Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (0-1, 29-42) vs. Bowling Green Hot Rods (1-0, 48-22) Friday, June 22 • 7:35 p.m. • Bowling Green Ballpark • Broadcast: All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT Game #72 • Road Game #37 • Season Series: 2-8, 10 Games Remaining LHP Kirk McCarty (1-5, 5.98 ERA) vs. LHP Josh Fleming (3-1, 1.35 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captains lost the first game of the second half in a contest that featured a two-hour and four-minute rain Midwest League • Overall delay. The Bowling Green Hot Rods outlasted Lake County at Bowling Green Ballpark, 7-2. Bowling Green scored four runs in the first inning against Captains starter Jean Carlos Mejia. Hot Rods starter Austin Franklin held the Captains scoreless over the first give frames before the rain paused play for over two hours in the middle of the fifth inning. After the delay, the Hot Rods Eastern Division W L GB scored three runs – one earned – in the bottom of the sixth against right-hander Gregori Vasquez. Lake County’s only runs came on Ulysses Cantu’s two-run homer in the seventh against Orlando Romero. @Bowling Green (Rays) 1 0 -- FIRST HALF RECAP: Lake County finished the first half in seventh place in the Eastern Division with a 29-41 record. The %Lansing (Blue Jays) 1 0 -- Captains’ offense finished 10th in the Midwest League with a .246 team average, but also led the league in home runs with 62. Lake County’s pitching staff was 15th in the league with a team ERA of 4.42. South Bend (Cubs) 1 0 -- MIDWEST LEAGUE ALL-STARS: Three Captains were named to the Midwest League Eastern Division All-Star Team for 2018: Fort Wayne (Padres) 0 0 0.5 th OF Will Benson, LHP Kyle Nelson and RHP Tommy DeJuneas (DL). Benson and Nelson played in the 54 MWL All-Star West Michigan (Tigers) 0 0 0.5 Classic on Tuesday 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 looking and got Clinton’s Ryan Costello to line out to centerfield. Dayton (Reds) 0 1 1.0 Great Lakes (Dodgers) 0 1 1.0 HOME RUN DERBY: Will Benson finished second in the 2018 Midwest League Home Run Derby on Tuesday in Lansing. Benson hit 23 home runs, but was bested by Bowling Green catcher Ronaldo Hernandez. The Hot Rods’ backstop won the final LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 0 1 1.0 round with 13 home runs against Benson’s 10. Western Division W L GB HOME RUN KINGS: The Captains lead the Midwest League in home runs with 63. Cedar Rapids sits in second with 55. Lake County, however, is 13th in runs scored with 295. Beloit (A’s) 1 0 -- HOME COOKING: The Captains have posted an 18-17 record at Classic Park, but are 11-25 on the road this season. Lake Cedar Rapids (Twins) 1 0 -- County has a run differential of -17 at home and a -50 run differential on the road. Burlington (Angels) 0 0 0.5 WALK-OFF MAGIC: Eight of the Captains’ 18 victories at Classic Park this year have come on walk-offs. Lake County beat Fort Clinton (Mariners) 0 0 0.5 Wayne on Openin g Night with a walk-off single by Jorma Rodriguez. The Captains have won two games on walk-off homers (Oscar Gonzalez: May 14 vs. SB & Ulysses Cantu: May 25 vs. GL). Lake County has also won two games on walk-off passed Kane County (Diamondbacks) 0 0 0.5 balls (April 23 vs. WM & May 5 vs. BEL). Todd Isaacs hit a walk-off, two-run single to beat Dayton on June 5. Isaacs then hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning against Lansing on June 12. On June 14, J.J. Berardi hit a walk-off single in the 10th to beat %Peoria (Cardinals) 0 0 0.5 Lansing again. The Captains had only one walk-off win in 2017. @Quad Cities (Astros) 0 1 1.0 THE HERO: Todd Isaacs has had a hand in four of the Captains’ eight walk-off victories. He scored the game-winning runs on Opening Night (single by Jorma Rodriguez vs. FW) and on April 23 (passed ball vs. WM). He then produced