MWL Lansing Lugnuts

González Impresses in Nuts' 5-3 Loss

Published on August 17, 2023 under Midwest League (MWL)
Lansing Lugnuts News Release


LANSING, Mich. - James González, just called up from Single-A Stockton, struck out six in five innings of scoreless relief, but the Lansing Lugnuts (19-26, 50-60) fell to the Great Lakes Loons (21-24, 66-44), 5-3, in front of 6,714 on Thursday night at Jackson® Field™.

Great Lakes tallied once in the second and three times in the third against Lansing starter Jacob Watters before adding a Nick Biddison RBI single in the fourth inning against John Beller to build a 5-0 lead.

Then González entered, and that was all for the visitors' offense. The 22-year-old southpaw from Panama struck out two in a perfect fifth inning, fanned while working around a two-out single in the sixth, whiffed one and erased a single with a double-play ball in the seventh, stranded two walks in the eighth, and erased another single with a second double-play ball in the ninth. All told, he needed only 65 pitches, 40 for strikes.

But the Lugnuts were similarly silenced by strong relief work.

Colby Thomas homered, a 441-foot solo shot to left, and Danny Bautista, Jr. added a sac fly to bring the Nuts within 5-2 in the fourth inning against Great Lakes starter Peter Heubeck.

Five Loons relievers worked the rest of the way, each handling an inning. They combined to allow only one run, a Thomas sixth-inning RBI groundout, and one hit, a Colby Halter seventh-inning single. Benony Robles finished things up with a perfect ninth, striking out two, for his 11th save.

Friday, the fourth game of the six-game series, features LAFCU postgame fireworks following the 7:05 p.m. start. Gates open at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at the stadium box office, via lansinglugnuts.com or by calling (517) 485-4500.

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