FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2019 GAME NOTES Fort Wayne TinCaps (27-29, 5th East) vs. Lake County Captains (34-23, 2nd East) LHP Joey Cantillo vs. RHP Cody Morris Wednesday, June 5 • Parkview Field (Fort Wayne, Ind.) • First Pitch 7:05 PM (Game 57 / 138) WATCH: John Nolan & Brett Rump (Comcast Network 81 & MiLB.TV) LISTEN: Mike Maahs & Evan Stockton (ESPN Radio 1380 & 100.9 FM | TinCapsRadio.com | TuneIn) APPLE SLICES NEWS & NOTES Home Record: 15-13 TUESDAY NIGHT: The TinCaps overcame a 3-0 deficit to earn a 4-3 win with Road Record: 12-16 vs. LC in 2019 (1-3, 1-0 Home) Day Record: 7-8 a pair of runs in the sixth and two more in the eighth. 8 Home 5 Away (13 Total) Night Record: 20-21 Streak: W1, W6 of 10 ALL-STARS: The Midwest League announced the rosters for June 18’s All- Star Game. The TinCaps will be represented by infielder Xavier Edwards, who Sunday: 1-6 will start at second base, plus pitchers Ryan Weathers and Henry Henry. Monday: 3-3 May 13 (Mon) Away L, 4-3 Tuesday: 6-3 Wednesday: 4-4 FUTURE CAPS: With the No. 6 pick in the MLB Draft, the Padres selected C.J. Thursday: 7-1 Abrams, a shortstop out of Blessed Trinity High School in Georgia. In the May 14 (Tues) Away L, 5-4 Friday: 3-7 Saturday: 2-5 2nd round, San Diego took Joshua Mears, a corner outfielder from Federal Way High School in Washington. With Pick 73, the Pads took Logan Driscoll, a May 15 (Wed) Away L, 10-6 April: 11-13 catcher out of George Mason University. Following Rounds 3-10 Tuesday, the May: 15-14 Draft concluded today with Rounds 11-40. June: 1-2 June 4 (Tues) Home W, 4-3 July: 0-0 August: 0-0 WELCOME BACK: Lake County manager Luke Carlin was a catcher for the September: 0-0 Fort Wayne Wizards in 2003 and ‘04. June 5 (Wed) Home 7:05 PM Leading after Six: 20-1 Tied after Six: 3-4 VOTE FOR PARKVIEW FIELD: The home of the TinCaps has advanced to the Trailing after Six: 3-23 finals of BallparkDigest.com’s “Best of the Ballparks” fan-vote bracket June 6 (Thurs) Home 7:05 PM Leading after Seven: 19-1 competition among Class A venues. Parkview Field has won the bragging Tied after Seven: 2-3 rights 2 of the last 3 years, including in 2018. Fort Wayne is now matched up Trailing after Seven: 3-24 June 14 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM Leading after Eight: 21-1 against SRP Park (Augusta Green Jackets of the South Atlantic League). Tied after Eight: 2-2 Voting is open through Sunday night. Trailing after Eight: 0-22 June 15 (Sat) Home 7:05 PM X IS A FACTOR: Infielder Xavier Edwards leads the MWL in batting average Scoring first: 18-10 Opponent scores first: 8-20 (.354), ranks 2nd in OBP (.411), and 4th in stolen bases (14). He has the Come-from-behind wins: 11 lowest swinging strike % in the league, as he’s swung and missed at only 3.6% June 16 (Sun) Home 1:05 PM Shutouts: 6-4 of the pitches he’s seen. His K% of 10.7% is the 4th lowest in the league. With 20 walks to 23 strikeouts, Edwards’ 0.87 BB/K ratio is the 8th best in the MWL. vs. LH starter: 5-9 July 2 (Tues) Away 7:00 PM vs. RH starter: 22-20 Xavier has made a living on swinging early in the count: he’s posted a BA of .535 this season on the first pitch of an at bat (best on the TinCaps), and 23 Scoring fewer than Three: 4-13 of his league-leading 68 hits have come while swinging in an 0-0 count. July 3 (Wed) Away 7:00 PM Scoring Three or Four: 7-13 Scoring Five or more: 16-3 LOPEZ LOCKED IN: Infielder Justin Lopez, who turned 19 on May 9, has had July 4 (Thurs) Home 6:05 PM 1-run games: 11-9 a solid few weeks. In 22 games since May 11, Lopez has slashed 2-run games: 1-2 .250/.315/.512. His power numbers have been great, with 10 extra-base hits (3 3+-run games: 15-18 July 5 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM Extra Innings: 0-2 doubles, 2 triples, 5 homers) and 16 RBIs. Lopez also made a spectacular bare -handed play fielding a ground ball on Tuesday night. Like top players drafted Out-hitting opponent: 18-6 out of high school this year, Lopez was born in 2000. PADRES PROPECTS Being out-hit: 4-19 Same number of hits: 5-4 HUNTING HITS: Over his last 8 games, catcher Blake Hunt has MLB.com and Baseball America slashed .423/.464/.654 (1.118 OPS) with 4 doubles, a triple, and 4 RBIs. He’s Series W-L-T (Home): 3-4-1 have both rated the Padres’ farm Series W-L-T (Road): 2-4-2 11-for-26 at the plate in this span. system as the best in baseball in Series W-L-T (Total): 5-8-2 2019. The following TinCaps are Series Sweeps (Home): 2-2 IN CONTROL: TinCaps pitchers have the best ratio of strikeouts to walks in the Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 ranked by MLB Pipeline as Top MWL this season. Fort Wayne pitchers are averaging 3.06 strikeouts for every Series Sweeps (Total): 2-3 30 Padres Prospects: walk. ‘Caps pitchers have also walked the fewest batters in the MWL, Home crowds of 6,000+: 2-5 averaging only 3.0 per 9 innings. Home crowds of 7,000+: 2-3 8. Ryan Weathers (LHP) Home crowds of 8,000+: - 11. Xavier Edwards (INF) Sellouts: 4 AUSTIN POWERS: Right-handed reliever Austin Smith tossed a gem in relief on Friday night against Great Lakes, going 3.2 hitless and scoreless innings 18. Tucupita Marcano (INF) Delayed Starts: 1 with 5 strikeouts and just 1 walk. He followed that with a perfect ninth inning in 28. Blake Hunt (C) Suspensions: 1 Postponements: 3 a save on Tuesday. The former 2nd round pick now has a 1.89 ERA in 10 relief Cancelled: 2 outings this season (19.0 IP) with 20 strikeouts and 4 walks. Smith also owns a Ended Early: 2 0.79 WHIP. Upcoming Games (All Times Eastern) Thursday, June 6 vs. Lake County 7:05 PM RHP Sam Keating vs. LHP Zach Draper Friday, June 7 @ Dayton 7:00 PM LHP Ramon Perez vs. RHP Lyon Richardson Saturday, June 8 @ Dayton 7:08 PM LHP Ryan Weathers vs. RHP James Marinan Sunday, June 9 @ Dayton 2:08 PM RHP Efraín Contreras vs. RHP Ricky Salinas Monday, June 10 @ Dayton 7:00 PM RHP Gabe Mosser Media Contact: John Nolan — [email protected] MORE NOTES CHASING HISTORY: Anthony Contreras, who’s in his 4th season as the team’s skipper, won his 200th game as TinCaps manager on April 11. His win total now stands at 221. The franchise leader in that category is Doug Dascenzo (227, 2007-09). Randy Ready (2004-06) now ranks 3rd with 209 victories. FOREVER YOUNG: The average age for a TinCaps position player thus far has been 20.1, the youngest in the Midwest League (MWL average: 21.2). The average age for a ’Caps pitcher is 20.9, also the youngest (MWL average: 21.9). This marks the 6th consecutive year Fort Wayne has had the league’s most youthful lineup, going back to 2014. The TinCaps had the youngest pitching staff in the league in 2016 and ranked tied for 2nd youngest in ’18, 2nd youngest in ’12, ’13, and ’17. 260 TO THE SHOW: 181 former Fort Wayne players have reached the big leagues since the franchise was founded in 1993. 8 ‘Caps alums have broken through this year with SS Fernando Tatis Jr., RHP Chris Paddack, LHP Nick Margevicius, RHP Pedro Avila, RHP Gerardo Reyes, INF Ty France and C Austin Allen appearing for the Padres, plus INF Josh VanMeter with the Reds. WELCOME BACK: 12 of the team’s 25 players appeared in at least 1 game with the TinCaps last year: INF Luis Almanzar, LHP Joey Cantillo, C Juan Fernandez, RHP Henry Henry, INF Justin Lopez, RHP Adrian Martinez, INF Kelvin Melean, RHP Gabe Mosser, RHP Jose Quezada, OF Agustin Ruiz, LHP Ryan Weathers, and RHP Carlos Belen, who was a corner infield with the ‘Caps in 2016 and ’18. IN THE DUGOUT: Anthony Contreras is back for his 4th season as TinCaps manager, becoming the first skipper in the franchise’s 27-year history to lead the team for more than 3 years… Hitting coach Jonathan Mathews (2nd season), fielding coach Jhonny Carvajal (3rd), athletic trainer Allyse Kramer (3rd), and strength coach Sam Hoffman (2nd) are also back. Matt Williams is the team’s new pitching coach, succeeding Burt Hooton—the club’s pitching coach for the last 6 seasons— who’s missing the season as he recovers from knee surgery in March. PADRES ON DECK: MLB.com, Baseball America, and ESPN have rated San Diego’s farm system as baseball’s best. The ‘Caps have 4 players on MLB.com’s Top 30 list for the Pads (see list on Page 1). Not to be overlooked, ESPN’s Keith Law ranks INF Justin Lopez at No. 19. He also notes RHP Efraín Contreras as another to watch with OF Agustin Ruiz & LHP Joey Cantillo.