FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2019 GAME NOTES Fort Wayne TinCaps (20-29, 53-64) @ South Bend Cubs (27-22, 64-53) RHP Edwuin Bencomo (1st start of year) vs. RHP Carlos Vega (1st MiLB start) Monday, Aug. 12 • Four Winds Field (South Bend, Ind.) • First Pitch 7:05 PM (Game 118 / 138) LISTEN: John Nolan, Mike Maahs & Evan Stockton (ESPN Radio 1380 & 100.9 FM | TinCapsRadio.com | TuneIn) WATCH: MiLB.TV APPLE SLICES NEWS & NOTES vs. SB in 2019 (7-7, 1-5 Away) 11 Home, 7 Away (18 Total) Home Record: 31-27 TOUGH TWO DAYS: South Bend has taken the first two games of the series. On Road Record: 22-37 Saturday night, the Cubs won a low scoring, well-pitched 3-0 game. On Sunday Day Record: 13-16 April 25 (Thurs) Away W, 12-6 Night Record: 39-48 afternoon, South Bend scored the final seven runs of the game, erasing a 3-1 Streak: L3, W7/11 deficit to win 8-3. April 26 (Fri) Away L, 7-4 Sunday: 6-11 BENCOMO’S BEEN BRILLANT: Right-hander Edwuin Bencomo makes his first Monday: 8-7 April 27 (Sat) Away PPD Tuesday: 7-6 start of the season for the TinCaps tonight – his first nine appearances were all in th Wednesday: 9-8 relief. In his last seven outings (dating back to July 20 ), the 20-year-old has April 28 (Sun) Away L, 6-1 Thursday: 13-5 posted a 2.03 ERA in 13.1 IP (3 earned runs) with 17 strikeouts and 4 walks. Friday: 6-14 Saturday: 4-13 April 28 (Sun) Away L, 11-2 WALK & RUN: Outfielder Jawaun Harris ranks 3rd in the MWL in stolen bases April: 11-13 with 29. For that matter, he’s only been caught stealing 4 times, making him the May 20 (Mon) Home W, 9-1 May: 15-14 only player in the league with 23+ SB and < 5 CS. Harris is also tied for 5th in the June: 10-15 MWL in BB% (14.8%). Harris is batting leadoff tonight for just the third time this May 21 (Tues) Home W, 1-0 July: 10-18 August: 7-4 season. September: 0-0 May 22 (Wed) Home W, 3-1 HOT CURRY: Outfielder Michael Curry’s season got off to a slow start. After Leading after Six: 40-6 being in Extended Spring Training, he appeared in 5 April games before going May 23 (Thurs) Home W, 3-2 Tied after Six: 8-7 back to Extended. He returned Memorial Day Weekend and went 0-for-6 in his Trailing after Six: 4-49 th June 25 (Tues) Home L, 10-4 Leading after Seven: 42-3 first 2 games back. But in 55 games since May 26, he ranks 4 in the MWL in th Tied after Seven: 5-4 OPS (.875). Curry also ranks 4 in OBP (.399) and RBIs (29), and the former Trailing after Seven: 4-55 Georgia Bulldog is also 6th in SLG% (.476). Curry went 2-for-3 with a double and June 26 (Wed) Home W, 9-1 Leading after Eight: 44-1 a walk on Sunday. Tied after Eight: 5-5 June 27 (Thurs) Home W, 5-2 Trailing after Eight: 0-54 J-LO’S FEELING IT: Over his last 19 games (dating back to July 21), June 28 (Fri) Home L, 8-1 Scoring first: 36-18 infielder Justin Lopez has slashed .324/.351/.473 (.824 OPS) with 5 doubles, 2 Opponent scores first: 15-48 homers, and 11 RBIs... Entering the weekend, Lopez, 19, was 1 of only 4 Aug. 10 (Sat) Away L, 3-0 Come-from-behind wins: 19 teenagers in the MWL with 10+ home runs this season. The others are Shutouts: 9-6 Peoria’s Nolan Gorman, who was drafted by the Cardinals 19th overall in Aug. 11 (Sun) Away L, 8-3 vs. LH starter: 12-14 2018 (he hit 10 before a mid-season promotion), Burlington’s Kevin Maitan, who vs. RH starter: 41-50 was rated as the No. 1 international free agent prospect in 2016, and Aug. 12 (Mon) Away 7:05 PM Lansing’s Gabriel Moreno, the No. 9 Blue Jays prospect. Scoring fewer than Three: 4-29 Scoring Three or Four: 14-27 Aug. 28 (Wed) Home 7:05 PM Scoring Five or more: 35-8 LINE DRIVE LEE: Infielder Lee Solomon ranks tied for 2nd in the MWL in line drive % at 21.3% on batted balls in play. Solomon went 2-for-4 on Thursday night Aug. 29 (Thurs) Home 7:05 PM 1-run games: 18-19 with a home run and 3 RBIs, his seventh multi-RBI game of the season. The 2-run games: 3-6 infielder also drove in the only TinCaps run on Friday night – he has eight RBIs in 3+-run games: 32-39 Aug. 30 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM Extra Innings: 1-5 nine games during August. Out-hitting opponent: 40-10 KEEPING CONTROL: