History vs. Great Lakes Great Lakes Loons The Nuts are 1-3 this year and 116-114 all-time High-A Affiliate, Los Angeles Dodgers • 11-11, T-3rd vs. Great Lakes, 65-59 in Michigan’s state capital and 51-55 at Dow Diamond. RHP Logan Boyer (4.91 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 17. 7/10 at GL Lansing Lugnuts 6. 5/30 at LAN 18. 7/11 at GL High-A Affiliate, Oakland Athletics • 10-12, 5th 7. 6/15 at LAN 19. 8/17 at GL 8. 6/16 at LAN 20. 8/18 at GL RHP Colin Peluse (7.15 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 SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2021 7:05 PM GAME 23 12. 6/20 at LAN 24. 8/22 at GL Tonight: The Lugnuts look to right the ship after dropping the last three games to Great Lakes following a victory in the series opener, sending right-hander Colin Peluse to the mound against Great Lakes Loons right-hander Logan Boyer. Tonight marks the fifth game in a stretch of 12 home games in 13 days as well as the fifth meeting of 24 between the two teams this year. Off the Field: The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive the first of four 25th Anniversary Lugnuts Bobbleheads, a Mark Prior Bobblehead giveaway commemorating Prior’s rehab starts in Lansing in 2004, presented by Sparrow. Tomorrow is a Capital City Market Kids Day, with Kids Run the Bases after the game. On the Air: Today’s game is on MiLB.TV with audio available online via http://milb.streamguys1.com/lansing featuring broadcasters Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Adam Jaksa. Last Night: Loons 4, Lugnuts 2. The Loons scored four runs on five straight hits in the third inning against Lugnuts starter Reid Birlingmair and then hung on tight; Lansing stranded 13 runners on base, going 3-for-17 with runners in scoring position -- with only one of those three hits, a Shane Selman RBI triple, bringing home a run. 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 Athletics, the Nuts’ fourth MLB partner, following the Kansas City Royals (1996-98), Chicago Cubs (1999-2004) and Blue Jays (2005-2020). ON DECK IN A NUTSHELL 1:05 p.m., Sunday, May 30th RHP Bobby Miller (1.17), Loons at RHP Stevie Emanuels (2.84), Lugnuts 10-11 Monday, May 31st Memorial Day | High-A Central off day Streak: Lost 3 Tuesday, June 1 - Sunday, June 6 South Bend Cubs at Lansing Lugnuts Home: 4-6 Night: 7-12 UG OTES EADLINES AND OINTS OF NTEREST L •N : H P I Road: 6-6 Day: 3-0 Meet the Boss: Scott Steinmann is the 16th manager in Lugnuts team history. Born in Dayton, Steinmann joins the Lugnuts after three straight vs. LHP: 1-2 vs. RHP: 9-10 seasons assigned to manage Double-A Midland (though the 2020 season was canceled). Steinmann previously managed against the Lugnuts with Wisconsin (2005), Clinton (2009, 2014-15) and Beloit (2017). More info about the skipper can be found on the next page of these notes. Tuesday: 3-1 Roster Stability: The Nuts have made only one roster move this year, placing starting pitcher Jeff Criswell on the Injured List and adding relief Wednesday: 1-3 pitcher Brandon Withers from Extended Spring Training on May 12th. In the process, Withers became the 835th player in team history. Thursday: 1-3 Highs and Lows: The Lugnuts have scored at least seven runs in a game eight times this season... but have also scored two runs or fewer in a Friday: 1-3 game on ten occasions, last night being the tenth, and the third straight game of two runs or fewer. Saturday: 1-2 Sunday: 3-0 A Hail to Arms: The Lugnuts’ pitching staff tops the High-A Central with a 3.08 earned run average and has walked the fewest batters (65), struck out the most hitters (237) and recorded the best GO/AO ratio (1.47) in the league. In fact, the Lugnuts’ GO/AO ratio rates third in MiLB behind Charlotte Series wins: 0-0 (1.59) and Rancho Cucamonga (1.55), and the Lugnuts’ team ERA is seventh-best in all of the Minors. Series losses: 0-0 A Breath of Relief: The bullpen has been a strength for the Lugnuts, with a 2.55 ERA and 152 strikeouts compared to 33 walks in 109 1/3 innings. Series splits: 3 Jack Weisenburger (Rockford H.S. / University of Michigan) has struck out 22 batters in just 9 2/3 innings, whiffing the side last night. Scored 1st: 8-5 Offensive Impact: The Lugnuts lead the league in hits (174), total bases (293) and doubles (50), and rank second in slugging percentage (.404) Opponent scored 1st: 2-7 and third in batting average (.236) and OPS (.721). Shutouts: 1-0 Thou Shalt Not: Stealing bases has been a difficult proposition against the Nuts, who have nabbed a league-best 12 runners in 29 attempts, led by Drew Millas throwing out eight of the 23 runners who’ve attempted to steal against him. More hits than opp.: 7-1 An Eagle Flying High: Infielder Max Schuemann (Portage Northern H.S. / Eastern Michigan University) is first in the league in HBPs (7), second Fewer hits than opp.: 1-10 in OBP (.429), second in runs scored (18), tied for second in steals (13), tied for second in extra-base hits (11), tied for third in doubles (7) and fifth Equal hits: 2-1 in OPS (1.002). Comeback wins: 3 Streaking: Outfielder Michael Guldberg enters play today on a 17-game on-base streak, hitting .299 (20-for-67) with six walks and two HBPs in Final at-bat wins: 2 that span. InfielderMax Schuemann is on a 16-game on-base streak (19-for-62, .306, with five walks and six HBPs). Walk-offs: - Baseball America’s Top A’s Prospects MLB.com’s Top A’s Prospects Keith Law’s Top A’s Prospects Extra Innings: 1-0 No. 13 - CF Austin Beck No. 8 - P Jeff Criswell No. 5 - P Jeff Criswell No. 14 - P Jeff Criswell 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 Leading Trailing Tied No. 23 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 28 - P Colin Peluse No. 17 - C Drew Millas No. 26 - P Colin Peluse No. 29 - OF Michael Guldberg No. 18 - OF Michael Guldberg After 6: 8-2 1-10 1-0 No. 27 - C Drew Millas No. 30 - C Drew Millas After 7: 9-1 0-11 1-0 No. 35 - P Richard Guasch No. 39 - P Stevie Emanuels After 8: 9-0 0-12 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. deficit entering the 6th inning, scoring 19 unanswered runs for a 20-17 as a roving catching instructor in 1999 for Seattle and was a mem- • Member of Mariners organization, player and coach, from victory in 12 innings. It remains the largest deficit ever overcome in a ber of the coaching staff for Wisconsin (2000-01), San Bernardino 1996-2015... joined Oakland Athletics organization in 2017. professional baseball game. (2002), Peoria (2006), Everett (2010, 2012) and Tacoma (2013).