OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (13-8) at West Michigan Whitecaps (9-11) Saturday, April 27 • 4:00 P.M
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Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (13-8) at West Michigan Whitecaps (9-11) Saturday, April 27 • 4:00 p.m. • Fifth Third Ballpark • Broadcast: All Sports CLE Game #22 • Road Game #10 • Season Series: 1-1, 19 Games Remaining LHP Raymond Burgos (2-0, 3.26 ERA) vs. RHP Carlos Guzman (1-2, 3.00 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captains battled back from an early 5-1 deficit to defeat the West Michigan Whitecaps, 6-5. Captains starter Luis Oviedo lasted just 1/3 of an inning and surrendered five runs in the first inning, but the Captains chipped away at West Michigan’s lead with a run in Midwest League • Overall the third and a run in the fourth before plating three runs in the fifth to take the lead. With the Captains down one and two in scoring position, Jesse Berardi hit a two-run single to left to give Lake County the one-run advantage. The Lake County bullpen picked up Oviedo and combined to pitch 8.2 scoreless innings. Zach Draper pitched 4.2 scoreless frames to earn the win. Skylar Arias also held the Whitecaps Eastern Division W L GB scoreless for 2.2 innings and Manuel Alvarez nailed down the final four outs for the save. West Michigan starter Wilkel Hernandez suffered the loss after allowing six runs, five earned, over 4.1 innings. LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 13 8 -- FREEMAN ON FIRE: Captains shortstop Tyler Freeman has gone 8-for-16 (.500) over his last four games with two doubles, a triple, three Bowling Green (Rays) 12 10 1.5 walks, one RBI, six runs scored and two stolen bases. He has put together a .619 OBP in that time. Freeman has a four-game hitting streak and has multiple hits in three straight games. He reached base in all six of his plate appearances (3-for-3, 3B, 3 BB) on Thursday at West Fort Wayne (Padres) 11 10 2.0 Michigan. Lansing (Blue Jays) 11 10 2.0 ELITE CONTACT: According to Fangraphs, Tyler Freeman has the sixth-lowest strikeout rate in all of Minor League Baseball. The shortstop has struck out in just 5.9% of his plate appearances. That mark is second only to Tyler Durna (4.9%) of South Bend for the lowest K% in South Bend (Cubs) 11 10 2.0 Class-A. Nick Madrigal (3.8%) of the Winston-Salem Dash (High-A, White Sox) has the lowest K% in all of Minor League Baseball. David Fletcher (4.3%) of the Angels has the best K% in the majors. West Michigan (Tigers) 9 11 3.5 HOME SWEET HOME: The Captains have been drastically better at home (9-3) than on the road (4-5) this year. Lake County has the third- best home ERA in the Midwest League at 2.60 and the second-worst ERA on the road at 5.84. At home, the offense has a slash line of Great Lakes (Dodgers) 9 12 4.0 .261/.357/.418. On the road, the Captains have hit .219/.327/.343. Dayton (Reds) 8 13 5.0 SERIES WINNERS: The Captains have won four of the five series they’ve completed this year. Lake County’s only series loss came at Bowling Green from April 15-17 when the Captains lost two of three. The Captains also split two games in Dayton before the series finale was Western Division W L GB suspended due to rain. Burlington (Angels) 13 9 -- 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 last Thursday night against the South Bend Cubs. Benson hit a two-run homer in the first, a solo home run in the 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 Kane County (Diamondbacks) 13 9 -- game and the fourth to do so in the MWL regular season. The three others who hit four home runs in a MWL regular season game are Garrett Jones (2002; Quad Cities River Bandits), Mike Bishop (1978; Quad Cities Angels) and Bobby Smith (1959; Clinton Pirates). Eric Battersby Clinton (Marlins) 11 9 1.0 (1999; Burlington Bees) is the only player ever to hit four home runs in the MWL postseason game. Quad Cities (Astros) 11 9 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, made his Major League