Captains Send Locos to 8th Straight Loss
MWL Lansing Lugnuts

Captains Send Locos to 8th Straight Loss

Published on August 26, 2025 under Midwest League (MWL)
Lansing Lugnuts News Release


LANSING, Mich. - Ryan Cesarini and Jeffrey Mercedes each homered and Conner Whitaker pitched four scoreless innings of relief, keying the Lake County Captains' (34-21, 69-52) 6-2 victory over the Lansing Locos (22-33, 58-63) on Tuesday night at Jackson® Field™.

Lansing has lost eight consecutive games, scoring two runs or fewer in each game.

In defeat, Lansing's 1-2 hitters Cameron Leary and Casey Yamauchi each went 2-for-3. Leary scored both runs, collected two singles, drew a walk and stole three bases (including home plate in the first inning), while Yamauchi notched a pair of singles, a steal and a sacrifice fly to extend his hitting streak to 11 games and his on-base streak to 26 games.

Locos starter Tzu-Chen Sha gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks in four innings, allowing a Cesarini go-ahead two-run homer in a three-run second inning that wiped out an early 1-0 Lansing lead.

After solo tallies off Sha in the third and the fourth, Mercedes' solo home run opening the sixth off Wei-En Lin closed out the scoring.

The rest of the game belonged to the Lake County bullpen: Whitaker followed Jogly Garcia's three innings of two-hit, two-run ball, by scattering five hits and blanking Lansing from the fourth through the seventh innings. Luis Flores handled a scoreless eighth and the ninth.

Right-hander Kenya Huggins starts the second game of the six-game series, the final Dog Days of Summer of 2025, a White Claws & Paws with $5 White Claws with dogs welcome, gates opening at 12 noon and first pitch at 1:05 p.m. Lefty Matt Wilkinson starts for Lake County. For tickets, visit the stadium box office at 505 E. Michigan Ave. in downtown Lansing, call (517) 485-4500 during office hours, or go to lansinglugnuts.com.

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