History vs. Dayton Dayton Dragons The Nuts are 4-4 this season and 190-148 High-A Affiliate, Cincinnati Reds • 28-21, 1st all-time vs. Dayton, 98-71 in Michigan’s state capital and 92-78 in the Gem City. RHP Carson Spiers (4.71 ERA) Meeting Score Meeting Score 1. 5/11 at DAY W, 9-4 (10) 13. 8/10 at LAN at 2. 5/12 at DAY W, 7-2 14. 8/11 at LAN 3. 5/13 at DAY L, 4-2 15. 8/12 at LAN 4. 5/14 at DAY L, 3-1 16. 8/13 at LAN 5. 5/15 at DAY L, 3-2 17. 8/14 at LAN Lansing Lugnuts 6. 5/16 at DAY W, 3-1 18. 8/15 at LAN High-A Affiliate, Oakland Athletics • 22-27, 6th 7. 6/29 at LAN L, 10-8 19. 8/31 at DAY 8. 6/30 at LAN W, 8-3 20. 9/1 at DAY RHP Richard Guash (2.88 ERA) 9. 7/1 at LAN 21. 9/2 at DAY 10. 7/2 at LAN 22. 9/3 at DAY 11. 7/3 at LAN 23. 9/4 at DAY JACKSON® FIELD™ LANSING, MI THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2021 7:05 PM GAME 51 12. 7/4 at LAN 24. 9/5 at DAY Tonight: The Lugnuts play the third in a six-game series against the Dayton Dragons stretching through Sunday, July 4, with LAFCU Fireworks following the contests on July 2, July 3 and, naturally, Independence Day. Right-hander Richard Guasch makes his ninth Lugnuts appearance and his seventh start, opposed by Dayton right-hander Carson Spiers in his seventh appearances and third start. Lansing is 4-4 against Dayton this year, splitting a six-game set at Day Air Ballpark in mid May. Today is a Labatt Blue Thirsty Thursday, with $2 domestics and $4 craft drafts! On the Air: Today’s game is on MiLB.TV and streaming online at http://milb.streamguys1.com/lansing, with Jesse Goldberg-Strassler on the call. Last Night: Lugnuts 8, Dragons 3. The Lugnuts scored eight runs for the second consecutive day, buoyed by a five-run sixth inning against relieversJake Gilbert and Spencer Stockton, capped by a Lester Madden, Jr., two-run single. In the win, starter Seth Shuman allowed one run on five hits in five innings, striking out two. What’s New in 2021: Entering this season, the Lugnuts’ stadium name changed from Cooley Law School Stadium to Jackson® Field™, Lansing moved up to the High-A Central and the ball- club accepted an invitation to affiliate with the Oakland A’s, the Nuts’ fourth MLB partner, following the Kansas City Royals (1996-98), Chicago Cubs (1999-2004) and Blue Jays (2005-2020). UPCOMING GAMES IN A NUTSHELL 7:05 p.m., Thursday, July 1 RHP Carson Spiers (4.71), Dragons at RHP Richard Guasch (2.88), Lugnuts 23-27 7:05 p.m., Friday, July 2 RHP Lyon Richardson (4.10), Dragons at RHP Jack Cushing (no record), Lugnuts Streak: Won 1 7:05 p.m., Saturday, July 3 RHP Eduardo Salazar (3.70), Dragons at RHP Reid Birlingmair (5.80), Lugnuts 6:35 p.m., Sunday, July 4 RHP Noah Davis (3.40), Dragons at RHP Colin Peluse (5.15), Lugnuts Home: 12-14 Night: 19-23 Road: 11-13 Day: 4-4 LUG•NOTES: HEADLINES AND POINTS OF INTEREST vs. LHP: 2-3 vs. RHP: 21-24 Meet the Boss: Scott Steinmann is the 16th manager in Lugnuts team history. Born in Dayton, Steinmann joins the Lugnuts after three straight seasons assigned to manage Double-A Midland (though the 2020 season was canceled). Steinmann previously managed against the Lugnuts Tuesday: 6-2 with Wisconsin (2005), Clinton (2009, 2014-15) and Beloit (2017). More info about the skipper can be found on the next page of these notes. Wednesday: 3-7 Recent Roster Moves: On Tuesday, pitcher Stevie Emanuels was placed on the Injured List retroactive to June 26 and the Lugnuts received Thursday: 2-6 a pair of right-handed pitchers in Sam Romero, who came from Extended Spring Training and joined the bullpen, and Jack Cushing, who Friday: 3-5 joined from Low-A Stockton and will start tomorrow night in his Lugnuts debut. Saturday: 5-3 Lugnut in the News: Today 2015 Nuts standout Tim Locastro was traded by Arizona to the New York Yankees in exchange for Double-A Sunday: 4-4 pitcher Keegan Curtis. Series wins: 0-0 Pre-2021 Alumni Report: 2017 Lugnut Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., leads the Majors in OBP (.440), OPS (1.108) and total bases (191); and ranks Series losses: 0-2 2nd in home runs (26), RBIs (66) and in runs scored (64), and 3rd in slugging percentage (.685) and batting average (.336). Fellow 2017 Series splits: 6 Lugnut Bo Bichette leads the Majors in runs scored (66). Scored 1st: 16-8 2021 Alumni Report: Three former Lugnuts contributed in last night’s 9-8 Midland win at Frisco in the Double-A Central. Jake Suddleson Opponent scored 1st: 7-19 batted cleanup and went 2-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored, raising his OPS to .856. Aiden McIntyre allowed a run in 2/3 