History vs. Great Lakes Great Lakes Loons The Nuts are 3-4 this year and 118-115 all-time vs. Great Lakes, 67-60 in Michigan’s state High-A Affiliate, Los Angeles Dodgers • 18-19, T-4th capital and 51-55 at Dow Diamond. RHP Logan Boyer (3.12 ERA) Meeting Score Meeting Score 1. 5/25 at LAN W, 10-5 13. 7/6 at GL at 2. 5/26 at LAN L, 5-2 14. 7/7 at GL 3. 5/27 at LAN L, 10-1 15. 7/8 at GL 4. 5/28 at LAN L, 4-2 16. 7/9 at GL 5. 5/29 at LAN W, 7-3 17. 7/10 at GL Lansing Lugnuts 6. 5/30 at LAN L, 6-2 18. 7/11 at GL High-A Affiliate, Oakland Athletics • 18-19, T-4th 7. 6/15 at LAN W, 9-7 19. 8/17 at GL 8. 6/16 at LAN 20. 8/18 at GL RHP Seth Shuman (1.42 ERA) 9. 6/17 at LAN 21. 8/19 at GL 10. 6/18 at LAN 22. 8/20 at GL 11. 6/19 at LAN 23. 8/21 at GL JACKSON® FIELD™ LANSING, MI WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 7:05 PM GAME 38 12. 6/20 at LAN 24. 8/22 at GL Tonight: Coming off a series-opening victory, the Lugnuts play the second game in a six-game series against the Great Lakes Loons, the eighth meeting of 24 between the two Michigan- based High-A clubs this season. The Loons previously won four out of six games against the Lugnuts in Lansing to end May and are 4-3 against the Nuts this season. Tonight, like all Wednesday home games, is a Dog Days of Summer, with dogs welcome at the park! On the Air: Tonight’s game is on both MiLB.TV and accessible via streaming online audio via http://milb.streamguys1.com/lansing, with Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Adam Jaksa on the call of the game. Sunday: Lugnuts 9, Loons 7. Shortstop Max Schuemann singled twice, walked twice, was hit by a pitch, and stole a franchise single-game record five bases, and the Lugnuts re- covered from losing a 7-2 lead to score two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on a bases-loaded balk and a Lazaro Armenteros RBI single to defeat Great Lakes in the opener of a six-game series. What’s New in 2021: Entering this season, the Lugnuts’ stadium name changed from Cooley Law School Stadium to Jackson® Field™, the Nuts moved up to the High-A Central, and they accepted an invitation to affiliate with the Oakland A’s, the Nuts’ fourth MLB partner, following the Kansas City Royals (1996-98), Chicago Cubs (1999-2004) and Blue Jays (2005-2020). UPCOMING GAMES IN A NUTSHELL 7:05 p.m., Thursday, June 17 RHP Bobby Miller (1.00), Loons at RHP Richard Guasch (1.85), Lugnuts 18-19 7:05 p.m., Friday, June 18 RHP Landon Knack (5.40), Loons at RHP Reid Birlingmair (4.50), Lugnuts Streak: Won 2 7:05 p.m., Saturday, June 19 RHP Clayton Beeter (6.52), Loons at RHP Colin Peluse (5.40), Lugnuts 1:05 p.m., Sunday, June 20 RHP Logan Boyer (3.12), Loons at RHP Stevie Emanuels (5.18), Lugnuts Home: 9-10 Night: 14-17 Road: 9-9 Day: 4-2 LUG•NOTES: HEADLINES AND POINTS OF INTEREST vs. LHP: 1-2 vs. RHP: 17-17 Meet the Boss: Scott Steinmann is the 16th manager in Lugnuts team history. Born in Dayton, Steinmann joins the Lugnuts after three straight seasons assigned to manage Double-A Midland (though the 2020 season was canceled). Steinmann previously managed against the Lugnuts with Wisconsin Tuesday: 6-1 (2005), Clinton (2009, 2014-15) and Beloit (2017). More info about the skipper can be found on the next page of these notes. Wednesday: 2-4 Heating Up: Missouri State product Drew Millas has excelled at the plate in his last 12 games, hitting .404 (19-for-47) and raising his batting average Thursday: 1-5 from .177 to .275. Millas enters today on a 18-game on-base streak, extended with a second-inning single yesterday. The Lugnuts’ longest streak this Friday: 2-4 season is 24 games, set by Max Schuemann from May 8-June 6. Saturday: 3-3 Man of Steal: InfielderMax Schuemann (Portage Northern H.S. / Eastern Michigan University) set a Lugnuts single-game franchise record last night with Sunday: 4-2 five stolen bases, breakingSamad Taylor’s mark from July 1, 2018. Schuemann leads Minor League Baseball with 27 steals, three more than Augusta’s Braulio Vasquez and ten more than the Major League leader, Kansas City’s Whit Merrifield. Schuemann is tied for second in the Minors with 12 HBPs Series wins: 0-0 and is tied for second in the High-A Central with 32 runs scored. Series losses: 0-1 Double Your