Nuts Set HBP Record in 9-7 Slugfest Win
Published on May 3, 2017 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Lansing Lugnuts News Release
Nuts Set HBP Record in 9-7 Slugfest Win
(Lansing Lugnuts)
LANSING, Mich. - Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. capped a seven-run second inning with a two-run homer, and the Lansing Lugnuts (14-11) won a 9-7 slugfest over the Peoria Chiefs (10-14) in a Wednesday matinee at Cooley Law School Stadium.
Peoria pitchers hit six Lugnuts, setting a new Midwest League single-game record. It also matched the most single-game HBPs for one team in Major League history - last seen in 1913 by the New York Yankees against the Washington Senators.
None of the HBPs brought a whiff of trouble, though Lugs first baseman Bradley Jones was forced to leave the game after getting struck on the hand in the second inning.
The Lugnuts erased an early 4-0 Peoria lead thanks to three big swings in the pivotal second. Edward Olivares opened the scoring against Chiefs starter Ronnie Williams (Loss, 1-2) with a two-run double to left field. Two batters later, Yeltsin Gudino lined his own two-run double to left, tying the score at 4-4. Joshua Palacios singled in Gudino, giving the Lugnuts the lead.
Williams struck out J.B. Woodman and Bo Bichette before Guerrero applied the exclamation point with his fourth home run of the year, deposited onto the grassy hill beneath the video board. In the process, he extended his on-base streak to 22 games.
The Lugnuts received valuable work from four relievers - Tayler Saucedo, Geno Encina, Zach Jackson and Jackson McClelland - following a three-inning start from Andy Ravel.
Freshly activated from the Disabled List, Saucedo (Win, 1-1) held the Chiefs off the scoreboard in the fourth and fifth innings, allowing two hits and one walk and striking out one.
Encina pitched the sixth and seventh innings, allowing a pair of seventh-inning runs, one earned, on three hits.
Jackson worked a perfect eighth and McClelland (Save, 5) set the side down in order in the ninth, each recording a strikeout.
Palacios led the Lugnuts' offense, going 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, supplemented by a 2-for-4, two-run, two-RBI showing from Olivares. Second baseman Gudino notched two hits for the fourth consecutive game, giving him eight hits in his last 16 at-bats.
MiLB on-base leader Jake Thomas continued his remarkable run with two more walks and a double, raising his season on-base percentage to .549 and his league-leading walk total to 24._
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