays) 14 16 4.0 Captains were all alone at the top of the division for 17 straight days from April 13-29. Fort Wayne (Padres) 13 17 5.0 FOUR-HOMER HISTORY: Will Benson became the first player in Captains history to hit four home runs in a single game when he accomplished the rare feat on April 18 against the South Bend Cubs. Benson hit a two-run homer in the first, a solo home run in the Dayton (Reds) 11 19 7.0 third, a grand slam in the fourth and a solo homer in the sixth. He is now the fifth player in Midwest League history to produce a four- home run game and the fourth to do so in the MWL regular season. The three others who hit four home runs in a MWL regular Western Division W L GB season game are Garrett Jones (2002; Quad Cities River Bandits), Mike Bishop (1978; Quad Cities Angels) and Bobby Smith (1959; Clinton Pirates). Eric Battersby (1999; Burlington Bees) is the only player ever to hit four home runs in the MWL postseason game. Quad Cities (Astros) 19 10 -- Burlington (Angels) 19 12 1.0 THAT’S WEIRD: The last time somebody hit four home runs in a minor league game was May 25, 2014 when Mike Ford went deep four times for the Charleston RiverDogs (Class-A, Yankees) against the Hickory Crawdads in Hickory, NC. Ford, coincidentally, Kane County (Diamondbacks) 17 14 3.0 made his Major League debut Thursday night (the same night Benson hit four homers) for the Yankees against the Royals. Clinton (Marlins) 15 14 4.0 INDIANS FOUR-HOMER GAMES: The last four-home run game by a member of the Cleveland Indians organization was on June 10, 1959 when Rocky Colavito hit four homers in a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MD. The Peoria (Cardinals) 13 15 5.5 last time an Indians minor leaguer hit four homers in a game was on September 3, 1948 when Leonard Cross went 7-for-7 with four homers for the Spartanburg Peaches in a 30-6 win over the Asheville Tourists at Duncan Park in Spartanburg, SC. The Peaches’ Cedar Rapids (Twins) 13 17 6.5 third baseman hit all four of his homers in the first four innings. The Peaches were members of the Class-B Tri-State League. Wisconsin (Brewers) 12 17 7.0 OFF TO THE RACES: Ruben Cardenas hit an inside-the-park home run on Tuesday night in Bowling Green. It was the first inside- the-park homer by a Captains hitter since Sam Haggerty hit one on August 8, 2016 against the Dayton Dragons. Beloit (A’s) 9 18 9.0 TOP PROSPECTS: Lake County features seven of the Indians’ Top 30 prospects, according to MLB.com. SS/2B Tyler Freeman @-1st Half Title $-2nd Half Title %-1st-half Wild Card *-2nd-half Wild Card (#3), C Bo Naylor (#4), RHP Luis Oviedo (#8), 2B/SS Jose Fermin (#23), OF Will Benson (#25), OF Quentin Holmes (#27) and SS Marcos Gonzalez (#28). TOP PICKS: The Captains’ roster includes two former first round draft picks and the Indians’ #1 draft selections from each of the last three years with OF Will Benson (2016; 1st round – 14th overall), OF Quentin Holmes* (2017; 2nd round – 64th overall) and C Captains Contacts Bo Naylor (2018; 1st round – 29th overall). *The Indians did not have a first round pick in 2017. ALL-STARS: The Captains have three 2018 New York-Penn League All-Stars and one 2018 Midwest League All-Star on their Tim O’Brien: [email protected] current roster. SS/2B Tyler Freeman, OF Hosea Nelson and OF/1B Mitch Reeves were all named New York-Penn League All- Stars last year, as members of the Indians’ Short-Season affiliate, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. OF Will Benson was named a Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] Midwest League All-Star last season and finished second in the MWL Home Run Derby. Telephone: 440-975-8085 Twitter: @LCCaptains FIRST TIME IN A WHILE: C Bo Naylor is the first player since LHP Justus Sheffield in 2015 to make the Captains’ Opening Day roster the year after being drafted by the Indians in the first round. CARLIN RETURNS: Luke Carlin is back for his second straight season as Captains Manager, becoming the first skipper since Ted Kubiak in 2010-11 to spend multiple seasons in Lake County. Between Kubiak’s 2011 campaign and Carlin’s Captains debut last UPCOMING SCHEDULEyear, the AND Captains PROBABLE had a new manager every PITCHING year for seven straight MATCHUPS years. Carlin is now the fourth manager in Captains history to Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter lead the team for multiple seasons,Opponent joining Starter Kubiak, Aaron Holbert (2008-09) and Luis Rivera (2003Live-04). Audio In his first(Subject year at to the Change) helm, 5/8 at Beloit 7:30 PM RHP Cody Morris Carlin led Lake County to a RHP60-79 Chaserecord. Cohen All Sports CLE 5/9 at Wisconsin 7:35 PM RHP Juan Mota LHP Aaron Ashby All Sports CLE ALUMNI ON THE BENCH: Captains Pitching Coach Owen Dew and Bench Coach Jordan Smith both played for Lake County 5/10 at Wisconsin 7:35 PM LHP Raymond Burgosbefore beginning their coachingRHP careers. Max Lazar Dew pitched for the Captains in 2010 and 2011,All Sports and was CL partE &of AMLake 1330/101. County’s lone5 FM WINT 5/11 at Wisconsin 2:05 PM RHP Shane McCarthy championship squad in 2010.RHP His Reeseplaying carOlsoneer ended after 2013, due to an elbow injury.All Sports Smith CLplayedE & forAM the 1330/101. 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LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER #49 LUIS OVIEDO RHP 2019 Game-By-Game Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): May 15, 1999 (19) 4/4 GL W 5.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 W, 4-0 Hometown: Barquisimeto, VZ 4/10 BG W 5.0 4 0 0 0 2 3 W, 7-0 School: 4/15 at BG L 0.2 3 6 6 1 0 3 L, 12-5 HT: 6’4” │WT: 170 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R 4/20 vs. SB G2 W 6.0 2 1 0 0 5 3 W, 3-1 4/26 at WM ND 0.1 4 5 5 0 0 2 W, 6-5 Acquired: 2015 – NDFA 5/2 vs. QC L 6.0 3 1 1 0 5 2 L(7), 1-0 Pitch Selection: Fastball, curveball, slider, changeup Total 3-2 23.0 20 13 12 1 17 13 2019 Statistics * Relief Appearance Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LC 3 2 4.70 6 6 0 0 23.0 20 13 12 1 3 13 17 Total 3 2 4.70 6 6 0 0 23.0 20 13 12 1 3 13 17 Career Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2016 DSL IND 2 8 4.00 14 14 0 0 63.0 56 17 1.33 2017 AZL IND 4 2 7.14 14 7 0 0 51.2 70 22 1.63 2018 MV 4 2 1.88 9 9 0 0 48.0 61 10 0.92 2018 LC 1 0 3.00 2 2 0 0 9.0 6 7 1.33 2019 LC 3 2 4.70 6 6 0 0 23.0 17 13 1.43 Total 4 Teams 14 14 4.35 45 38 0 0 194.2 210 69 1.32 LAST TIME OUT: Oviedo took a hard luck loss in game two of a quasi-doubleheader on Thursday.