Class-A OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION Lake County Captains (21-30, 51-70) at Dayton Dragons (21-31, 52-68) Thursday, August 16 • 7:00 p.m. • Fifth Third Field • Broadcast: All Sports CLE Game #122 • Road Game #62 • Season Series: 6-10, 2 Games Remaining RHP Felix Tati (1-3, 4.18 ERA) vs. RHP Jared Solomon (0-1, 6.75 ERA) YESTERDAY: The Captains were shut out in the opener of a three-game series at Dayton, 7-0. Patrick McGuff and John Midwest League • Overall Ghyzel combined to blank the Captains. McGuff pitched seven scoreless frames and gave up just two hits, en route to the win. Ghyzel gave up one hit over two scoreless innings. Dayton scored a pair of runs in the fifth to open the scoring. Reshard Munroe worked a two-out walk and tried to go first to third on a single by Raul Wallace. Oscar Gonzalez fired to Eastern Division W L GB third, but his throw sailed high and out of play, allowing Munroe to score. Wallace then scored on a single by Alejo Garcia. The Dragons added a run in the sixth when Andy Sugilio tripled home Jonathan India with two outs. The first four @Bowling Green (Rays) 31 21 -- hitters in the Dragons’ seventh inning combined to hit for the cycle in a four-run inning. Leandro Santana led off with a %Lansing (Blue Jays) 29 23 2.0 home run, Munroe tripled, Wallace singled him home and Garcia doubled. Hendrik Clementina hit a sacrifice fly later in the inning and Garcia came home on an infield single by Sugilio. Captains starter Jean Carlos Mejia took the loss West Michigan (Tigers) 25 26 5.5 despite turning in his fifth straight quality start. The righty allowed three runs – two earned – over six innings of work. Fort Wayne (Padres) 24 26 6.0 CLOSE CALLS: The Captains and Dragons have played 11 one-run games this season. In those contests, the Captains Great Lakes (Dodgers) 24 28 7.0 are 4-7. Of the 16 meetings between Lake County and Dayton this year, 14 have been decided by three or fewer runs. South Bend (Cubs) 22 29 8.5 SCORING FIRST: The Captains have scored first in four of their last five games, including scoring in the first inning in each of the first three games of the South Bend series. Lake County holds the second-worst record in the Midwest LAKE COUNTY (INDIANS) 21 30 9.5 League when scoring first (31-25). Burlington has the worst record in this category (24-21). Dayton (Reds) 21 31 10.0 STARTLINGLY CONSISTENT: Lake County has posted roughly the same team OPS every month this year: April – .708; May – .681; June – .685; July – .680; August – .687. Western Division W L GB %Peoria (Cardinals) 30 19 -- OFFENSIVE SLUMP: The Captains have been shut out three times in their last 16 games: July 30 against Great Lakes (3-0), August 9 against Fort Wayne (4-0) and August 15 at Dayton (7-0). Lake County has scored fewer than five runs in Cedar Rapids (Twins) 31 20 -- 18 of their last 22 contests. The team has averaged 2.86 runs per game (63 runs) in that span. Beloit (A’s) 29 22 2.0 HOME RUN KINGS: The Captains lead the Midwest League in home runs with 103. Cedar Rapids is in second with 97. th @Quad Cities (Astros) 29 23 2.5 Lake County, however, is 13 in runs scored with 482. Kane County (Diamondbacks) 27 24 4.0 PLAYOFF PUSH: The Captains enter today 3.5 games behind Fort Wayne for the Wild Card and 4.0 games behind West Michigan for the top playoff spot in the Eastern Division with 18 games remaining. Lake County is also 2.5 games Wisconsin (Brewers) 27 25 4.5 behind Great Lakes, 1.0 game behind South Bend and 0.5 game ahead of Dayton. The Captains own the head-to-head Clinton (Mariners) 24 28 7.5 tiebreaker against Fort Wayne (7-4) and West Michigan (8-6), but not against South Bend (6-8), Dayton (6-10) or Great Lakes (4-11). Lake County last made the postseason in 2014 when they reached the finals and were swept in three Burlington (Angels) 15 34 15.0 games by Kane County. @-1st Half Title $-2nd Half Title %-1st-half Wild