Lansing Lugnuts History vs. Wisconsin The Lugnuts are 76-55 all-time vs. the Timber Class A Affiliate, Toronto Blue Jays • 19-13, 2nd - East Rattlers, 43-23 at home and 33-32 on the road. RHP Maximo Castillo (3.60 ERA) The Nuts have won two of three games against at the Rattlers each of the last three years. 2018 Schedule Score Attendance Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 5/7 at Wisconsin L, 6-5 614 5/8 at Wisconsin W, 11-4 1,735 Class A Affiliate, Milwaukee Brewers • 13-18, 8th - West 5/9 at Wisconsin RHP Alec Bettinger (5.96 ERA) NEUROSCIENCE GROUP FIELD AT FOX CITIES STADIUM 6:35 PM WED., MAY 9TH, 2018 Tonight: The Lansing Lugnuts play the rubber match in a three-game series against the Western Division’s Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the third game of a six-game road trip to the Badger State. The Nuts ended a season-high four-game losing streak with a victory yesterday afternoon and are now 3-5 against the Western Division. Yesterday: Lugnuts 11, Timber Rattlers 4. Lansing received a four-hit game from Kevin Smith and a four-RBI game from Yeltsin Gudiño, cruising to victory on Weather Day at Neuroscience Group Field. Kevin Vicuña added three hits and two walks for the Lugnuts, who amassed 14 hits and 10 walks in all. On Deck: The Lugnuts travel to Beloit for a three-game series at Pohlman Field stretching from Thursday through Saturday. Following an off day on Sunday, the Nuts return home for a seven-game homestand spanning May 14th-20th, with four games against Dayton and three against Bowling Green. On the Air: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler has the call today on The Game 730 AM WVFN and via the Tune-In Radio app, streaming online at lansinglugnuts.com and thegame730am.com. Lugnuts Pregame begins at 6:15 p.m. PITCHING PROBABLES (ALL TIMES LOCAL) IN A NUTSHELL 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 10 RHP Yennsy Diaz (2.56), Lugnuts at RHP Mitchell Jordan (2.70), Snappers Overall: 19-13 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 11 RHP Turner Larkins (5.14), Lugnuts at RHP Jean Ruiz (5.32), Snappers 4:00 p.m., Saturday, May 12 LHP Zach Logue (3.12), Lugnuts at RHP Wyatt Marks (3.10), Snappers Home: 9-8 Night: 14-8 Sunday, May 13 Happy Mother’s Day! Road: 10-5 Day: 5-5 vs. LHP: 9-5 vs. RHP: 10-8 Lug•Notes Headlines: 3-game series: 2-2 Yennsy Diaz, was named the Midwest League’s April Player of the Month after making five starts and allowing only one earned run in 28 2/3 4-game series: 2-0-1 innings, posting an ERA of 0.31, a WHIP of 0.58 and a batting average against of .063 (six hits allowed in 95 at-bats). Diaz finished the month Series sweeps: 1-1 with 15 consecutive scoreless innings. Series openers: 6-4 Kevin Smith was named the Midwest League’s Player of the Week for the week of April 23-29, thanks to batting .433 and driving in 13 runs Rubber games: 2-1 in the eight-game stretch. The Maryland Terrapin leads the MWL with 44 hits, 16 doubles, 22 extra-base hits, 76 total bases, 30 runs batted in and a .639 slugging percentage, ranking fifth with a .370 batting average. Smith has reached base in 29 of 30 games this season and has Doubleheaders: 2-2 hit safely in 19 of his last 20 games. Scored 1st: 12-3 19-year-old Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., who starred for the Lugnuts last season, is currently ranked among the top prospects in baseball and is Opponent scored 1st: 7-10 leading the Double-A Eastern League with a .392 batting average, 40 hits and 35 runs batted in. Richard Ureña, a member of the 2015 Lugnuts, was recalled to the Major Leagues by the Blue Jays yesterday, becoming the 26th current Shutouts: 2-1 Lugnut on an MLB roster. The Blue Jays were no-hit last night by the Seattle Mariners’ “Big Maple,” former Clinton LumberKing James Paxton. 1-run games: 4-6 #LugLife by the numbers: 4+ run games: 11-4 Walks drawn in Kevin Vicuña’s first 26 games this year... and walks drawn by the Lugnuts’ infielder More hits than opp.: 12-3 2 yesterday alone, a game in which the Nuts coaxed 10 walks from the first threeT-Rats pitchers. Fewer hits than opp.: 5-8 Runs batted in by Yeltsin Gudiño in his return to Lansing from A-Adv. Dunedin yesterday. Gudiño played Equal hits: 2-2 4 in 115 gms. for the Nuts in 2017. He began this season with the D-Jays, where he had 6 RBIs in 15 gms. Comeback wins: 8 MLB Pipeline Top 30 Blue Jays prospects on the Lugnuts’ roster: Final at-bat wins: 1 5 • Samad Taylor - No. 13 • Kevin Smith - No. 19 • Maximo Castillo - No. 24 • Ryan Noda - No. 18 • Kevin Vicuña - No. 23 Walk-offs: 1-1 Walks drawn by Ryan Noda in 27 games, leading all of Minor League Baseball. Noda delivered an RBI Extra Innings: 0-0 33 double in his first AB yesterday, ending an 0-for-21 slump, then walked in three straight plate appearances. 