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Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (13-15, 42-56) vs. Burlington Bees (7-19, 37-58) Saturday, July 21 • 7:00 p.m. • Classic Park • Broadcast: All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT Game #99 • Home Game #49 • Season Series: 0-0, 3 Games Remaining RHP Gregori Vasquez (4-4, 3.62 ERA) vs. RHP Jose Soriano (0-3, 4.50 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captains lost the rubber game of a three-game series to the Clinton LumberKings, 5-0. Clinton RHP Clay Chandler, who earned the win, pitched seven scoreless innings and RHP Kyle Wilcox finished the shutout by retiring the final six men in order, Midwest League • Overall including striking out the side in the ninth. Clinton’s hurlers held the Captains to three hits and Lake County did not tally a hit after the third inning. Captains starter Juan Hillman tied a career-high with nine strikeouts, but took the loss after allowing two runs in the first. Ariel Eastern Division W L GB Sandoval opened the scoring with an RBI double and then stole home later in the inning when Hillman picked off to first. Clinton scored three more runs against reliever Felix Tati in the eighth. Eugene Helder tripled and Jack Larsen singled him home. Keegan McGovern then hit a two-run home run to the left-field bleachers. @Bowling Green (Rays) 18 10 -- South Bend (Cubs) 15 13 3.0 2018 DRAFTEES: The Captains now have three of the Indians’ 2018 draft picks on their roster. Cleveland has sent RHP Nick Sandlin (2nd round), INF Richie Palacios (3rd round) and RHP Robert Broom (10th round) to Lake County. Fort Wayne (Padres) 13 14 4.5 STARTING STRONG: Over the last 21 games, Captains starters have posted a 3.13 ERA (42 ER, 120.2 IP) with 116 strikeouts against 29 Dayton (Reds) 13 15 5.0 walks. LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 13 15 5.0 MOVING PARTS: The Indians dealt former Captain and #1 prospect Francisco Mejia to the San Diego Padres on Thursday in exchange for a pair of Major League relievers, LHP Brad Hand and RHP Adam Cimber. Mejia was with Lake County in 2015 and 2016. During the %Lansing (Blue Jays) 13 15 5.0 2016 season, the switch-hitting catcher put together a 50-game hitting streak between Lake County and High-A Lynchburg. On July 6, the Indians traded 2018 Captains RHP Tommy DeJuneas to the Houston Astros in exchange for RHP James Hoyt. DeJuneas was a West Michigan (Tigers) 12 15 5.5 Midwest League All-Star for the Captains this season and posted a 3.38 ERA across 20 relief appearances for Lake County. Great Lakes (Dodgers) 8 20 10.0 DÉJÀ VU: The DeJuneas trade marks the second straight season that the Indians traded a player on the Captains’ roster. Last year, RHP Ryder Ryan was traded to the New York Mets in exchange for Major League OF Jay Bruce. Like DeJuneas this season, Ryan was also a Western Division W L GB MWL All-Star the year he was dealt. HOME COOKING: The Captains have posted a 25-23 record at Classic Park, but are 17-33 on the road this season. Lake County has a Cedar Rapids (Twins) 20 8 -- run differential of -11 at home and a -58 run differential on the road. Beloit (A’s) 18 8 1.0 WALK-OFF MAGIC: Nine of the Captains’ 25 victories at Classic Park this year have come on walk-offs. Lake County beat Fort Wayne on %Peoria (Cardinals) 16 10 3.0 Opening Night with a walk-off single by Jorma Rodriguez. The Captains have won two games on walk-off homers (Oscar Gonzalez: May 14 vs. SB & Ulysses Cantu: May 25 vs. GL). Lake County has also won two games on walk-off passed balls (April 23 vs. WM & May 5 vs. Clinton (Mariners) 15 12 4.5 BEL). Todd Isaacs hit a walk-off, two-run single to beat Dayton on June 5. Isaacs then hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning against Lansing on June 12. On June 14, J.J. Berardi hit a walk-off single in the 10th to beat Lansing again. Nolan Jones beat Fort Wayne with a th @Quad Cities (Astros) 13 14 6.5 walk-off single in the 11 on June 29. The Captains had only one walk-off win in 2017. HOME RUN KINGS: The Captains lead the Midwest