Card *-2nd-half Wild Card WHO’S HOT? - Oscar Gonzalez: Has gone 18-for-43 (.419) over his last 10 games with a home run and six doubles. He has three three-hit games and a four-hit game during that span. - Jonathan Laureano: Went 4-for-9 in the South Bend series with a home run and a double. Captains Contacts - Josh Rolette: Has gone 4-for-10 (.400) with a double and five walks in his last four games. MIDWEST LEAGUE ALL-STARS: Three Captains were named to the Midwest League Eastern Division All-Star Team Tim O’Brien: [email protected] for 2018: OF Will Benson, LHP Kyle Nelson (promoted to High-A) and RHP Tommy DeJuneas (traded to Houston on Andrew Luftglass: [email protected] July 6). Telephone: 440-975-8085 CURRENT TOP PROSPECTS: The Captains have four of the Indians’ Top 30 Prospects on their current roster, Twitter: @LCCaptains according to MLB.com: RHP Luis Oviedo (#10), INF Richie Palacios (#17), OF Oscar Gonzalez (#20) and OF Will Benson (#22). UPCOMING SCHEDULETOP PROSPECT AND PROB GRADUATESABL:E Five PITCHING members of the MATCHUPSIndians’ Top 30 Prospects list on MLB.com played with the Captains this year before graduating to higher levels in the organization: INF Nolan Jones (#2), RHP Eli Morgan (#15), Date Opp. Time (ET) Captains Starter RHP Nick Sandlin (#18),Opponent RHP James Starter Karinchak (#25) and INF Ernie Clement (#26).Live Audio (Subject to Change) 8/17 at Dayton 7:00 PM LHP Juan Hillman LHP Packy Naughton All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT 8/18 vs. West Michigan 7:00 PM RHP Gregori Vasquez RHP Carson Lance All Sports CLE & AM 1330/101.5 FM WINT 8/19 vs. West Michigan 7:00 PM LHP Francisco Perez RHP Chance Kirby All Sports CLE & ESPN 970 WFUN 8/20 vs. West Michigan 7:00 PM RHP Jean Carlos Mejia RHP Elvin Rodriguez All Sports CLE LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS GAME NOTES PAGE 2 TODAY’S CAPTAINS STARTING PITCHER #30 FELIX TATI RHP 2018 Game-By-Game Date Opp Dec IP H R ER HR SO BB Result Born (Age): April 1, 1997 (21) *4/9 at DAY L 3.0 3 1 1 0 5 1 L, 3-2 Hometown: Quisqueya, DR *4/21 vs. BG ND 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 L, 4-3 School: *4/26 vs. WM ND 4.1 6 1 1 0 6 1 L, 8-3 HT: 6’2” │WT: 190 lbs │ Bats: R │Throws: R *5/2 vs. WIS ND 4.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 W, 5-2 5/8 at FRE L 5.0 5 2 2 1 1 1 L, 9-1 Acquired: 2013 – NDFA 5/13 at SAL W 7.0 4 1 1 0 2 2 W, 6-2 Pitch Selection: Fastball, slider, changeup 5/19 at WM L 5.0 5 5 4 0 2 4 L, 7-1 5/24 at MB ND 5.0 5 1 1 0 4 3 L, 4-3 5/30 vs. CAR W 5.0 5 4 4 1 5 2 W, 7-5 2018 Statistics 6/6 at WIL ND 4.2 5 5 4 0 8 3 L, 6-5 Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO 6/13 at FRE L 2.1 4 3 3 0 1 4 L, 3-0 LYN 2 2 4.66 6 6 0 0 29.0 28 17 15 2 3 15 21 *6/21 at BG ND 4.0 4 3 1 0 4 0 L, 7-2 LC 1 3 4.18 16 1 0 0 56.0 64 30 26 4 4 18 53 *6/26 at LAN ND 4.1 2 3 3 0 2 4 L, 8-7 Total 3 5 4.34 22 7 0 0 85.0 92 47 41 6 7 33 74 *7/1 vs. FW ND 2.1 5 3 3 2 2 1 W, 6-4 *7/6 vs. WM ND 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 2 W, 6-4 *7/12 at PEO ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 1 W, 6-1 Career Statistics Year Team W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP SO BB WHIP *7/16 at CR ND 2.0 5 3 3 0 3 0 L, 10-4 2014 DSL IND 1 1 3.54 8 3 0 0 20.1 16 6 1.23 *7/20 vs.CLI ND 3.0 6 3 3 1 3 0 L, 5-0 2015 DSL IND 1 1 1.40 10 6 0 0 38.2 28 11 1.11 *7/27 at WM L 3.1 3 1 1 0 2 1 L, 5-4 2016 DSL IND 1 1 3.95 3 3 0 0 13.2 13 3 1.17 *8/1 vs. BG ND 4.2 6 3 3 0 4 1 L, 13-4 2016 AZL IND 5 2 6.04 12 10 0 0 53.2 48 17 1.57 *8/6 at GL ND 4.0 5 2 1 0 3 2 W, 4-2 2017 MV 7 3 3.77 14 4 0 0 59.2 59 24 1.31 *8/11 at SB W 4.0 6 1 1 0 2 0 W, 9-4 2018 LYN 2 2 4.66 6 6 0 0 29.0 21 15 1.48 Total 3-5 85.0 92 47 41 6 74 33 2018 LC 1 3 4.18 16 1 0 0 56.0 53 18 1.46 Total 5 Teams 18 13 4.05 69 33 0 0 271.0 238 94 1.37 * Relief Appearance LAST TIME OUT: Tati pitched four innings in relief behind Luis Oviedo on Saturday.