Cedar Rapids (Twins) 10 11 2.5 debut Thursday night (the same night Benson hit four homers) for the Yankees against the Royals. Wisconsin (Brewers) 9 11 3.0 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 last time an Indians Beloit (A’s) 8 12 4.0 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’ third baseman hit all four of his homers Peoria (Cardinals) 8 13 4.5 in the first four innings. The Peaches were members of the Class-B Tri-State League. @-1st Half Title $-2nd Half Title %-1st-half Wild Card *-2nd-half Wild Card 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. TOP PROSPECTS: Lake County features seven of the Indians’ Top 30 prospects, according to MLB.com. SS/2B Tyler Freeman (#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). Captains Contacts 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 Bo Naylor (2018; 1st Tim O’Brien: [email protected] round – 29th overall). *The Indians did not have a first round pick in 2017. Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Captains have nine players on their Opening Day roster who begin the season under 21 years old and all seven Telephone: 440-975-8085 top prospects on the team are either 19 or 20 years old. The following five players open the season at age 19: SS/2B Tyler Freeman (#3), C Twitter: @LCCaptains Bo Naylor (#4), RHP Luis Oviedo (#8), OF Quentin Holmes (#27) and SS Marcos Gonzalez (#28). The other two top prospects, 2B/SS Jose Fermin (#23) and OF Will Benson (#25), will open the season at age 20. The remaining two 20-year-olds on the Captains are 1B Ulysses Cantu and LHP Raymond Burgos. ALL-STARS: The Captains have three 2018 New York-Penn League All-Stars and one 2018 Midwest League All-Star on their 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 UPCOMING SCHEDULEof the Indians’ AND Short PROBABLE-Season affiliate, the Mahoning PITCHING Valley Scrappers. MATCHUPS OF Will Benson was named a Midwest League All-Star last season Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter and finished second in the MWLOpponent Home Run StarterDerby. Live Audio (Subject to Change) 4/28 at West Michigan 2:00 PM RHP Juan Mota RHP Garrett Hill All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN 4/30 vs. Quad Cities 6:30 PM RHP Shane McCarthy FIRST TIME IN A WHILE: C BoTBA Naylor is the first player since LHP Justus Sheffield in 2015 to make the Captains’ Opening AllDay Sports roster the CLE year after being drafted by the Indians in the first round. 5/1 vs. Quad Cities 6:30 PM RHP Alex Royalty TBA All Sports CLE 5/2 vs. Quad Cities 11:00 AM RHP Luis Oviedo FAMILIAR FACES: The CaptainsTBA have 11 players on their roster (including the Injured List) who spent time with Lake County lastAll year.Sports They CLE are RHP Manuel Alvarez, LHP Skylar Arias, RHP Dakody Clemmer, LHP Zach Draper, RHP Luis Oviedo, RHP Thomas Ponticelli, C Josh Rolette, INF Jesse Berardi, 1B Ulysses Cantu, OF Will Benson and OF/1B Mitch Reeves. LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER #46 RAYMOND BURGOS LHP 2019 Game-By-Game Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): November 29, 1998 (20) 4/5 GL W 5.0 2 0 0 0 4 1 W, 6-1 Hometown: Luquillo, PR 4/11 BG W 5.1 6 1 1 0 4 1 W, 2-1 School: Pedro Falu Orellano HS 4/16 at BG ND 4.1 5 2 2 1 5 3 W, 4-2 HT: 6’5” │WT: 170 lbs │ Bats: L │Throws: L 4/22 DAY ND 4.2 8 4 4 2 8 1 W, 5-4 Total 2-0 19.1 21 7 7 3 21 6 Acquired: 2016 MLB Draft – Round 18 Pitch Selection: Fastball, curveball, slider, changeup * Relief Appearance 2019 Statistics Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LC 2 0 3.26 4 4 0 0 19.1 21 7 7 3 0 6 21 Total 2 0 3.26 4 4 0 0 19.1 21 7 7 3 0 6 21 Career Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2018 AZL1 3 2 3.78 12 8 0 0 52.1 58 17 1.38 2018 MV 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 5.2 9 0 0.88 2019 LC 2 0 3.26 4 4 0 0 19.1 21 6 1.40 Total 3 Teams 5 2 3.38 17 13 0 0 77.1 88 23 1.34 LAST TIME OUT: Burgos struck out a career-high eight batters and walked just one in 4.2 innings against the Dayton Dragons on Monday.