MWL1 Lake County Captains

Captains Pound Lansing 9-2

Published on August 19, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Eastlake, OH) - The Lake County Captains (30-24, 61-62) beat the Lansing Lugnuts (28-25, 75-47) by a final of 9-2. Luigi Rodriguez led off the fifth inning by lining a pitch into the left field corner, and motored all the way around for an inside-the-park homerun to extend the Captains lead to 8-1. That was the final.

In the first inning, Lake County sent nine men to the plate and scored four times to take the early lead. Lake County had three doubles in the inning and two singles en route to the big inning. The big hit was a two run double by Jordan Smith. It was 4-0 headed to the second.

In the second Lake County added three runs. Bryson Myles singled home the final run one the inning to give the Captains a 7-0 lead. The Captains had a six run lead heading to the third. In the third inning, Lansing scored to get on the board. Andy Fermin doubled and eventually scored on a groundout by Chris Schaefer and the score was 7-1 Captains.

Lake County got a run in the bottom of the eighth inning when Zach MacPhee led of with a triple to right field. Yhoxian Medina grounded out and MacPhee scored to build the Lake County lead to 9-1. In the ninth, Lansing scored a run when Chris Schaffer singled. Later with one out, two men were walked and K.C. Hobson was hit by a pitch to plate the final run of the ballgame. Lake County won the game 9-2.

RHP Nick Pasquale (2-0) started the ballgame for the Captains. Pasquale did not get a decision. Nick pitched four innings, allowed two hits, one earned run and four strikeouts. Francisco Valera (5-3) earned the win after twirling four shutout innings. Valera did not allow a hit he walked one and struck out four. Harold Guerrero entered in the ninth inning and walked two, hit one batter and allowed one earned run.

RHP Blake McFarland (5-4) started the ballgame for Lansing and took the loss. McFarland lasted just one and one third innings, allowing eight hits, seven earned runs, two walks and one strikeout. The Lugnuts bullpen pitched six and two thirds innings, allowing six hits two earned runs and four strikeouts.

On Monday, The Captains will send LHP Shawn Morimando (6-4, 3.50) to the mound to face RHP Aaron Sanchez (8-3, 2.28) of the Lansing Lugnuts. First pitch will be at 7:00 PM.

Monday is Buck Night, presented by PNC, featuring $1 Five Star Brand hot dogs, chips, French fries, popcorn, soda and beer. Also, fans receive a $1 discount on their tickets or $2 off their tickets if they use a PNC Bank debit or credit card at purchase.

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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