MWL1 Lake County Captains

Captains and WhiteCaps Split a Pair Saturday

Published on May 28, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Eastlake, OH)- Lake County and West Michigan were scheduled to play two on Saturday night. The Captains held on to win the suspended game 3-1 over the WhiteCaps. West Michigan took advantage of many Lake County mistakes for a 5-2 win in the second game.

The Captains and WhiteCaps picked up the suspended game from May14th on Saturday night leading 2-1.

In the bottom of the first inning, Jesus Aguilar drove in Ronny Rodriguez with an RBI double for a Lake County, 1-0 lead.

Alex Lavisky led off the bottom of the second inning with his fourth homerun of the season, a solo shot to leftfield to make it 2-0.

West Michigan got a run in the top of the fourth inning, when rain and fog pushed its way into Classic Park. Luis Castillo reached with a leadoff single, and scored on two Mike Rayl wild pitches.

The Captains added a huge insurance run in the seventh inning, Lavisky drove in his second run of the game with an RBI double to leftfield that scored Anthony Gallas who reached on error, to make it 3-1.

Mike Rayl started the game back on May 14th and tossed four innings allowing a run on three hits, striking out one. Jordan Cooper (1-1) picked up the win tossing three scoreless innings allowing two hits, walking one and striking out two. Trey Haley earned his first professional save pitching the final two frames, no runs, two hits, striking out three. Brennan Smith (1-2) pitched a complete game suffering his second loss of the season, tossing eight innings, three runs, two earned on eight hits, walking two and striking out four.

In game two, West Michigan scored five unearned runs in the top of the second inning to take 5-0 lead. Three Captain errors were key as the WhiteCaps batted around collecting just one hit.

Anthony Gallas doubled in the bottom of second inning, which forced a throwing error resulting in a run for Lake County as Alex Monsalve scored. Gallas extended his hit streak to eleven straight games.

LeVon Washington singled with one out in the third inning to reach base. Jesus Aguilar doubled to left center scoring Washington for his 31st RBI of year to make it 5-2.

Patrick Cooper (2-3) picked up the win tossing five innings allowing two runs, one earned and striking out six. Logan Hoch worked the final two innings to pick up the save, his first of the season. Steven Wright (1-1) suffered the loss working four innings allowing five runs all of them unearned, walking two and striking out three.

Lake County and West Michigan continue their weekend series from Classic Park on Sunday afternoon at 1:00PM. The Captains will hand the ball off to RHP Kyle Blair (2-3) against LHP Antonio Cruz (1-4) for the WhiteCaps. Catch all the action on AM 1330 WELW or online at captainsbaseball.com.

Sunday is an Andrews Osborne Academy Family Fun Sunday and will feature a pre-game player autograph session, expanded concourse entertainment and activities, an enhanced Kids' Zone area with new inflatable's and the opportunity for kids to run the bases after the game.

The first 1,500 fans on Sunday will receive a reusable Captains alternate logo sticker presented by Mentor Signs and Graphics. This is the second in a series of four reusable sticker giveaways this season featuring each of the Captains new team identity logos.

Racing Weekend will take place on Sunday and Monday as the Lake County Speedway will have exhibits, race cars and their drivers out at Classic Park. There is also special $15 ticket offer for fans who want to attend the Captains games during the day and then go to the Speedway in the evening.

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