High-A Affiliate OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (25-20) at Great Lakes Loons (22-23) Friday, June 25th • 7:05 p.m. • Dow Diamond • Broadcast: WJCU.org Game #46 • Road Game #28 • Season Series: 5-4, 15 Games Remaining RHP Tanner Burns (2-2, 2.93 ERA) vs. RHP Logan Boyer (0-0, 2.53 ERA) YESTERDAY: Two home runs from Bryan Lavastida and a career high nine strikeouts from Logan Allen High-A Central League launched the Captains to a 7-1 win over Great Lakes. The Loons’ only run came on a solo homer by Leonel Valera in the eighth. After a solo home run from Lavastida in the second the Captains poured on three runs East Division W L GB in the sixth. Raynel Delgado thumped a two-run double and scored on a Quentin Holmes single to put the Captains up 4-0. In the seventh Brayan Rocchio drove home Will Brennan with a double. Lavastida hit his Dayton (Cincinnati) 26 18 -- second home run in the top of the eighth, and a Joe Donovan double plated Austen Wade in the ninth to put the Captains up 7-1. Allen spun six shutout innings to earn the win and improve to 4-0. LAKE COUNTY (Cleveland) 25 20 1.5 Great Lakes (Los Angeles - NL) 22 23 4.5 HOME COOKIN’ TASTES BETTER: The Captains are 14-4 at home, compared to 11-16 on the road. The Captains’ offense owns the second-best home OPS in the High-A Central League (HAC) at .781 and the Fort Wayne (San Diego) 21 23 5.0 pitching staff has the second-lowest home ERA in the league at 3.35. On the flip side, the Captains’ offense has the second-worst road OPS in the league at .620 and the pitching staff has a 4.61 ERA, which is West Michigan (Detroit) 20 23 5.5 seventh in the league. Lansing (Oakland) 20 25 6.5 WELCOME BACK: In seven games since returning from an oblique injury, George Valera has posted a .950 OPS (.417 OBP, .533 SLG) with two home runs and one double. Quentin Holmes returned from a West Division W L GB groin injury on June 1 and has hit .390/.444/.537 (.981 OPS) since returning with a homer, a triple, a double Quad Cities (Kansas City) 29 14 -- and three steals. Cedar Rapids (Minnesota) 25 20 5.0 ROCCHIO ROLLING: Brayan Rocchio has hits in seven of his last eight games. During that time, the infielder has gone 10-for-31 (.323) with two home runs and four doubles. During the month of June, Rocchio Beloit (Miami) 22 23 8.0 has a .971 OPS with four homers and eight doubles. The switch-hitter has five multi-hit games this month, including four games with multiple extra-base hits. Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 19 24 10.0 South Bend (Chicago - NL) 18 26 11.5 BRENNAN BASHING: Captains OF Will Brennan is second in the High-A Central League (HAC) in doubles (16), tied for fifth in extra-base hits (19), tied for fourth in hits (44) and sits eighth in batting average (.291). Peoria (St. Louis) 18 26 11.5 ALUMNI UPDATE: 2018 Captains SS Ernie Clement became the 101st former Captain to reach the major leagues when he debuted for Cleveland on June 13. Nine former Captains have made their major league debuts this year – OF Ka’ai Tom (2016), RHP Luis Oviedo (2018-19), LHP Sam Hentges (2016), RHP Louis Head (2012-13), RHP Nick Sandlin (2018), INF Ivan Castillo (2014), Jean Carlos Mejia (2018) and Top Prospects RHP Eli Morgan (2018) and Clement. That ties the record for the most former Captains to debut in a single th The Cleveland farm system enters 2021 as the 13 best farm system in year, matching 2013 and 2016. baseball according to MLB.com. Below are current Captains and their ranking in Cleveland’s system, according to various publications. DEFENSIVE FLEXIBILITY: The Captains’ have shuffled their infield defenders in 2021. Lake County has FanGraphs Baseball America MLB.com used four different first baseman, six different second baseman, six different third basemen and two different #3 George Valera #6 George Valera #4 George Valera shortstops. Raynel Delgado, Brayan Rocchio and José Tena have each played three different infield #4 Brayan Rocchio #8 Brayan Rocchio #7 Brayan Rocchio positions. Victor Nova and Daniel Schneemann