League in home runs with 85. Clinton is in second with 79 homers. Lake County, Kane County (Diamondbacks) 12 15 7.5 however, is tied for 9th in runs scored with 408. Wisconsin (Brewers) 12 15 7.5 WHO’S HOT? Burlington (Angels) 7 19 12.0 - Oscar Gonzalez: Has batted .303 (20-for-66) in his last 16 games with five multi-hit performances. Had a nine-game hitting streak snapped yesterday. @-1st Half Title $-2nd Half Title %-1st-half Wild Card *-2nd-half Wild Card - Nolan Jones: Has homered twice in his last three games and is 16-for-47 (.364) in his last 14 games with four homers, 11 walks and nine strikeouts. Had a nine-game hitting streak snapped yesterday. - Gabriel Mejia: Owns a .424 OBP and has gone 9-for-28 (.321) in eight games since joining the Captains. - Miguel Eladio: Has gone 8-for-23 (.348) in his last seven games with two doubles and three RBIs. Captains Contacts MIDWEST LEAGUE ALL-STARS: Three Captains were named to the Midwest League Eastern Division All-Star Team for 2018: OF Will Benson, LHP Kyle Nelson and RHP Tommy DeJuneas (traded to Houston on July 6). Benson and Nelson played in the 54th MWL All- Star Classic in Lansing, while DeJuneas could not play due to injury. Benson started in right field and went 1-for-2 with a single. Nelson Tim O’Brien: [email protected] retired both batters he faced in the seventh inning. He struck out Quad Cities’ Bryan De La Cruz looking and got Clinton’s Ryan Costello to Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] line out to centerfield. Telephone: 440-975-8085 HOME RUN DERBY: Will Benson finished second in the 2018 Midwest League Home Run Derby on June 19 in Lansing. Benson hit 23 Twitter: @LCCaptains home runs, but was bested by Bowling Green catcher Ronaldo Hernandez. The Hot Rods’ backstop won the final round with 13 home runs against Benson’s 10. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter Opponent Starter Live Audio (Subject to Change) 7/22 vs. Burlington 4:00 PM LHP Francisco Perez RHP Denny Brady All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN 7/23 vs. Burlington 7:00 PM RHP Jean Carlos Mejia LHP Max Herrmann All Sports CLE 7/25 at West Michigan 7:05 PM LHP Kirk McCarty TBA All Sports CLE 7/26 at West Michigan 7:05 PM LHP Juan Hillman TBA All Sports CLE LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER #34 GREGORI VASQUEZ RHP 2018 Game-By-Game Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): September 8, 1997 (20) *4/7 at FW ND 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 W, 9-3 Hometown: San Cristobal, DR *4/11 at DAY ND 5.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 L, 9-3 School: *4/18 at LAN ND 5.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 L, 7-2 HT: 6’1” │WT: 185 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R *4/23 vs. WM W 4.0 2 0 0 0 5 1 W, 2-1 4/29 at BG L 4.0 7 5 4 0 2 2 L, 7-1 Acquired: 2014 – NDFA 5/5 vs. BEL ND 4.1 9 7 6 2 1 1 W (10), 9-8 Pitch Selection: Fastball, sinker, curveball, slider, changeup 5/10 at QC ND 5.0 4 1 1 0 4 3 W, 2-1 5/16 vs. SB G1 ND 6.0 5 2 1 0 2 1 L, 6-4 5/21 at DAY ND 4.0 4 2 2 1 2 1 L, 5-4 2018 Statistics 5/26 vs. GL L 6.0 9 4 4 1 4 0 L, 8-1 Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO 5/31 at LAN ND 6.2 6 1 1 0 5 1 L, 8-7 LC 4 4 3.62 19 15 0 0 99.1 92 48 40 9 5 24 66 6/6 vs. DAY W 7.0 5 5 3 0 5 1 W, 8-5 Total 4 4 3.62 19 15 0 0 99.1 92 48 40 9 5 24 66 6/11 at GL ND 4.2 5 3 3 0 1 1 L, 7-6 6/16 vs. BG L 7.2 8 5 5 3 1 2 L, 5-1 6/24 at BG L 4.0 9 5 4 1 7 1 L, 8-3 6/29 vs. FW ND 7.0 3 1 1 1 3 1 W (11), 2-1 Career Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 7/4 at DAY ND 5.0 3 1 0 0 0 3 L, 3-2 2015 DSL IND 1 1 2.36 15 3 0 0 42.0 50 7 0.98 7/9 vs. WM W 5.0 5 4 3 0 6 1 W, 10-6 2016 AZL IND 5 2 3.18 12 8 0 0 56.2 44 17 1.25 7/15 at CR W 6.0 1 0 0 0 6 2 W, 4-0 2017 MV 5 3 2.38 14 14 0 0 75.2 57 13 1.06 Total 4-4 99.1 92 48 40 9 66 24 2018 LC 4 4 3.62 19 15 0 0 99.1 66 24 1.17 Total 4 Teams 15 10 2.99 60 40 0 0 273.2 217 61 1.13 * Relief Appearance LAST TIME OUT: Vasquez held the Cedar Rapids Kernels to one hit in six shutout innings on Sunday afternoon.