Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (12-9, 52-38) at Burlington Bees (9-12, 48-43) Saturday, July 13 • 7:30 p.m. • Community Field • Broadcast: All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT Game #91 • Road Game #47 • Season Series: 0-0, 3 Game Remaining RHP Thomas Ponticelli (3-2, 5.37 ERA) vs. RHP Clayton Chatham (MWL Debut) YESTERDAY: The Captains salvaged the final game in their three-game series at Clinton, defeating the LumberKings, 4-3. Lake County scored three runs in the first on RBI doubles by Connor Smith and Daniel Schneemann, and an RBI single by Cody Farhat. The Midwest League • Second Half LumberKings scored two runs in the fourth inning on an RBI double by J.D. Osborne and an RBI single by Davis Bradshaw. Clinton pulled within one run in the ninth on a two-out RBI double by Thomas Jones, but Captains reliever Manuel Alvarez got Marcos Rivera to ground out to shortstop to end the game with the tying run on second base. Alvarez notched his ninth save, allowing one run on two hits in his lone inning Eastern Division W L GB on the hill with one strikeout and no walks. Juan Mota started for the Captains and held the LumberKings to two runs on six hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and one walk, en route to the win. Clinton starter George Soriano took the loss, allowing four runs on six hits Bowling Green (Rays) 14 7 -- over six innings with six walks and four strikeouts. % LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 12 9 2.0 SECOND-HALF PERFORMERS: Since the start of the second half, Daniel Schneemann, Jose Fermin and Bo Naylor have been among the Midwest League’s most productive hitters. Schneemann is second in the Midwest League in on-base percentage (.458), second in Lansing (Blue Jays) 12 9 2.0 average (.371), sixth in OPS (.926) and tied for eighth in hits (23). Fermin leads the league in runs (17), is second in steals (7), third in hits (26), fifth in average (.356) and sixth in on-base percentage (.407). Naylor is tied for fourth in runs (14). @ Great Lakes (Dodgers) 11 10 3.0 ADVANCED STATS: Jose Fermin owns the lowest swinging strike percentage (3.7%) and the third-lowest strikeout percentage in the South Bend (Cubs) 11 10 3.0 Midwest League (9.9%). Ruben Cardenas is eighth in the MWL in wRC+ (140). Bo Naylor is 13th in the league in line drive percentage (20.3%). Dayton (Reds) 8 13 6.0 ALL OR NOTHING: Since the start of the second half, the Captains’ pitching staff leads the league in strikeouts (199) and are third in home West Michigan (Tigers) 8 13 6.0 runs allowed (17). Cedar Rapids has allowed the most home runs since the All-Star Break (22) and Fort Wayne is second (18). Fort Wayne (Padres) 7 14 7.0 JUST SCORE, BABY: The Captains are 35-6 when they score five or more runs in a game. They are 3-15 when they score two or fewer runs. FIRST HALF RECAP: The Captains won the Eastern Division Wild Card, finishing the first half with a 40-29 record and clinching a playoff Western Division W L GB berth for the first time since 2014. Lake County’s offense finished the half with a .230/.325/.396 slash line (.721 OPS). The Captains led the league in slugging percentage (.396) and home runs (63). They finished second in runs scored (336) and third in stolen bases (81). The Clinton (Marlins) 14 7 -- Captains’ pitching staff finished the first half with a 3.55 team ERA, good for seventh in the MWL. On an individual level, Will Benson finished the half leading the league in home runs (18), slugging percentage (.604), OPS (.974), RBI (55) and total bases (131). Benson also finished Kane County (Diamondbacks) 14 7 -- second in extra-base hits (33), third in steals (18) and third in runs (44). Ruben Cardenas entered the All-Star Break in second in triples (5), third in slugging percentage (.518), fifth in OPS (.867) and fifth in extra-base hits (26). Tyler Freeman finished the half leading the MWL in Wisconsin (Brewers) 13 8 1.0 runs (51). Luis Oviedo ended the first half leading the league in starts (13), second in wins (6) and fifth in innings pitched (67.1). @ Quad Cities (Astros) 12 8 1.5 CLINCHED: The Captains clinched a Midwest League playoff berth by winning the first half Eastern Division Wild Card. Lake County will face the first half champion Great Lakes Loons in the first round. % Cedar Rapids (Twins) 12 9 2.0 PLAYOFF HISTORY: Lake County has now reached the postseason six times. The Captains made the South Atlantic League playoffs in Burlington (Angels) 9 12 5.0 2003 and 2008. The Captains have reached the Midwest League postseason in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2019. They have won the division three times (2003, 2008, 2010) and the Wild Card three times (2012, 2014 and 2019). The Captains’ lone league championship was in the MWL in Beloit (A’s) 7 13 6.5 2010. Peoria (Cardinals) 3 18 11.0 2019 ALL-STARS: OF Will Benson (now at High-A Lynchburg), SS Tyler Freeman (now at High-A Lynchburg) and RHP Manuel Alvarez represented the Captains at the 55th MWL All-Star Classic on June 18 at Four Winds Field in South Bend, IN. Benson was named an All-Star st nd st nd @-1 Half Title $-2 Half Title %-1 -half Wild Card *-2 -half Wild Card starter, while Freeman and Alvarez were reserves. Alvarez is the only player remaining on the active roster after Benson and Freeman were promoted to High-A. BIG MOMENTS: Will Benson hit four home runs in one game on April 18 against the South Bend Cubs, becoming the firs player in Captains history in the fifth in the history of the Midwest League to accomplish the rare feat. Ruben Cardenas hit an inside-the-park home run on April Captains Contacts 16 in Bowling Green, marking the Captains’ first inside-the-park round-tripper since Sam Haggerty hit one on August 8, 2016 against the Dayton Dragons. The Captains also pitched a combined no-hitter on June 22 in game two of a doubleheader against the West Michigan Whitecaps. Eli Lingos, Luis Araujo and Kellen Rholl combined for the fifth no-hitter in Captains history. Tim O’Brien: [email protected] TOP PROSPECTS: Lake County features four of the Indians’ Top 30 prospects on its active roster, according to MLB.com. C Bo Naylor (#4), Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] RHP Luis Oviedo (#8), 2B/SS Jose Fermin (#23), OF Quentin Holmes (#27). Telephone: 440-975-8085 TOP PICKS: The Captains’ roster includes one former first round draft pick and the Indians’ #1 draft selections from each of the last two years Twitter: @LCCaptains with OF Quentin Holmes* (2017; 2nd round – 64th overall) and C Bo Naylor (2018; 1st round – 29th overall). *The Indians did not have a first round pick in 2017. CARLIN RETURNS: Luke Carlin is back for his second straight season as Captains Manager, becoming the first skipper since Ted Kubiak in 2010-11 to spend multiple seasons in Lake County. Between Kubiak’s 2011 campaign and Carlin’s Captains debut last year, the Captains had UPCOMING SCHEDULEa new manager AND every PROBABLE year for seven straight PITCHING years. Carlin is now the MATCHUPS fourth manager in Captains history to lead the team for multiple seasons, Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter joining Kubiak, Aaron Holbert Opponent(2008-09) and Starter Luis Rivera (2003-04). 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LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER #43 THOMAS PONTICELLI RHP 2019 Game-By-Game Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): April 15, 1997 (22) *4/6 at GL W 4.0 4 2 2 0 3 2 W, 5-3 Hometown: Newbury Park, CA *4/11 BG S 3.2 1 0 0 0 5 1 W, 2-1 School: University of San Francisco *4/17 at BG ND 3.0 7 4 4 0 2 0 L, 10-4 HT: 6’1” │WT: 195 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R *4/23 DAY ND 4.0 4 3 3 2 2 1 L, 7-4 *4/28 at WM ND 1.1 4 4 2 0 1 2 L, 5-0 Acquired: 2018 MLB Draft – Round 12 *5/4 KC S 4.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 W, 9-3 Pitch Selection: Fastball, curveball, slider, changeup *5/10 at WIS ND 1.2 1 2 2 0 2 2 L, 5-4 *5/15 FW S 4.0 7 4 4 1 2 0 W, 10-6 5/27 at LAN ND 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 2 L, 5-4 2019 Statistics 6/2 WM W 5.0 5 3 3 2 3 3 W, 7-3 Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO 6/7 LAN L 5.0 6 3 2 0 5 3 L, 6-4 LC 3 2 5.37 16 7 0 0 63.2 68 41 38 10 2 28 47 6/12 GL L 4.1 5 3 3 0 3 3 L, 5-0 Total 3 2 5.37 16 7 0 0 63.2 68 41 38 10 2 28 47 6/21 WM G1 W 5.0 6 4 4 2 3 2 W, 9-4 6/26 at LAN ND 4.0 3 3 3 1 3 4 W, 6-3 *7/2 FW ND 4.2 5 2 2 1 4 1 L, 10-5 Career Statistics 7/7 LAN ND 5.0 4 2 2 0 5 2 L, 3-2 Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP Total 3-2-3 63.2 68 41 38 10 47 28 2018 AZL IND1 3 1 2.96 11 3 0 0 24.1 31 3 1.36 2018 LC 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 0.75 2019 LC 3 2 5.37 16 7 0 0 63.2 47 28 1.51 * Relief Appearance Total 2 Teams 7 3 4.50 28 10 0 0 92.0 82 32 1.43 LAST TIME OUT: Ponticelli held Lansing to two runs on four hits over five innings on Sunday at Classic Park.