have played two different infield positions and left field. #8 Aaron Bracho #11 Aaron Bracho #8 Aaron Bracho #20 Tanner Burns #16 Tanner Burns #15 Tanner Burns YOUNGSTERS: The Captains have five of the 10 youngest players in the High-A Central League – 1B Joe #21 Logan Allen #21 Logan Allen #23 Logan Allen Naranjo (20), INF Aaron Bracho (20), INF José Tena (20), INF Brayan Rocchio (20) and OF George #29 Hunter Gaddis #24 Jose Tena Valera (20). Naranjo, Bracho and Tena are the three youngest players in the league. Naranjo, who turned #30 Bryan Lavastida #26 Bryan Lavastida #32 Jose Tena 20 on Tuesday, is the youngest player in all of High-A. Bracho (born 4/21/00) is the second youngest in all of High-A. The Captains have eight players who are age 21 or younger. #36 Raymond Burgos HIGH-A: The 2021 season marks the Captains’ first as the High-A Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. Lake CURRENT SERIES SCHEDULE,County RESULTS had been Cleveland’s & PROBABLE Low-A Affiliate PITCHING for 17 seasons MATCHUPS (2003-2019) and 18 years (2003-2020). Date Opp. Time/Result Captains Starter Opponent Starter Broadcast 6/22 at GL L, 9-1 Hunter Gaddis,NEW RHP SKIPPER: (2-3, 6.39) Greg DiCenzo was namedJose the Martinez, Captains’ RHP manager (3-1, 2.52) before the eventually-canceledWJCU.org 2020 6/23 at GL W, 7-1 Xzavion Curry,season. RHP (0 DiCenzo-0, 1.20) spent the previous 12 seasonsBobby Miller, as the RHP head (0- 1,baseba 1.90) ll coach at the College of the WJCU.orgHoly 6/24 at GL W, 7-1 Logan Allen, CrossLHP (4 in-0, Worcester, 1.79) MA. During his time Claytonat the helm, Beeter, DiCenzo RHP (0 was-3, 5.40) twice named Patriot League CoachWJCU.org of the 6/25 at GL 7:05 p.m. Tanner Burns,Year RHP (2008 (2-2, and2.93) 2013). Prior to his time atLogan Holy Boyer,Cross, RHP DiCenzo (0-0, was2.53) the pitching coach and recruitingWJCU.org 6/26 at GL 7:05 p.m. Kevin Coulter,coordinator RHP (3-3, 7.61)at Northeastern University forAlec five Gamboa, seasons. LHP He (1also-3, served5.87) as a coach for the FalmouthWJCU.org 6/27 at GL 1:05 p.m. Mason Hickman,Commodores RHP (3-2, in3.99) the Cape Cod Baseball JoseLeague Martinez, and at RHP his alma (3-1, mater,2.84) St. Lawrence University. DiCenzoWJCU.org enters his second year and first season as a coach in Cleveland’s organization. Classic Park 35300 Vine St. Eastlake, OH 44095 | 440-975-8085 | CaptainsBaseball.com | @LCCaptains | Media Contact: Andrew Luftglass; [email protected] NOW IN THE DUGOUT: Grant Fink returns to Lake County in his first year as Captains Hitting Coach. Fink was a Captains infielder in 2014 and 2015, and was the team’s starting third baseman in 2014 when the LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER 2021 Game -By-Game #32 TANNER BURNS RHP Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): December 28, 1998 (22) 5/7 at LAN ND 4.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 L, 6-2 5/14 vs FW ND 4.0 1 2 2 1 7 1 W, 8-2 Hometown: Decatur, AL School: Auburn University 5/21 at GL L 4.2 7 5 5 1 3 1 L, 8-2 5/28 at WM L 5.0 3 2 1 1 4 1 L, 2-1 HT: 6’0” │WT: 180 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R 6/4 vs DAY W 6.0 4 0 0 0 6 0 W, 8-4 Acquired: 2020 Draft – CBA Round (36th overall) 6/11 at FW W 5.0 1 0 0 0 6 3 W, 8-5 Pitch Selection: Fastball, Curveball, Slider, Changeup 6/18 vs WM ND 2.0 1 2 2 1 4 2 W, 9-4 Total 2-2 30.2 20 11 10 4 36 8 2021 Statistics * Relief Appearance Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO LC 2 2 2.93 7 7 0 0 30.2 20 11 10 4 0 8 36 Total 2 2 2.93 7 7 0 0 30.2 20 11 10 4 0 8 36 NCAA Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP 2018 AUB 7 4 3.01 17 17 0 0 86.2 77 37 1.26 2019 AUB 4 4 2.82 16 15 0 0 79.2 101 23 1.01 2020 AUB 3 1 2.42 4 4 0 0 22.1 32 7 0.98 Total NCAA 14 9 2.86 37 36 0 0 188.2 210 67 1.16 LAST TIME OUT: Burns’ pitch count climbed early against the West Michigan Whitecaps, forcing him to exit the game after allowing two runs in the first two innings. A two-run home run in the second inning from Rey Rivera was the only hit Burns allowed.