High-A Affiliate OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (36-30) vs Great Lakes Loons (36-30) Tuesday, July 20th • 7:00 p.m. • Classic Park • Broadcast: WJCU.org Game #67 • Home Game #25 • Season Series: 5-7, 12 Games Remaining RHP Kevin Coulter (4-3, 6.57 ERA) vs. RHP Jesus Vargas (5-2, 2.78 ERA) High-A Central League SUNDAY: Mason Hickman hurled a career high 6.1 innings on the mound, allowing just one run on six hits against Lansing. Lake County took the lead in the top of the fourth inning. Bryan Lavastida led off with a walk, then went to third on a José Tena double. With two outs, a pitch bounced away from Lugnuts’ catcher Drew Millas a few feet East Division W L GB in front of home plate. Lavastida raced home and just beat the tag to put the Captains on top 1-0. In the sixth inning Lavastida scored again on a Joe Naranjo groundout before Lansing added a run on a Jordan Diaz RBI-double in Dayton (Cincinnati) 36 29 -- the bottom half of the inning. Lavastida impacted the game in the seventh with an RBI-double that plated Victor Great Lakes (Los Angeles - NL) 36 30 0.5 Nova and Will Brennan. With the Captains up 4-1, Nathan Ocker allowed one run in the eighth but Jerson Ramirez tossed a scoreless ninth to seal the 4-2 win. LAKE COUNTY (Cleveland) 36 30 0.5 VALERA GOES DEEP: George Valera has hit four home runs in his last eight games. He has gone deep in every Lansing (Oakland) 31 35 5.5 other game he has played since last Friday. West Michigan (Detroit) 30 35 6.0 OUCH: The Captains got hit by 12 pitches in the series against Lansing, including a High-A Central League/Midwest League record seven on Wednesday. Brayan Rocchio has been hit by three pitches and Joe Fort Wayne (San Diego) 30 36 6.5 Donovan was hit three times in Wednesday’s game alone. West Division W L GB ROCCHIO ON A ROLL: Brayan Rocchio snapped an 11-game on-base streak on Sunday, during which he hit .340 (17-for-50) with one home run, two doubles and he has been hit by four pitches. Rocchio had five multi-hit Quad Cities (Kansas City) 43 21 -- games during the streak, including a four-hit game on July 13 at Lansing. In the month of July, Rocchio is hitting .300/.391/.383 (.775 OPS). Cedar Rapids (Minnesota) 36 30 8.0 SUPER NOVA: Victor Nova has hit .389/.489/.861 (1.350 OPS) in July with four home runs in 11 games. Over the Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 31 34 12.5 first two months of the season, he hit .179/.295/.241 (.536 OPS) with one home run in 37 games. South Bend (Chicago - NL) 30 35 13.5 LEADERBOARD: Captains OF Will Brennan and INF José Tena are neck-and-neck on the High-A Central League leaderboards. Brennan is seventh in the league in batting average (.290) and tied for second in doubles Beloit (Miami) 29 37 15.0 (20). Tena is fourth in batting average (.294) and tied for fourth in doubles (16). Peoria (St. Louis) 25 41 19.0 HOME COOKIN’ TASTES BETTER: The Captains are 18-6 at home, compared to 18-24 on the road. Captains pitchers have experienced the biggest home/road disparity. Lake County has a 3.01 ERA at Classic Park and a 4.83 ERA on the road. Top Prospects HOT LAVA: Bryan Lavastida is riding a 19-game on-base streak. Over the last 19 games (since June 24), The Cleveland farm system enters 2021 as the 13th best farm system in Lavastida is hitting .426/.488/.750 (1.238 OPS) with four homers and 10 doubles. Lavastida has eight multi-hit baseball according to MLB.com. Below are current Captains and their games during that span, including four three-hit performances. ranking in Cleveland’s system, according to various publications. ALUMNI UPDATE: 2017 Captains RHP Justin Garza became the 102nd former Captain to reach the major FanGraphs Baseball America MLB.com leagues when he debuted for Cleveland on June 27. A record 10 former Captains have made their major league #2 George Valera #6 George