MWL1 Lake County Captains

Captains Lose 2-1

Published on April 13, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Eastlake, OH) - The Bowling Green Hot Rods snuck past Lake County by a score of 2-1 on Friday night at Classic Park. The Hot Rods scored both of their runs in the first inning. The pair of runs combined with good pitching did the trick on a chilly night

In the first, Drew Vettleson singled and was quickly tripled home by Kes Carter. The Hot Rods were quickly up 1-0. Two batters later it was 2-0 as Cameron Seitzer singled home Vettleson. The two run lead was held up by the bullpen which was the story in the win.

The Captains cut the lead in half in the bottom of the sixth. With one out Jerrud Sabourin hit an opposite field double and then scampered home on the Todd Hankins triple. The score was 2-1 Bowling Green headed to the seventh inning.

Captains starter Will Roberts (1-1) was saddled with the loss. Roberts pitched 6 & 2/3 innings (the longest outing by any Catcher's starter this season) allowing just the two runs in the first, both runs were earned. Roberts also allowed just one walk and struck out seven (which tied a team high for one outing). Cole Cook entered in relief for the Captains. Cook pitched 2.1 IP, and allowed just one hit and also just walked one. Cook struck out two Hot Rods.

The Hot Rods starting pitcher Parker Markel (1-0) picked up the win after hurling six innings and giving up only four hits, allowing one earned run and he added three strikeouts. Jake Partridege pitched two scoreless innings in relief allowing just one hit and striking out two. Austin Hubbard picked up the save, his second, after pitching a scoreless ninth inning. The game was played in a tidy two hours even.

The Captains continue their home series on Saturday afternoon April 12 at 1:00 PM at Classic Park. The Captains begin celebrating the start of their 10th season in northeast Ohio by welcoming the Bowling Green Hot Rods (Rays) to town. The Captains will send RHP Joe Colon (1-0,0.00) to the mound against LHP Ryan Carpenter (0-1, 5.14) The game can be heard on AM 1330 WELW and online at captainsbaseball.com.

Full season tickets plans, 7-, 12-, 20-, and 35-game mini ticket plans for the 2012 season are on sale now at great prices complete with several exclusive benefits. Information can be found at the Captains website www.captainsbaseball.com.

The Lake County Captains are a Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians and play their home games at Classic Park in Eastlake, at the corners of State Route 91 and Vine Street. For more information on the Captains, please visit the team's official website at www.CaptainsBaseball.com.

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