walk-off singles Wisconsin (Brewers) 0 1 1.0 against Dayton and Lansing on June 5 and June 12. Last year, Isaacs delivered the Captains’ only walk-off win with a home run th @-1st Half Title $-2nd Half Title %-1st-half Wild Card *-2nd-half Wild Card against Bowling Green to clinch the 1,000 win in team history. WHO’S HOT? - Nolan Jones: Leads the Leads the team with a .448 OBP in June and is second on the club this month in SLG (.518) and OPS (.966). In the Captains’ recent three-game series against Bowling Green at Classic Park, Jones went 7-for-11 with two homers. Captains Contacts - Tyler Friis: Is batting .330 (30-for-91) in his last 22 games with two home runs, four doubles and eight RBIs. Leads the team with 13 walks and six steals in June. Tim O’Brien: [email protected] - Jose Medina: Leads the team with a .359 AVG in June and is slashing .359/.405/.513. Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] DRAFT REPORT: The Indians have now signed 27 selections from the 2018 MLB Amateur Draft. OF Ruben Cardenas, the Telephone: 440-975-8085 Indians’ 16th round pick from Cal State Fullerton, signed today. Cleveland’s Competitive Balance Round A selection (41st overall), Twitter: @LCCaptains RHP Lenny Torres, Jr., signed on Tuesday and is the highest draft selection the Indians have signed to date. The 17-year old is th also the youngest Cleveland draftee to sign. Cleveland has also signed its second round pick (67 overall), RHP Nick Sandlin, who was teammates with Captains LHP Kirk McCarty at Southern Mississippi. UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter Opponent Starter Live Audio (Subject to Change) 6/23 at Bowling Green 7:35 PM LHP Juan Hillman TBA All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT 6/24 at Bowling Green 3:05 PM RHP Gregori Vasquez RHP Tommy Romero All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN 6/25 at Lansing 7:05 PM LHP Francisco Perez TBA All Sports CLE 6/26 at Lansing 7:05 PM RHP Jean Carlos Mejia TBA All Sports CLE LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER #35 KIRK McCARTY LHP 2018 Game-By-Game Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): October 12, 1995 (22) 4/7 at FW ND 4.1 4 3 3 0 7 3 W, 9-3 Hometown: Hattiesburg, MS 4/12 at DAY ND 4.1 11 9 9 3 4 1 L, 10-9 School: Southern Mississippi 4/20 vs. BG L 5.2 6 3 3 0 5 2 L, 7-2 HT: 5’10” │WT: 185 lbs │ Bats: L │Throws: L 4/25 G2 vs. WM ND 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 2 W, 6-3 5/2 vs. WIS W 5.0 3 1 1 0 8 5 W, 5-2 Acquired: 2017 MLB Draft – Round 7 5/7 at KC L 7.0 6 3 3 0 7 1 L, 7-1 Pitch Selection: Fastball, curveball, slider, changeup 5/12 at QC ND 5.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 W, 5-3 5/18 at WM L 4.2 9 6 6 0 7 1 L, 7-2 5/23 at DAY ND 5.0 4 2 1 0 3 2 L, 5-4 2018 Statistics 5/28 vs. GL ND 5.2 8 5 5 2 6 2 L, 14-5 Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO 6/2 at SB L 6.2 4 1 1 1 4 1 L, 3-0 LC 1 5 5.98 13 13 0 0 64.2 74 44 43 9 2 23 71 6/8 at GL L 4.2 4 4 4 0 7 3 L, 5-4 Total 1 5 5.98 13 13 0 0 64.2 74 44 43 9 2 23 71 6/14 vs. LAN ND 6.0 4 1 1 1 7 0 W, 4-3 Total 1-5 64.2 74 44 43 9 71 23 Career Statistics * Relief Appearance Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2017 MV 2 2 1.85 13 6 0 0 34.0 33 10 1.09 2018 LC 1 5 5.98 13 13 0 0 64.2 71 23 1.50 Total 2 Teams 3 7 4.56 26 19 0 0 98.2 104 33 1.36 LAST TIME OUT: McCarty pitched arguably his finest game of the season last Thursday against the Lansing Lugnuts at Classic Park. The lefty struck out seven and did not issue a walk over six innings. McCarty gave up just one run on four hits. Lansing’s only tally against McCarty came on a solo homer by Matt Morgan in the third. McCarty left the game with the Captains leading, 2-1. Lansing, however, overcame a 3-1 deficit with two runs in the ninth and the Captains ended up winning in 10 innings on a walk-off single by J.J.