High-A Affiliate OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (23-20) at Great Lakes Loons (22-21) Wednesday, June 23rd • 7:05 p.m. • Dow Diamond • Broadcast: WJCU.org Game #44 • Road Game #26 • Season Series: 3-4, 17 Games Remaining RHP Xzavion Curry (0-0, 1.64 ERA) vs. RHP Bobby Miller (0-0, 0.86 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captains lost the opening game of a six-game series at Great Lakes, 9-1. The Loons tallied 18 High-A Central League hits. Ryan Ward and Carson Taylor each had four hits, while Justin Yurchak and Joe Vranesh each had three hits. Great Lakes hit a solo home run in each of the first three innings against Captains starter Hunter Gaddis. Ward homered in the first, Taylor went deep in the second and Andy Pages hit a home run in the third. The Loons added East Division W L GB four runs in the fourth, including a three-run double by Vranesh. Vranesh doubled home another run in the fifth and Dayton (Cincinnati) 25 18 -- Yurchak added the final blow in the eighth with an RBI single. The Captains’ lone run came on a Bryan Lavastida RBI ground out in the third. Gaddis allowed seven runs over 3.2 innings to take the loss. Melvin Jimenez struck out LAKE COUNTY (Cleveland) 23 20 2.0 the side in his lone inning on the mound – the fifth – to pick up the win. Great Lakes (Los Angeles - NL) 22 21 3.0 HOME COOKIN’ TASTES BETTER: The Captains are 14-4 at home, compared to 9-16 on the road. The Captains’ Lansing (Oakland) 20 22 4.5 offense owns the second-best home OPS in the High-A Central League (HAC) at .781 and the pitching staff has the second-lowest home ERA in the league at 3.35. On the flip side, the Captains’ offense has the worst road OPS West Michigan (Detroit) 20 22 4.5 in the league at .603 and the pitching staff has a 4.92 ERA, which is seventh in the league. Fort Wayne (San Diego) 19 23 5.5 WELCOME BACK: In seven games since returning from an oblique injury, George Valera has posted a 1.012 OPS (.419 OBP, .593 SLG) with two home runs and one double. Quentin Holmes returned from a groin injury on West Division W L GB June 1 and has hit .378/.439/.514 (.952 OPS) since returning with a homer, a triple and three steals. Quad Cities (Kansas City) 27 14 -- RED HOT JUNE: Brayan Rocchio has a .999 OPS in June with four homers and seven doubles. Will Brennan Cedar Rapids (Minnesota) 22 20 5.5 has 10 extra-base hits (two homers, seven doubles, one triple) in 17 games for a .500 slugging percentage and an .810 OPS. Austen Wade has a .417 on-base percentage, thanks to nine walks in 11 games. Beloit (Miami) 22 21 6.0 BRENNAN BASHING: Captains OF Will Brennan is second in the High-A Central League (HAC) in doubles (16), Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 19 23 8.5 tied for third in extra-base hits (19), tied for fifth in hits (42) and sits seventh in batting average (.296). South Bend (Chicago - NL) 18 24 9.5 ALUMNI UPDATE: 2018 Captains SS Ernie Clement became the 101st former Captain to reach the major leagues Peoria (St. Louis) 17 26 11.0 when he debuted for Cleveland on June 13. Nine former Captains have made their major league debuts this year – OF Ka’ai Tom (2016), RHP Luis Oviedo (2018-19), LHP Sam Hentges (2016), RHP Louis Head (2012-13), RHP Nick Sandlin (2018), INF Ivan Castillo (2014), Jean Carlos Mejia (2018) and RHP Eli Morgan (2018) and Clement. That ties the record for the most former Captains to debut in a single year, matching 2013 and 2016. Top Prospects th DEFENSIVE FLEXIBILITY: The Captains’ have shuffled their infield defenders in 2021. Lake County has used four The Cleveland farm system enters 2021 as the 13 best farm system in baseball according to MLB.com. Below are current Captains and their different first baseman, six different second baseman, six different third basemen and two different shortstops. ranking in Cleveland’s system, according to various publications. Raynel Delgado, Brayan Rocchio and José Tena have each played three different infield positions. Victor Nova and Daniel Schneemann have played two different infield positions and left field. FanGraphs Baseball America MLB.com #3 George Valera #6 George Valera #4 George Valera YOUNGSTERS: The Captains have five of the 10 youngest players in the High-A Central League – 1B Joe #4 Brayan Rocchio #8 Brayan Rocchio #7 Brayan Rocchio Naranjo (20), INF Aaron Bracho (20), INF José Tena (20), INF Brayan Rocchio (20) and OF George Valera #8 Aaron Bracho #11 Aaron Bracho #8 Aaron Bracho (20). Naranjo, Bracho and Tena are the three youngest players in the league. Naranjo, who turned 20 on Tuesday, #20 Tanner Burns #16 Tanner Burns #15 Tanner Burns #21 Logan Allen #21 Logan Allen #23 Logan Allen is the youngest player in all of High-A. Bracho (born 4/21/00) is the second youngest in all of High-A. The Captains #29 Hunter Gaddis #24 Jose Tena have eight players who are age 21 or younger. #30 Bryan Lavastida #26 Bryan Lavastida #32 Jose Tena HIGH-A: The 2021 season marks the Captains’ first as the High-A Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. Lake County #36 Raymond Burgos had been Cleveland’s Low-A Affiliate for 17 seasons (2003-2019) and 18 years (2003-2020). NEW SKIPPER: Greg DiCenzo was named the Captains’ manager before the eventually-canceled 2020 season. CURRENT SERIES SCHEDULE,DiCenzo RESULTS spent the previous & PROBABLE 12 seasons asPITCHING the head baseball MATCHUPS coach at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Date Opp. Time/Result Captains StarterMA. During his time at the helm, DiCenzo wasOpponent twice named Starter Patriot League Coach of the Year (2008 andBroadcast 2013). 6/22 at GL L, 9-1 Hunter Gaddis,Prior RHP to his(2- 3time, 6.39 at) Holy Cross, DiCenzo wasJose the Martinez,pitching coach RHP (3and-1, recruiting2.52) coordinator at NortheasternWJCU.org 6/23 at GL 7:05 p.m. Xzavion Curry,University RHP (0 -for0, 1 five.64 )seasons. He also served Bobbyas a coach Miller, for RHP the Falmouth(0-0, 0.86) Commodores in the Cape Cod BaseballWJCU.org 6/ 24 at GL 7:05 p.m. Logan Allen, LeagueLHP (3- 0,and 2. 06at ) his alma mater, St. LawrenceClayton University. Beeter, DiCenzo RHP (0 enters-2, 5.40) his second year and first seasonWJCU.org as a 6/25 at GL 7:05 p.m. Tanner Burns,coach RHP in (2 Cleveland’s-2, 2.93) organization. Logan Boyer, RHP (0-0, 2.53) WJCU.org 6/26 at GL 7:05 p.m. Kevin Coulter, RHP (3-3, 7.61) Alec Gamboa, LHP (1-3, 5.87) WJCU.org 6/ 27 at GL 1:05 p.m. Mason Hickman,NOW RHP IN THE (3-2, DUGOUT: 3.99) Grant Fink returnsJose to Lake Martinez, County RHP in his (3 -first1, 2.84) year as Captains Hitting Coach. FinkWJCU.org was a Captains infielder in 2014 and 2015, and was the team’s starting third baseman in 2014 when the Captains Classic Park 35300 Vine St. Eastlake, OH 44095 | 440-975-8085 | CaptainsBaseball.comreached the Midwest | @LCCaptains League Championship | Media Series.Contact: The Andrew 2021 season Luftglass; is Fink’s [email protected] fifth season coaching in the Cleveland organization. Former Captains outfielder Jordan Smith also returns to Lake County in his second season as Bench Coach. Smith led the Captains with a .316 batting average in 2012 and led the Captains to a playoff berth. Smith was the Captains Bench Coach in 2019 and is entering his third season coaching in Cleveland’s LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER 2021 Game -By-Game #38 XZAVION CURRY RHP Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): July 28, 1998 (22) 5/4 vs. FBG ND 4.0 2 0 0 0 5 1 W, 16-3 5/11 at SAL W 5.0 1 0 0 0 7 2 W, 10-1 Hometown: Atlanta, GA School: Georgia Tech 5/18 vs. MB W 6.1 1 0 0 0 11 0 W, 2-0 5/25 at DEL ND 4.2 5 3 3 1 9 1 L, 7-3 HT: 5’11” │WT: 190 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R 6/1 vs. SAL W 5.1 3 1 0 0 6 0 W, 7-5 Acquired: 2019 Draft – 7th Round 6/9 at FW ND 5.0 2 0 0 0 7 2 W, 3-2 Pitch Selection: Fastball, Slider, Curveball, Changeup 6/16 vs. WM ND 6.0 5 2 2 1 6 0 W, 4-2 Total 3-0 36.1 19 6 5 2 51 6 2021 Statistics * Relief Appearance Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LYN 3 0 1.07 5 5 0 0 25.1 12 4 3 1 1 4 38 LC 0 0 1.64 2 2 0 0 11.0 7 2 2 1 0 2 13 Total 3 0 1.24 7 7 0 0 36.1 19 6 5 2 1 6 51 NCAA Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2017 Ga.