Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (10-10, 39-51) at Peoria Chiefs (10-8, 49-39) Thursday, July 12 • 8:00 p.m. • Dozer Park • Broadcast: All Sports CLE Game #91 • Road Game #46 • Season Series: 1-0, 2 Games Remaining RHP Jean Carlos Mejia (1-3, 3.72 ERA) vs. RHP Alex Fagalde (4-2, 1.99 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captains won their fourth straight game with a 5-1 victory over the Peoria Chiefs at Dozer Park. Francisco Midwest League • Overall Perez pitched a career-high seven innings and held the Chiefs to just one run on a Yariel Gonzalez leadoff homer to left-center in the fourth inning. Lake County’s offense responded quickly. Will Benson tied the game with a leadoff homer to right field in the top of the fifth. Benson then gave the Captains the lead in the sixth. After back-to-back two-out hits, Benson singled to center to Eastern Division W L GB score Nolan Jones with the go-ahead run. Jose Vicente followed with a three-run homer down the left field line to push the lead to 5-1. Following the Gonzalez home run, Perez retired the final 12 men he faced. Nick Sandlin extended the streak to 15 @Bowling Green (Rays) 13 7 -- straight Chiefs batters retired by striking out the side in the eighth. Maiker Manzanillo allowed a leadoff single in the ninth, but got the next three men to seal the win. Fort Wayne (Padres) 12 8 1.0 THAT’S CALLED A WINNING STREAK: With wins in their last four games, the Captains put together both their first four-game %Lansing (Blue Jays) 12 8 1.0 winning streak since April 22-25. The streak matches the longest Captains winning streak of the season and is the third time they’ve won four games in a row in 2018. During the streak, the Captains have scored 25 runs and allowed eight (+17). South Bend (Cubs) 11 9 2.0 STARTING STRONG: Lake County’s starting staff has been on a roll over the last 13 games. Captains starters have posted a LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 10 10 3.0 2.48 ERA (22 ER, 80 IP) with 70 strikeouts against 15 walks. West Michigan (Tigers) 10 10 3.0 WE HAVE A TRADE: The Indians traded RHP Tommy DeJuneas to the Houston Astros on July 6 in exchange for RHP James Hoyt. DeJuneas was a Midwest League All-Star for the Captains this season and posted a 3.38 ERA across 20 relief Dayton (Reds) 9 11 4.0 appearances for Lake County. Hoyt has posted a 2.25 ERA at Triple-A Fresno this year and will be assigned to Triple-A Columbus. He has made 66 career relief appearances in the Major Leagues and has a 4.40 ERA. Great Lakes (Dodgers) 4 16 9.0 DÉJÀ VU: This 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 Western Division W L GB a MWL All-Star the year he was dealt. Beloit (A’s) 12 6 -- HOME COOKING: The Captains have posted a 24-21 record at Classic Park, but are 15-30 on the road this season. Lake County has a run differential of -8 at home and a -50 run differential on the road. Cedar Rapids (Twins) 13 7 -- HOME RUN KINGS: The Captains lead the Midwest League in home runs with 78. Clinton is in second with 71 homers. Lake %Peoria (Cardinals) 10 8 2.0 County, however, is tied for 9th in runs scored with 378. WHO’S HOT? @Quad Cities (Astros) 10 9 2.5 - Oscar Gonzalez: Has put together five multi-hit performances in his last nine games. Has slashed .324/.359/.446 with an .805 OPS in the second half. Kane County (Diamondbacks) 10 10 3.0 - J.J. Berardi: Is 14-for-41 (.341) over his last 10 games. Is slashing .313/.356/.422 with an .791 OPS in the second half. Clinton (Mariners) 9 10 3.5 - Nolan Jones: Is is 9-for- 21 (.429) in his last seven games with two homers with seven walks and three strikeouts. Wisconsin (Brewers) 7 12 5.5 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 Burlington (Angels) 4 15 8.5 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 retired both batters he faced in the seventh inning. He struck out Quad Cities’ Bryan De La Cruz @-1st Half Title $-2nd Half Title %-1st-half Wild Card *-2nd-half Wild Card looking and got Clinton’s Ryan Costello to line out to centerfield. HOME RUN DERBY: Will Benson finished second in the 2018 Midwest League Home Run Derby on June 19 in Lansing. Benson hit 23 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. Captains Contacts DRAFT REPORT: The Indians have signed 32 of their 42 selections from the 2018 MLB Amateur Draft. Here’s what you need to know about Cleveland’s top two selections. C Noah “Bo” Naylor (1st round, 29th overall pick) was a standout high school catcher Tim O’Brien: [email protected] at St. Jon of Arc Catholic High School in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The 18-year old left-handed hitter entered the draft Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] ranked as the second-best high school hitter according to Baseball America. His older brother, 1B/OF Josh Naylor is currently in Double-A with the Padres. RHP Ethan Hankins (compensation phase, 1st round, 35th overall) was compensation for the Telephone: 440-975-8085 offseason free agent signing of 1B/DH Carlos Santana by Philadelphia. Hankins, 18, helped USA Baseball’s 18U team to a gold Twitter: @LCCaptains medal in the World Cup last fall. The 6’6”, 215 lbs righty was rated the 17th best prospect in this year’s draft by Baseball America, who also rated his fastball as the best among high school-eligible prospects. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter Opponent Starter Live Audio (Subject to Change) 7/13 at Peoria 8:00 PM LHP Kirk McCarty RHP Angel Rondon All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT 7/14 at Cedar Rapids 7:35 PM LHP Juan Hillman RHP Jordan Balazovic All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT 7/15 at Cedar Rapids 3:05 PM RHP Gregori Vasquez LHP Bryan Sammons All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN 7/16 at Cedar Rapids 1:05 PM LHP Francisco Perez RHP Randy Dobnak All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER #36 JEAN CARLOS MEJIA RHP 2018 Game-By-Game Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): August 26, 1996 (21) *4/6 vs. FW ND 4.0 0 0 0 0 4 2 W, 10-8 Hometown: Gaspar Hernandez, DR *4/13 vs. SB ND 5.0 4 1 1 0 2 2 L, 6-5 School: 6/7 vs. DAY ND 4.0 3 2 1 0 5 1 W, 5-2 HT: 6’4” │WT: 205 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R 6/13 vs. LAN ND 3.2 6 3 1 2 5 2 L, 11-3 6/21 at BG L 4.0 8 4 4 0 3 1 L, 7-2 Acquired: 2013 – Non-Drafted Free Agent 6/26 at LAN L 3.2 6 5 2 0 3 1 L, 8-7 Pitch Selection: Fastball, slider, changeup 7/1 vs. FW W 6.0 2 1 0 0 8 0 W, 6-4 7/6 vs. WM W 6.0 7 6 6 0 6 1 L, 6-2 Total 1-3 36.1 36 22 15 2 36 10 2018 Statistics Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LC 1 3 3.72 8 6 0 0 36.1 36 22 15 2 2 10 36 * Relief Appearance Total 1 3 3.72 8 6 0 0 36.1 236 22 15 2 2 10 36 Career Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2014 DSL IND 3 0 2.70 16 0 0 0 33.1 29 15 1.11 2015 DSL IND 4 3 1.37 19 0 0 0 39.1 25 12 1.07 2016 DSL IND 2 4 3.48 17 1 0 0 33.2 22 5 1.13 2017 AZL IND 1 0 3.14 10 0 0 0 14.1 19 5 1.26 2017 MV 1 0 0.00 11 0 0 0 22.2 31 5 0.49 2018 LC 1 3 3.72 8 6 0 0 36.1 36 10 1.27 Total 4 Teams 12 10 2.45 81 7 0 0 179.2 162 52 1.07 LAST TIME OUT: Mejia took his second straight loss, allowing six runs on six hits over six innings against West Michigan on Friday night at Classic Park.