High-A Affiliate OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (11-9) at West Michigan Whitecaps (10-9) Thursday, May 27th • 6:35 p.m. • LMCU Ballpark • Broadcast: WJCU.org Game #21 • Road Game #15 • Season Series: 0-2, 16 Games Remaining LHP Raymond Burgos (0-1, 3.86 ERA) vs. RHP Jesus Rodriguez (0-1, 6.97 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captains lost to the West Michigan Whitecaps, 1-0, on a 10th-inning walk-off balk. Rey Rivera scored High-A Central League the only run of the game when Kellen Rholl balked him home from third base with two outs in the 10th inning. Four Captains pitchers combined to two-hit West Michigan in the loss. Left-handed starter Logan Allen held the Whitecaps East Division W L GB scoreless over six frames with five strikeouts and one walk. Both West Michigan hits came against Allen. The Captains’ offense stranded five men on second base and squandered four doubles. Lake County did not advance a runner beyond second base in the game. Dayton (Cincinnati) 11 9 -- BRENNAN BASHING: Captains OF Will Brennan currently leads the High-A Central League (HAC) in doubles (9). He is LAKE COUNTY (Cleveland) 11 9 -- also second in on-base percentage (.465) and batting average (.356). The only qualified hitter with a better average than West Michigan (Detroit) 10 9 0.5 Brennan is Dayton’s Brian Rey (.423), who is no longer in the league after being promoted to Double-A. Brennan is tied for fourth in the HAC in hits (21). Lansing (Oakland) 10 10 1.0 SLUMPING: The Captains enter today with the fewest runs scored (75) in the High-A Central League. Over the last seven Great Lakes (Los Angeles - NL) 9 11 2.0 games, Lake County has a team OPS of .565 and has been outscored 35-16 (19 runs). Fort Wayne (San Diego) 7 12 3.5 PATIENCE: Though the Captains posted their lowest single-series team batting average against Great Lakes (.201), they produced their highest on-base percentage of any series this year (.323) thanks to their highest single-series walk total West Division W L GB (33). Jonathan Engelmann (6 BB, .588 OBP) and Will Brennan (5 BB, .591 OBP) led the club during the series. Quad Cities (Kansas City) 14 5 -- PITCHING POWERS CAPTAINS: The Captains’ pitching staff enters today with the lowest WHIP (1.19) and the second- lowest ERA (3.32) in the High-A Central League (HAC). Lake County remains among the league’s best staffs despite Beloit (Miami) 11 9 3.5 posting a 5.29 ERA during their series against Great Lakes last week, which increased the team’s ERA by 89 points. Logan Allen has the second-lowest ERA among qualified pitchers in the HAC at 0.83. South Bend (Chicago - NL) 10 9 4.0 SWING AWAY: The Captains’ offense has walked just 69 times this season. That is the fewest in the High-A Central Cedar Rapids (Minnesota) 9 11 5.5 League and the fourth-fewest in High-A. The Captains also have three of the seven lowest BB% rates among qualified hitters in the High-A Central League – Brayan Rocchio (3.8% - 3rd), José Tena (4.3% - 6th), Raynel Delgado (4.6% - 7th). Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 9 11 5.5 Peoria (St. Louis) 7 13 7.5 RUNNING WILD: The Captains are second in the High-A Central League and fourth in all of High-A with 38 stolen bases. Lake County base stealers have been caught seven times for an 81.6% success rate. DEFENSIVE FLEXIBILITY: The Captains’ have shuffled their infield defenders in 2021. Lake County has used four different first baseman, six different second baseman, six different third basemen and two different shortstops. Raynel Delgado, Brayan Rocchio and José Tena have each played three different infield positions. Victor Nova and Daniel Top Prospects Schneemann have played two different infield positions and left field. th The Cleveland farm system enters 2021 as the 13 best farm system in baseball according to MLB.com. Below are current Captains and their YOUNGSTERS: The Captains have five of the 10 youngest players in the High-A Central League – 1B Joe Naranjo (20), ranking in Cleveland’s system, according to various publications. INF Aaron Bracho (20), INF José Tena (20), INF Brayan Rocchio (20) and OF George Valera (20). Naranjo, Bracho and T ena are the three youngest players in the league. Naranjo, who turned 20 on Tuesday, is the youngest player