Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (19-15) vs. Fort Wayne TinCaps (15-19) Monday, May 13 • 6:30 p.m. • Classic Park • Broadcast: All Sports CLE Game #35 • Home Game #19 • Season Series: 0-0, 13 Games Remaining RHP Shane McCarthy (3-2, 3.09 ERA) vs. LHP Ramon Perez (0-1, 4.18 ERA) SATURDAY: The Captains lost the finale of their Western Division road trip, falling to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in the rubber game of a three-game series, 4-2. The teams traded runs early. Wisconsin took the lead in the third on a sacrifice fly by David Fry, the Captains tied it in the top of the fourth on Midwest League • Overall an RBI single by Jesse Berardi, the Timber Rattlers jumped back in front on a run-scoring wild pitch in the bottom of the fourth and Lake County evened the score again when Miguel Jerez homered to lead off the fifth. The Timber Rattlers took the lead for good when Fry hit a two-out double in the seventh and scored on a single by Gabriel Garcia. Wisconsin added one more run in the eighth on an RBI double by Connor McVey. Timber Rattlers reliever Max Eastern Division W L GB Lazar struck out eight over four scoreless innings for the win. Captains lefty reliever Kellen Rholl gave up the go-ahead run in the seventh and was saddled with the loss. Great Lakes (Dodgers) 19 13 -- TOURING AMERICA’S DAIRYLAND: The Captains went 3-2 in their road trip to Wisconsin from Monday to Saturday last week. Lake County began the trip with three straight wins. The Captains won two at the Beloit Snappers (Oakland A’s) before game three of the series was cancelled due to rain, and Bowling Green (Rays) 21 15 -- then won game one at the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Milwaukee Brewers). Lake County lost the last two games at Wisconsin to wrap up the trip. LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 19 15 1.0 INTERDIVISION RECAP: The Captains played their last 11 games against Western Division opponents and went 5-6 (2-4 at home; 3-2 on the road). At home, Lake County was swept in a three-game series by the Quad Cities River Bandits (Houston Astros) and took two out of three from the Kane County Cougars (Arizona Diamondbacks). On the road, the Captains won both games against the Beloit Snappers (Oakland Athletics) and lost two out of three at South Bend (Cubs) 19 15 1.0 the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Milwaukee Brewers). The Captains’ pitching staff had a 3.00 ERA in their interdivision games and tallied the second-most strikeouts against cross-division opponents with 118 in 96 IP (11.06 K/9). Offensively, the Captains had the third-lowest batting average in the Midwest West Michigan (Tigers) 16 18 4.0 League in interdivision play at .210. Lake County outscored its opponents, 47-38 (+9). Fort Wayne (Padres) 15 19 5.0 SO, YOU LIKE PROSPECTS?: During this seven-game homestand, Classic Park will see three teenage shortstops who rank among their organization’s top prospects. The Captains’ 19-year old shortstop Tyler Freeman is ranked by MLB.com as the Indians’ #3 prospect, the Fort Wayne TinCaps have 19- Lansing (Blue Jays) 14 21 6.5 year old shortstop Xavier Edwards who is the San Diego Padres’ #12 prospect and the Bowling Green Hot Rods boast the Tampa Bay Rays’ #1 prospect in the 18-year old Wander Franco. In addition, Freeman (#100) and Franco (#12) are ranked among the top 100 prospects in baseball by MLB.com. The trio also represents three of the best contact hitters in Class-A baseball. Freeman has the lowest K% in Class-A at 6.2% (fourth-lowest in MiLB), Edwards Dayton (Reds) 12 23 8.5 has the third-lowest K% in Class-A at 8.3% (12th-lowest in MiLB) and Franco has the sixth-lowest at 10.3% (28th-lowest in MiLB). *All K% numbers and rankings from Fangraphs.com Western Division W L GB RED HOT BERARDI: Jesse Berardi has been on a tear in the month of May. Berardi is hitting .321 with four doubles in eight games. He has a slash line of .321/.424/.464 in that span with five runs and three RBI. He has increased his batting average from .215 to .256 during this stretch. Quad Cities (Astros) 21 10 -- IN THE PARK: The Captains’ pitching staff has not allowed a home run in six games. The last time Lake County surrendered a long ball was May 4 when Burlington (Angels) 22 14 1.5 Buddy Kennedy went deep in the first inning off Juan Mota. The Captains have given up the second-fewest homer in the Midwest