innings, striking out one, and Jack Weisenburger picked up the win with one inning of work, giving up two hits, one walk and two runs. Shutouts: 2-5 Man of Steal: Infielder Max Schuemann (Portage Northern H.S. / Eastern Michigan University) is tied for second in Minor League Baseball More hits than opp.: 15-2 with 30 stolen bases, eight more than the Major League leader, Kansas City’s Whit Merrifield. Schuemann is tied for second in the Minors with Fewer hits than opp.: 4-23 13 HBPs and is tied for third in the High-A Central with 38 runs scored. Equal hits: 4-2 Hail to Arms: The Lugnuts’ pitching staff ranks second in the High-A Central with a 3.76 earned run average, trailing Cedar Rapids, which Comeback wins: 10 has lowered its team ERA to 3.53 with four shutouts in its past eight games. Lansing has issued the second fewest walks in the league (159) and has the second best GO/AO ratio in the league at 1.15, trailing Cedar Rapids’ ratio of 1.36. Final at-bat wins: 4 Walk-offs: 1 Baseball America’s Top A’s Prospects MLB.com’s Top A’s Prospects Keith Law’s Top A’s Prospects Extra Innings: 3-0 No. 18 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 12 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 14 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 23 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 19 - OF Lazaro Armenteros No. 17 - C Drew Millas No. 26 - P Colin Peluse No. 28 - P Colin Peluse No. 18 - OF Michael Guldberg Leading Trailing Tied No. 27 - C Drew Millas No. 29 - OF Michael Guldberg After 6: 19-3 2-22 3-0 No. 29 - OF Lazaro Armenteros No. 30 - C Drew Millas No. 35 - P Richard Guasch After 7: 20-2 1-23 3-0 No. 39 - P Stevie Emanuels After 8: 21-1 1-24 2-0 Jackson® Field™, 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 | (517) 485-4500 | lansinglugnuts.com | @lansinglugnuts | Contact: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, [email protected] 33 SCOTT STEINMANN MANAGER Age: 47 | Height: 6’2 | Bats/Throws: L/R Year Team - League W-L PCT Finish 2003 Peoria - AZL 30-23 .566 3rd/3rd Born: July 17, 1973 | Hometown: Chandler, AZ 2004 Peoria - AZL 31-25 .554 T-2nd/5th 2005 Wisconsin - MWL 76-63 .547 1st/1st College: Miami University (Oxford, OH) 2007 High Desert - CAL 54-86 .386 5th/5th Pro Managerial Experience: 13th season 2008 West Tenn - SL 70-68 .507 T-1st/5th 2009 Clinton - MWL 69-68 .503 4th Years in Pro Baseball: 1996-present, 25th season 2011 Peoria - AZL 25-31 .446 2nd 2014 Clinton - MWL 61-77 .442 7th/6th Year Team - League G AB H HR AVG OPS 2015 Clinton - MWL 46-93 .331 6th/8th 1996 Lancaster - CAL 5 10 2 0 .200 .454 2017 Beloit - MWL 65-73 .471 T-4th/4th Everett - NWL 30 100 14 0 .140 .459 2018 Midland - TL 68-71 .489 3rd/3rd 1997 Wisconsin - MWL 72 225 48 0 .213 .545 2019 Midland - TL 73-66 .525 2nd/1st 1998 Orlando - SL 18 52 9 0 .173 .495 Total 12 years, 1294 G 597-697 .461 - Total 3 seasons 125 387 73 0 .189 .512 • Managed Wisconsin to MWL Championship Series in 2005. • Caught a two-inning, five-K Randy Johnson rehab ap- • On May 7, 2014, Steinmann’s Clinton LumberKings overcame a 17-1 • In addition to the managerial seasons above, Steinmann worked pearance in 1996 with Everett. deficit entering the 6th inning, scoring 19 unanswered runs for a 20-17 as a roving catching instructor in 1999 for Seattle and was a mem- • Member of Mariners organization, player and coach, from victory in 12 innings. It remains the largest deficit ever overcome in a ber of the coaching staff for Wisconsin (2000-01), San Bernardino 1996-2015... joined Oakland Athletics organization in 2017. professional baseball game. (2002), Peoria (2006), Everett (2010, 2012) and Tacoma (2013). Don Schulze Javier Godard Anthony Phillips Toshi Nagahara Connor Hughes Pitching Coach Hitting Coach Assistant Hitting Coach Head Athletic Trainer Sport Performance Coach Dixon, Illinois Baruta, Venezuela Bellville, South Africa -> Scottsdale, AZ Takamatsu, Japan -> Akron, OH Minden, Nevada 2019: Low-A Beloit 2019: High-A Stockton 2019: Low-A Beloit 2019: SS-A Vermont 16th season in A’s organization 3rd season in A’s organization 3rd season in A’s organization 15th season in A’s organization 3rd season in A’s organization Pitched 6 years in MLB Played 6 seasons in A’s MiLB system Member of Team South Africa in 2009 WBC Southern Arkansas University Boise State University Major League Lugnuts: Three former Nuts have made their Major League debuts this season, bringing the Luggie’s Fast Facts total to 157 all-time - pitcher Ty Tice ‘18, outfielderJosh Palacios ‘16-’17, and pitcher Tayler Saucedo ‘16- ’17.