9-INNING GAMES ONLY Degrees Fahrenheit at first pitch yesterday for the Lugnuts and Timber Rattlers, the warmest game yet 80 at first pitch for the Lugnuts this season, a very cold season until recently! Leading Trailing Tied After 6: 12-2 4-6 1-1 League-leading runs scored by the Lugnuts’ offense, averaging 6.2 runs per game, 40 more runs than 198 the second-highest scoring team, Bowling Green. The Nuts lead the league in run differential (+58), After 7: 16-1 1-8 0-0 total bases (455), hits (283), doubles (71), HRs (27), steals (49), slugging (.429) and OPS (.795). After 8: 16-0 0-8 1-1 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 • (517) 485-4500 • lansinglugnuts.com • @lansinglugnuts THE MAN ON THE MOUND #25 RHP Maximo Castillo 6-2, 256 age 19 Profile Name ........ Maximo Alberto Campos y Castillo Acquired ................................ international free agent Born ............................................. May 4, 1999 Signed ........................................September 25, 2015 Resides............................Caracas, Venezuela Bats / Throws ......................................... Right / Right Big Picture: Eighth-youngest player in the Midwest League to start the season, and the youngest player on the Lugnuts... shares May 4th birthday with Audrey Hepburn, Will Arnett, Dawn Staley, George Will and Ken Oberkfell. Quote Unquote: From MLB Pipeline: “The Yankees were the favorites to land Castillo at the outset of the 2015-16 international period before an issue with the Venezuelan right-hander’s physical caused the deal to fall through. He instead signed with the Blue Jays in September, and did so for just $10,000.” Prospect Watch: Enters 2018 rated MLB.com’s No. 24 prospect in the Blue Jays organization and the top pitching prospect on the Lugnuts’ roster, ranking above Justin Maese, Thomas Pannone, Fastball, Change-Up, Curve Jordan Romano and Jon Harris. La Capital: Other baseball players from Caracas include Omar Vizquel, Andres Galarraga, Cesar MiLB Firsts MiLB Highs Tovar, Magglio Ordoñez, Miguel Montero, Richard Hidalgo, Ramon Hernandez and Franklin Barreto. MiLB Debut .........6/4/16 Innings Pitched ...... 6.0, 4/23/18 Start ....................6/9/16 Hits Allowed ............ 10, 7/19/17 2016 - Dominican Summer League: Made professional debut, June 4th, in DSL, striking out two Win ...................7/25/16 Home Runs ............ 1, 7 games and allowing one run on a hit, a walk, a HBP in an inning... joined starting rotation for three starts Save .................4/18/18 Runs Allowed ........... 6, 7/13/17 (10.0 IP, 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts). CG ................................ Walks ...................... 3, 3 games Shutout ......................... Strikeouts ................. 5, 6/15/16 2016 - Gulf Coast League: Moved up to GCL, June 29th, and suffered the loss vs. GCL Tigers (2.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 1 K)... started nine GCL games before year concluded... ended year on 2018 - Lansing Lugnuts high note, 8/29/16, earning victory vs. GCL Tigers West (5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 run, 1 solo HR, 0 BB, 6 K)... limited right-handers to .238 avg. and .642 OPS; lefties batted .302 with .752 OPS... opposing base Game Dec. IP H R BB K HR ERA Final stealers took 13 bags in 14 attempts. 4/5 at GL - 1.0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 W, 12-1 4/10 at FW - 4.0 5 4 3 4 0 7.20 W, 6-5 2017 - Appy League: Moved up to Bluefield and worked as the No. 3 starter, debuting June 24th 4/18 vs. LC Sv., 1 4.0 3 0 1 3 0 4.00 W, 7-2 (3.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K)... followed up with five scoreless innings in next start, one of 4/23 vs. DAY W, 1-0 6.0 9 4 1 4 1 4.80 W, 10-7 three different five-inning scoreless performances... struck out seven batters in three straight starts, 4/28 at WM W, 2-0 5.0 6 2 1 5 1 4.50 W, 13-5 7/25-8/8... and then struck out eight batters, August 13th, at Princeton... pitched exactly five innings 5/4 vs. QC - 5.0 3 0 1 3 0 3.60 L, 8-7 in seven of last nine starts. 2018 - Midwest League: Debuted in relief at GL on Opening Day, April 5th, striking out three batters (one dropped third strike / wild pitch) and recording a ground out..