League with 15. Kane County (Diamondbacks) 21 15 2.5 AMONG THE BEST: Will Benson and Tyler Freeman rank among the top five in the Midwest League in several offensive categories. Benson is second in HR (6), fourth in RBI (23), fourth in XBH (15) and fifth in SB (9). Freeman leads the league in R (30), is second in 2B (12) and fourth in XBH (15). Clinton (Marlins) 17 17 5.5 FOUR-HOMER HISTORY: Will Benson became the first player in Captains history to hit four home runs in a single game when he accomplished the rare feat on April 18 against the South Bend Cubs. Benson hit a two-run homer in the first, a solo home run in the third, a grand slam in the fourth and a solo Peoria (Cardinals) 15 17 6.5 homer in the sixth. He is now the fifth player in Midwest League history to produce a four-home run game and the fourth to do so in the MWL regular season. The three others who hit four home runs in a MWL regular season game are Garrett Jones (2002; Quad Cities River Bandits), Mike Bishop (1978; Wisconsin (Brewers) 15 18 7.0 Quad Cities Angels) and Bobby Smith (1959; Clinton Pirates). Eric Battersby (1999; Burlington Bees) is the only player ever to hit four home runs in the MWL postseason game. Cedar Rapids (Twins) 15 20 8.0 THAT’S WEIRD: The last time somebody hit four home runs in a minor league game was May 25, 2014 when Mike Ford went deep four times for the Beloit (A’s) 10 21 11.0 Charleston RiverDogs (Class-A, Yankees) against the Hickory Crawdads in Hickory, NC. Ford, coincidentally, made his Major League debut Thursday night (the same night Benson hit four homers) for the Yankees against the Royals. st nd st nd @-1 Half Title $-2 Half Title %-1 -half Wild Card *-2 -half Wild Card INDIANS FOUR-HOMER GAMES: The last four-home run game by a member of the Cleveland Indians organization was on June 10, 1959 when Rocky Colavito hit four homers in a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, MD. The last time an Indians minor leaguer hit four homers in a game was on September 3, 1948 when Leonard Cross went 7-for-7 with four homers for the Spartanburg Peaches in a 30-6 win over the Asheville Tourists at Duncan Park in Spartanburg, SC. The Peaches’ third baseman hit all four of his homers in the first four innings. The Peaches were members of the Class-B Tri-State League. OFF TO THE RACES: Ruben Cardenas hit an inside-the-park home run on April 16 in Bowling Green. It was the first inside-the-park homer by a Captains Contacts Captains hitter since Sam Haggerty hit one on August 8, 2016 against the Dayton Dragons. Tim O’Brien: [email protected] TOP PROSPECTS: Lake County features seven of the Indians’ Top 30 prospects (including on the Injured List), according to MLB.com. SS/2B Tyler Freeman (#3), C Bo Naylor (#4), RHP Luis Oviedo (#8), 2B/SS Jose Fermin (#23), OF Will Benson (#25), OF Quentin Holmes (#27) and SS Marcos Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] Gonzalez (#28). Telephone: 440-975-8085 TOP PICKS: The Captains’ roster includes two former first round draft picks and the Indians’ #1 draft selections from each of the last three years with OF Twitter: @LCCaptains Will Benson (2016; 1st round – 14th overall), 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. ALL-STARS: The Captains have three 2018 New York-Penn League All-Stars and one 2018 Midwest League All-Star on their current roster. SS/2B Tyler Freeman, OF Hosea Nelson and OF/1B Mitch Reeves were all named New York-Penn League All-Stars last year, as members of the Indians’ Short- UPCOMING SCHEDULESeason affiliate, AND the MahoningPROB ValleyABLE Scrappers. PITCHING OF Will Benson was named MATCHUPS a Midwest League All- Star last season and finished second in the MWL Home Run Derby. Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter Opponent Starter Live Audio (Subject to Change) 5/14 vs. Fort Wayne 6:30 PM RHP Luis Oviedo FIRST TIME IN A WHILE: C BoRHP Naylor Efrain is the first Cont playerreras since LHP Justus Sheffield in 2015 to make the Captains’ Opening Day rosterAll the Sportsyear after CL E 5/15 vs. Fort Wayne 11:00 AM RHP Cody Morris being drafted by the Indians in theRHP first round.Gabe Mosser All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN 5/16 vs. Bowling Green 6:30 PM RHP Juan Mota CARLIN RETURNS: Luke CarlinTBA is back for his second straight season as Captains Manager, becoming the first skipper since Ted KubiakAll in Sports2010-11 toCL E 5/17 vs.