Valera #4 George Valera debuts this year – OF Ka’ai Tom (2016), RHP Luis Oviedo (2018-19), LHP Sam Hentges (2016), RHP Louis #3 Brayan Rocchio #8 Brayan Rocchio #6 Daniel Espino #5 Daniel Espino #9 Daniel Espino #7 Brayan Rocchio Head (2012-13), RHP Nick Sandlin (2018), INF Ivan Castillo (2014), Jean Carlos Mejia (2018), RHP Eli Morgan #7 Aaron Bracho #11 Aaron Bracho #8 Aaron Bracho (2018), INF Ernie Clement (2018) and Garza. That breaks the record for the most former Captains to debut in a #18 Tanner Burns #16 Tanner Burns #15 Tanner Burns single year, besting the nine alumni that debuted in 2013 and 2016. #27 Hunter Gaddis #24 José Tena #28 Bryan Lavastida #26 Bryan Lavastida DEFENSIVE FLEXIBILITY: The Captains’ have shuffled their defenders in 2021. Lake County has used four #30 José Tena different first baseman, six different second baseman, six different third basemen and two different shortstops. #36 Raymond Burgos #43 Xzavion Curry Raynel Delgado, Brayan Rocchio and José Tena have each played three different infield positions. Victor Nova and Daniel Schneemann have played two different infield positions and left field. YOUNGSTERS: The Captains have five of the 10 youngest players in the High-A Central League – 1B Joe CURRENT SERIES SCHEDULE,Naranjo RESULTS (20), INF Aaron & PROBABLE Bracho (20), INF PITCHING José Tena (20), MATCHUPS INF Brayan Rocchio (20) and OF George Valera Date Opp. Time/Result Captains Starter(20). Naranjo, Bracho and Tena are the threeOpponent youngest Starterplayers in the league. Naranjo, who turned 20 onBroadcast May 11, is 7/20 vs GL 7:00 p.m. Kevin Coulter,the RHP youn (gest4-3, player6.57) in all of High-A. Bracho Jesus(born 4/21/00)Vargas, RHPis the (5 second-2, 2.78 youngest) in all of High-A. 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DiCenzo spent the previous 12 seasons as the head baseball coach at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Classic Park 35300 Vine St. Eastlake, OH 44095 | 440-975-8085 | CaptainsBaseball.com | @LCCaptains | Media Contact: Andrew Luftglass; [email protected] MA. During his time at the helm, DiCenzo was twice named Patriot League Coach of the Year (2008 and 2013). Prior to his time at Holy Cross, DiCenzo was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Northeastern LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER 2021 Game -By-Game #45 KEVIN COULTER RHP Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): August 12, 1996 (24) *5/7 at LAN W 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 W, 6-2 *5/13 vs FW W 4.0 0 0 0 0 5 1 W, 8-2 Hometown: Buford, GA School: Mercer University *5/18 at GL ND 1.2 4 4 4 0 1 3 W, 10-6 *5/22 at GL ND 1.1 5 4 4 0 1 2 L, 12-1 HT: 6’5” │WT: 227 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R *5/27 at WM ND 2.1 3 1 1 0 3 0 L, 6-2 Acquired: 2019 Draft – 33rd Round *5/30 at WM ND 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 L, 7-1 Pitch Selection: Fastball, Curveball, Slider, Splitter 6/5 vs DAY L 1.2 10 7 7 0 1 0 L, 15-4 *6/10 at FW L 2.2 2 1 0 0 4 1 L (10), 5-4 *6/13 at FW L 1.0 2 2 1 0 1 0 L, 7-6 *6/18 vs WM W 4.0 2 1 1 1 7 1 W, 9-4 2021 Statistics 6/27 G2 at GL ND 2.1 2 4 4 0 7 1 L (8), 9-8 Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO 7/3 G2 vs SB W 5.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 W (7), 5-0 LC 4 3 6.57 14 4 0 0 38.1 50 29 28 2 1 13 36 7/8 at FW ND 4.2 6 2 2 1 2 1 L, 5-4 Total 4 3 6.57 14 4 0 0 38.1 50 29 28 2 1 13 36 *7/15 at LAN ND 2.2 5 2 2 0 5 0 L, 4-0 Total 4-3 38.1 50 29 28 2 36 13 Career Statistics * Relief Appearance Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2019 AZL CLE R 2 2 2.23 18 0 0 0 36.1 47 14 1.18 2021 LC 4 3 6.57 14 4 0 0 38.1 36 13 1.64 Total 2 Teams 6 5 4.46 32 4 0 0 74.2 83 27 1.42 LAST TIME OUT: Coulter came out of the bullpen for the first time since June 18th against Lansing on Thursday.