in all of FanGraphs Baseball America MLB.com #3 George Valera #6 George Valera #4 George Valera High -A. Bracho (born 4/21/00) is the second youngest in all of High-A. The Captains have eight players who are age 21 or younger. #4 Brayan Rocchio #8 Brayan Rocchio #7 Brayan Rocchio #8 Aaron Bracho #11 Aaron Bracho #8 Aaron Bracho #20 Tanner Burns #16 Tanner Burns #15 Tanner Burns ALUMNI UPDATE: 2018 Captains RHP Jean Carlos Mejia made his major league debut for Cleveland on Friday. He was th th #21 Logan Allen #21 Logan Allen #23 Logan Allen the 99 former Captain to reach the big leagues and the 19,999 player in MLB history. Seven former Captains have made #29 Hunter Gaddis #24 Jose Tena their major league debuts this year – OF Ka’ai Tom (2016), RHP Luis Oviedo (2018-19), LHP Sam Hentges (2016), RHP #30 Bryan Lavastida #27 Bryan Lavastida Louis Head (2012-13), RHP Nick Sandlin (2018), INF Ivan Castillo (2014) and Mejia (2018). The record for the most #32 Jose Tena former Captains to debut in a single year is nine (2013 and 2016). HIGH-A: The 2021 season marks the Captains’ first as the High-A Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. Lake County had been Cleveland’s Low-A Affiliate for 17 seasons (2003-2019) and 18 years (2003-2020). CURRENT SERIES SCHEDULE, RESULTS & PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS Date Opp. Time/Result Captains StarterNEW SKIPPER: Greg DiCenzo was named theOpponent Captains’ Startermanager before the eventually-canceled 2020 season.Broadcast DiCenzo 5/25 at WM L, 4-3 Hunter Gaddis,spent RHP the (1 previous-2, 4.80 )12 seasons as the head baseballChance coach Kirby, at RHPthe College (1-1, 2.81 of the) Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. DuringWJCU.org his 5/26 at WM L (10), 1-0 Logan Allen, timeLHP at(2 the-0, 0helm,.83) DiCenzo was twice named PatriotBeau LeagueBrieske, Coach RHP of(1 -the1, 3 Y.06ear) (2008 and 2013). Prior to his timeWJCU.org at Holy Cross, DiCenzo was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Northeastern University for five seasons. He also 5/27 at WM 6:35 p.m. Raymond Burgos, LHP (0-1, 3.86) Jesus Rodriguez, RHP (0-1, 6.97) WJCU.org 5/28 at WM 6:35 p.m. Tanner Burns,served RHP as(0 -a1, coach 4.97) for the Falmouth CommodoresKeider in theMontero, Cape Cod RHP Baseball (0-3, 11.57) League and at his alma mater, St. WJCU.orgLawrence University. DiCenzo enters his second year and first season as a coach in Cleveland’s organization. 5/29 at WM 6:35 p.m. Matt Turner, LHP (0-2, 4.38) TBD WJCU.org 5/30 at WM 2:05 p.m. Mason Hickman,NOW RHP IN THE (1-1, DUGOUT: 1.98) Grant Fink returns toChance Lake County Kirby, in RHP his first (1- 1,year 2. 81as) Captains Hitting Coach. Fink wasWJCU.org a Captains infielder in 2014 and 2015, and was the team’s starting third baseman in 2014 when the Captains reached the Midwest Classic Park 35300 Vine St. Eastlake, OH 44095 | 440-975-8085 | CaptainsBaseball.comLeague Championship | @LCCaptains Series. The 2021 | Media season Contact: is Fink’s fifth Andrew season Luft coachingglass; [email protected] 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 LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER 2021 Game -By-Game #46 RAYMOND BURGOS LHP Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): November 29, 1998 (22) 5/13 vs FW ND 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 W, 8-2 5/20 at GL L 4.0 6 4 3 1 3 1 L, 5-3 Hometown: Luquillo, PR School: Pedro Falu Orellano HS Total 0-1 7.0 8 4 3 1 7 1 HT: 6’5” │WT: 170 lbs │ Bats: L │Throws: L * Relief Appearance Acquired: 2016 MLB Draft – Round 18 Pitch Selection: Fastball, curveball, slider, changeup 2021 Statistics Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LC 0 1 3.86 2 2 0 0 7.0 8 4 3 1 0 1 7 Total 0 1 3.86 2 2 0 0 7.0 8 4 3 1 0 1 7 Career Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2018 AZL1 3 2 3.78 12 8 0 0 52.1 58 17 1.38 2018 MV 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 5.2 9 0 0.88 2019 LC 2 1 3.44 8 8 0 0 36.2 40 12 1.42 2021 LC 0 1 3.86 2 2 0 0 7.0 7 1 1.29 Total 3 Teams 5 4 3.45 23 19 0 0 101.2 114 30 1.36 LAST TIME OUT: Burgos took the loss at Great Lakes after allowing four runs, three earned, over six innings last Thursday at Dow Diamond.
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