Pleasure: The Lugnuts’ offense tops the High-A Central with 80 doubles. Nine different hitters have notched at least six doubles. Series splits: 5 Roster Moves: Yesterday, pitcher Jack Weisenburger was promoted to Double-A Midland, his spot on the roster taken by starter David Leal. In addition, Scored 1st: 14-7 Lester Madden, Jr, was placed on the Injured List. Today, the Nuts reinstated outfielderAustin Beck, the 6th overall selection in 2017, from the Injured List. Opponent scored 1st: 4-12 Seeking Health: Not only do the Nuts have three players -- pitchers Charlie Cerny and Jeff Criswell and outfielderLester Madden, Jr. -- on the Injured Shutouts: 2-2 List, outfielderMichael Guldberg has not played in a game since May 29th and first baseman Patrick McColl has not had a plate appearance since June 3rd More hits than opp.: 14-1 1st in the High-A Central, but...: The Lugnuts’ pitching staff tops the High-A Central with a 3.54 earned run average, leading second-place West Michigan (3.87), but that ERA has taken a hit with 33 earned runs allowed in the last five games, seven last night, jumping the team ERA from 3.02 entering June 10. Fewer hits than opp.: 2-17 Equal hits: 2-1 Highs and Lows: With yesterday’s nine-run output, the Lugnuts have now scored at least seven runs in a game 14 times this season, and have also scored two runs or fewer in a game 15 times. The season series against the Great Lakes Loons bears out this divide: In the Nuts’ three wins, they have Comeback wins: 6 scored 10, 9 and 7 runs. In the Nuts’ four losses, they have scored 1, 2, 2 and 2 runs. Final at-bat wins: 2 Keys to Success: When Lansing scores more than two runs in a game, the club is 16-6. When it scores two runs or fewer, the record is 2-13. Additionally, Walk-offs: - when the Nuts outhit the opposition, they are 14-1 this season. When they get outhit, they are 2-17 - but the second win came yesterday in the opener, Extra Innings: 1-0 with theBaseball Lugnuts America’sprevailing despite Top A’s being Prospects outhit, 14-11. MLB.com’s Top A’s Prospects Keith Law’s Top A’s Prospects No. 13 - CF Austin Beck No. 12 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 14 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 18 - 3B Jordan Díaz No. 18 - CF Austin Beck No. 15 - CF Austin Beck No. 23 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 19 - OF Lazaro Armenteros No. 17 - C Drew Millas Leading Trailing Tied No. 26 - P Colin Peluse No. 28 - P Colin Peluse No. 18 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 27 - C Drew Millas No. 29 - OF Michael Guldberg After 6: 17-3 1-16 1-0 No. 29 - OF Lazaro Armenteros No. 30 - C Drew Millas After 7: 18-2 0-17 1-0 No. 35 - P Richard Guasch No. 39 - P Stevie Emanuels After 8: 18-1 0-18 1-0 Jackson® Field™, 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 | (517) 485-4500 | lansinglugnuts.com | @lansinglugnuts | Contact: Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, [email protected] 33 SCOTT STEINMANN MANAGER Age: 47 | Height: 6’2 | Bats/Throws: L/R Year Team - League W-L PCT Finish 2003 Peoria - AZL 30-23 .566 3rd/3rd Born: July 17, 1973 | Hometown: Chandler, AZ 2004 Peoria - AZL 31-25 .554 T-2nd/5th 2005 Wisconsin - MWL 76-63 .547 1st/1st College: Miami University (Oxford, OH) 2007 High Desert - CAL 54-86 .386 5th/5th Pro Managerial Experience: 13th season 2008 West Tenn - SL 70-68 .507 T-1st/5th 2009 Clinton - MWL 69-68 .503 4th Years in Pro Baseball: 1996-present, 25th season 2011 Peoria - AZL 25-31 .446 2nd 2014 Clinton - MWL 61-77 .442 7th/6th Year Team - League G AB H HR AVG OPS 2015 Clinton - MWL 46-93 .331 6th/8th 1996 Lancaster - CAL 5 10 2 0 .200 .454 2017 Beloit - MWL 65-73 .471 T-4th/4th Everett - NWL 30 100 14 0 .140 .459 2018 Midland - TL 68-71 .489 3rd/3rd 1997 Wisconsin - MWL 72 225 48 0 .213 .545 2019 Midland - TL 73-66 .525 2nd/1st 1998 Orlando - SL 18 52 9 0 .173 .495 Total 12 years, 1294 G 597-697 .461 - Total 3 seasons 125 387 73 0 .189 .512 • Managed Wisconsin to MWL Championship Series in 2005. • Caught a two-inning, five-K Randy Johnson rehab ap- • On May 7, 2014, Steinmann’s Clinton LumberKings overcame a 17-1 • In addition to the managerial seasons above, Steinmann worked pearance in 1996 with Everett.