Lugnuts Lose by 13 on Friday the 13th
May 13, 2016 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Lansing Lugnuts News Release
LANSING, Mich. - After six innings, the Lansing Lugnuts were sailing right along with a 2-1 lead over the South Bend Cubs. Then Friday the 13th struck, and the Lugnuts' fate was sealed.
The Lugnuts (17-15) allowed 14 runs in the final three innings, falling to the Cubs (20-13), 15-2, in the second game of a four-game series at Cooley Law School Stadium.
Wearing uniform #13, reliever Josh DeGraaf (Blown Save, 3; Loss, 2-3) allowed four runs in the seventh inning, two earned, with a crucial two-run triple by Donnie Dewees breaking a 2-2 tie.
It was the start of a massive finish to the game for Dewees, who knocked a two-run single amid an eight-run eighth inning, and then drove a two-run double in the ninth off infielder-turned-emergency-reliever Aaron Attaway to close out the scoring. The Cubs' leadoff man closed the night with a 4-for-6 showing, supplying two runs scored and six runs batted in.
South Bend's #13, shortstop Bryant Flete, helped the Lugnuts score their only two runs of the game. With the Cubs leading 1-0 in the third inning, Flete made the ill-advised decision to throw to third base on a Ryan Hissey grounder, unsuccessfully attempting to put out lead runner Juan Kelly.
Hissey and Kelly followed with a double steal, with Kelly swiping home to tie the game. Carl Wise then singled in Hissey, giving the Lugnuts a lead they would maintain for a while - but not for good.
Every member of the South Bend order scored at least one run in the game, with both Flete and Sutton Whiting tallying three runs.
Cubs starter Adbert Alzolay (Win, 4-0) posted six innings, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks and didn't record a strikeout. Casey Bloomquist (Save, 3) tossed the next three innings in perfect, impressive fashion, striking out seven Lugnuts.
The late explosion overshadowed a fine Midwest League debut for Lansing starter Ryan Borucki, the Blue Jays' #12 prospect according to MLB Pipeline and #14 according to Baseball America. Borucki tossed five innings, allowing three hits, one walk and one run, striking out five.
Fellow top prospect Max Pentecost went 2-for-4 with two singles in his second game with the Lugnuts. Pentecost is 5-for-8 in his first two games in 16 months.
The Lugnuts and Cubs play the third game of their four-game series at 7:05 p.m. Saturday, with Lansing right-hander Sean Reid-Foley (2-1, 1.66) opposing South Bend right-hander Preston Morrison (1-2, 4.50) and LAFCU Fireworks following the game.
To purchase tickets or for more information, stop by the Cooley Law School Stadium box office, call (517) 485-4500 or visit lansinglugnuts.com.
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