Mud Hens Open Homestand with Shutout Loss
July 16, 2018 - International League (IL1)
Toledo Mud Hens News Release
TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo Mud Hens dropped the first game of the current homestand to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by a score of 5-0.
Toledo's starter Kyle Funkhouser took the loss after giving up two runs in his debut at the Triple A level. He recorded at total five strikeouts, but walked just as many. The Tigers number seven prospect provided much of the excitement from the Mud Hens side of the game, which included striking out the first two batters of the game, one of them being MLB rehabber Gary Sanchez.
The starter for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Nestor Cortes, also went six innings with a little more success. He surrendered only a single hit, while walking only a single batter. To add to his solid day, he struck out ten Toledo batters.
Funkhouser scattered the two runs he surrendered. The opening salvo was fired in the second inning when Billy McKinney drew a bases loaded walk to drive in Wilkin Castillo. That inning was escaped when Sanchez grounded into a 5-4-3 double play.
The next run came in the fourth when L.J. Mazzilli doubled home Mark Payton. The RailRiders would not score again until the seventh when Warwick Saupold surrendered a pair of runs. It was McKinney who drove in a run with a triple, then scored on a Tyler Austin groudout.
The lone hit for the Mud Hens came early on, in fact it was the first Toledo batter. Leonys Martin nailed a double to start the home half of the first. Jacob Robson also reached second by way of error in the sixth inning. However, that was it for the offense.
Sanchez brought some excitement in the late innings by homering off of Kevin Comer in the top of the ninth inning to extend the RailRider lead. The Mud Hens went down quietly in the bottom of the ninth inning.
What's Next:
The Mud Hens will take the field against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for game two of this series. First pitch at Fifth Third Field is set for 12 pm.
#RoadToDetroit Report (rankings according to MLB.com 2018 Prospect Watch):
5. OF Christin Stewart: 0-for-4
7. RHP Kyle Funkhouser: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 5 SO
11. OF Mike Gerber: 0-for-3
12. IF Dawel Lugo: DNP
15. RHP Grayson Long: DNP (DL)
16. RHP Bryan Garcia: DNP (DL)
18. LHP Tyler Alexander: DNP
23. LHP Matt Hall: DNP
26. OF Jacob Robson: 0-for-3, walk
Hens Notes:
- With Leonys Martin in Toledo on rehab, that makes 22 players who have suited up for both the Tigers and the Mud Hens.
- Nestor Cortes is the first pitcher to record 10 strikeouts against the Mud Hens since Tim Melvile did on July 28, 2017.
- Dawel Lugo started in the 2018 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on Sunday at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
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