TinCaps pitchers have issued the fewest walks in the PADRES PROPECTS Being out-hit: 7-47 MWL this season, averaging just 2.9 per 9 innings. Fort Wayne also has the best MLB.com and Baseball America Same number of hits: 6-7 ratio of strikeouts to walks (3.11). The ‘Caps pitching staff has 71 strikeouts have both rated the Padres’ farm compared to 23 walks during their last nine games. Series W-L-T (Home): 9-6-4 system as the best in baseball in Series W-L-T (Road): 4-9-5 Series W-L-T (Total): 12-15-9 FAMILIAR ROAD FOES: Every single remaining game for the TinCaps this 2019. The following TinCaps are Series Sweeps (Home): 3-4 season is against an Eastern Division opponent. After tonight’s series wraps up in ranked by MLB.com’s MLB Series Sweeps (Road): 1-4 South Bend, the ‘Caps head to Lansing Wednesday–Friday after an off day Pipeline as Top 30 San Diego Series Sweeps (Total): 4-7 Prospects: Tuesday. The road slate wraps up with a three-game series at Dayton (Aug. 21- Home crowds of 6,000+: 8-12 23) and a four-game trip to West Michigan (Aug. 24 – 27). Home crowds of 7,000+: 8-8 5. C.J. Abrams (SS)* Home crowds of 8,000+: 1-2 8. Ryan Weathers (LHP) Sellouts: 14 MARTY PARTY: Right-handed reliever Adrian Martinez, starting in the place of the recently promoted Joey Cantillo, tossed a very solid start on Saturday 15. Tucupita Marcano (INF) Weather Delays: 4 night. The 22-year-old from Mexico allowed two runs on five hits in 5.2 IP with 19. Joey Cantillo (LHP) Suspensions: 1 four strikeouts. Since July 1, Martinez has made 11 appearances (all but one in 30. Blake Hunt (C) Postponements: 3 relief), posting an ERA of 1.82 in 24.2 innings with 25 strikeouts and 6 walks. Cancelled: 2 * No. 48 overall in baseball / IL Ended Early: 2 Upcoming Games (All Times Eastern) Tuesday, Aug. 13 OFF Wednesday, Aug. 14 @ Lansing 7:05 PM LHP Omar Cruz vs. RHP Fitz Stadler Thursday, Aug. 15 @ Lansing 7:05 PM RHP Efraín Contreras vs. RHP Troy Watson Friday, Aug. 16 @ Lansing 7:05 PM LHP Cullen Dana vs. RHP Troy Miller Saturday, Aug. 17 vs. Bowling Green 7:05 PM Media Contact: John Nolan — [email protected] MORE NOTES PADRES ON DECK: MLB.com, Baseball America, and ESPN rated San Diego’s farm system as baseball’s best entering the season. The ‘Caps have 4 active players on MLB.com’s Top 30 list for the Pads (see list on Page 1). Not to be overlooked, ESPN’s Keith Law ranked INF Justin Lopez at No. 19. He also noted RHP Efraín Contreras as another to watch with OF Agustin Ruiz. 260 TO THE SHOW: 186 former Fort Wayne players have reached the big leagues since the franchise was founded in 1993. 12 ‘Caps alums have broken through this year with SS Fernando Tatis Jr. (2017), RHP Chris Paddack (2016), LHP Nick Margevicius (2018), RHP Pedro Avila (2017), RHP Gerardo Reyes (2016), INF Ty France (2016), C Austin Allen (2016), LHP Logan Allen (2016-17), RHP Andres Muñoz (2017), LHP Adrian Morejon (2017), and RHP Michel Baez (2017) appearing for the Padres, plus INF Josh VanMeter (2014-15) with the Reds. ALL-STARS: The TinCaps were represented in June 18’s Midwest League All-Star game by Xavier Edwards, who started at second base, plus starting pitcher Ryan Weathers and reliever Henry Henry. Edwards went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, while Henry tossed 1/3 scoreless, and Weathers didn’t pitch in the game. PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Left-handed starting pitcher Joey Cantillo was the MWL’s Player of the Month for June. The 19-year-old left-hander from Hawaii made 4 starts in June, posting a league-low 0.36 ERA across 25 innings. Cantillo struck out 30 batters, while walking only 1. His batting average against (.099) and WHIP (0.36) were also the best in the MWL. Along the way, Cantillo won the league's Pitcher of the Week award 2 consecutive weeks to close the month, becoming the first MWL pitcher to claim the honor in back-to-back weeks since 2017. Cantillo is the 4th TinCap to win such an honor since the MWL began awarding a Player of the Month in 2013. He's the 1st Fort Wayne pitcher to garner the accolade… Cantillo won his franchise-record 3rd Player of the Week Award on Aug.