FORT WAYNE TINCAPS 2019 GAME NOTES Fort Wayne TinCaps (28-29, 5th East) vs. Lake County Captains (34-24, 2nd East) RHP Sam Keating vs. LHP Zach Draper Thursday, June 6 • Parkview Field (Fort Wayne, Ind.) • First Pitch 7:05 PM (Game 58 / 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: 16-13 WEDNESDAY NIGHT: The TinCaps picked up a second straight win over Lake Road Record: 12-16 vs. LC in 2019 (2-3, 2-0 Home) Day Record: 7-8 County, defeating the Captains 3-2 behind sterling starting pitching. Joey Cantillo 8 Home 5 Away (13 Total) Night Record: 21-21 was great once again for the ‘Caps, tossing six innings of one-run ball with seven Streak: W2, W7 of 11 strikeouts and just three hits allowed. In his last six starts (dating back to May 3rd), Cantillo has posted an ERA of 0.84 in 32.1 IP with 40 strikeouts and a WHIP of 0.77. Sunday: 1-6 Monday: 3-3 ALL-STARS: The Midwest League announced the rosters for June 18’s All-Star May 13 (Mon) Away L, 4-3 Tuesday: 6-3 Wednesday: 5-4 Game on Wednesday. The TinCaps will be represented by infielder Xavier Thursday: 7-1 Edwards, who will start at second base, plus pitchers Ryan Weathers and Henry May 14 (Tues) Away L, 5-4 Friday: 3-7 Henry. Saturday: 2-5 FUTURE CAPS: With the No. 6 pick in the MLB Draft, the Padres selected C.J. May 15 (Wed) Away L, 10-6 April: 11-13 Abrams, a shortstop out of Blessed Trinity High School in Georgia. In the 2nd round, May: 15-14 June: 2-2 San Diego took Joshua Mears, a corner outfielder from Federal Way High School in June 4 (Tues) Home W, 4-3 July: 0-0 Washington. With Pick 73, the Pads took Logan Driscoll, a catcher out of George August: 0-0 Mason University. Following Rounds 3-10 Tuesday, the Draft concluded on September: 0-0 Wednesday with Rounds 11-40. June 5 (Wed) Home W, 3-2 Leading after Six: 21-1 WELCOME BACK: Lake County manager Luke Carlin was a catcher for the Fort Tied after Six: 3-4 Trailing after Six: 3-23 Wayne Wizards in 2003 and ‘04. June 6 (Thurs) Home 7:05 PM Leading after Seven: 20-1 Tied after Seven: 2-3 VOTE FOR PARKVIEW FIELD: The home of the TinCaps has advanced to the Trailing after Seven: 3-24 finals of BallparkDigest.com’s “Best of the Ballparks” fan-vote bracket competition June 14 (Fri) Home 7:05 PM Leading after Eight: 22-1 among Class A venues. Parkview Field has won the bragging rights 2 of the last 3 Tied after Eight: 2-2 years, including in 2018. Fort Wayne is now matched up against SRP Park (Augusta Trailing after Eight: 0-22 June 15 (Sat) Home 7:05 PM Green Jackets of the South Atlantic League). Voting is open through Sunday night. Scoring first: 19-10 Opponent scores first: 8-20 X IS A FACTOR: Infielder Xavier Edwards leads the MWL in batting average Come-from-behind wins: 11 (.348), ranks 2nd in OBP (.404), and 5th in stolen bases (14). He has the lowest June 16 (Sun) Home 1:05 PM Shutouts: 6-4 swinging strike % in the league, as he’s swung and missed at only 3.5% of the pitches he’s seen. His K% of 10.3% is the 4th lowest in the league. With 20 walks to vs. LH starter: 5-9 July 2 (Tues) Away 7:00 PM vs. RH starter: 23-20 23 strikeouts, Edwards’ 0.87 BB/K ratio is the 8th best in the MWL. Xavier has made a living on swinging early in the count: he’s posted a BA of .535 this season on the Scoring fewer than Three: 4-13 first pitch of an at bat (best on the TinCaps), and 23 of his league-leading 69 hits July 3 (Wed) Away 7:00 PM Scoring Three or Four: 8-13 have come while swinging in an 0-0 count. Scoring Five or more: 16-3 July 4 (Thurs) Home 6:05 PM 1-run games: 12-9 LOPEZ LOCKED IN: Infielder Justin Lopez, who turned 19 on May 9, has had a 2-run games: 1-2 solid few weeks. In 23 games since May 11, Lopez has slashed 3+-run games: 15-18 .253/.315/.512. His power numbers have been great, with 11 extra-base hits (4 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 of Out-hitting opponent: 19-6 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 the last 10 games, no TinCap has been hotter at the plate MLB.com and Baseball America Series W-L-T (Home): 4-4-1 than catcher Blake Hunt. The native Californian is slashing .361/.425/.611 during have both rated the Padres’ farm Series W-L-T (Road): 2-4-2 that time with four doubles, a triple, a HR, and 6 RBIs. Hunt leads Fort Wayne in BA, system as the best in baseball in Series W-L-T (Total): 6-8-2 OBP, and SLG% since May 23. Series Sweeps (Home): 2-2 2019. The following TinCaps are Series Sweeps (Road): 0-1 IN CONTROL: TinCaps pitchers have the best ratio of strikeouts to walks in the ranked by MLB Pipeline as Top Series Sweeps (Total): 2-3 30 Padres Prospects: MWL this season. Fort Wayne pitchers have 162 walks as opposed to 498 strikeouts Home crowds of 6,000+: 2-5 this season, or 3.07 strikeouts for every walk. ‘Caps pitchers have also walked the Home crowds of 7,000+: 2-3 fewest batters in the MWL, averaging only 3.0 per 9 innings. 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 18. Tucupita Marcano (INF) Delayed Starts: 1 Friday night against Great Lakes, going 3.2 hitless and scoreless innings with 5 28. Blake Hunt (C) Suspensions: 1 strikeouts and just 1 walk. He followed that with a perfect ninth inning in a save on Postponements: 3 Tuesday. The former 2nd round pick now has a 1.89 ERA in 10 relief outings this Cancelled: 2 season (19.0 IP) with 20 strikeouts and 4 walks. Smith also owns a 0.79 WHIP. Ended Early: 2 Upcoming Games (All Times Eastern) 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 vs. RHP Jared Solomon Tuesday, June 11 @ Bowling Green 7:35 PM LHP Joey Cantillo 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 222. 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.