MWL1 Lake County Captains

Opening Day at Dayton Suspended in 4th Inning

Published on April 7, 2017 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


Dayton, OH- The Lake County Captains came out swinging in their first game of the season, but ultimately could not overcome the weather at Fifth Third Field. The season-opening game between the Captains and the Dayton Dragons has been suspended due to rain. Lake County leads Dayton in the top of the fourth inning, 3-1.

The teams will resume play on Friday night at 6 p.m. When the game continues, Lake County will have runners on the corners with two outs and Erlin Cerda due up with a fresh count. That game will be nine innings. After the first game is completed, the Captains and Dragons will play a full seven-inning game that will begin 30 minutes after the end of game one.

Before the rain interrupted Thursday night's ballgame, the Captains jumped out to an early lead. The second batter of the game, Todd Isaacs, lifted a high-flying home run over the left field wall to put Lake County ahead, 1-0.

Dayton answered in the bottom of the first. Taylor Trammell, the Dragons' number-three hitter, belted a line drive solo home run to right-centerfield to knot the score at 1-1.

The Captains rallied in the fourth. Luke Wakamatsu rolled a slow grounder up the first base line and reached safely when Dragons pitcher Tony Santillan fumbled the ball. Santillan then walked Emmanuel Tapia to put two men on with nobody out. Li-Jen Chu put the Captains back in front with a sharp ground ball single through the left side that scored Wakamatsu. Shortly thereafter, Logan Ice sacrifice bunted the runners to second and third, and Santillan uncorked a wild pitch that brought home Tapia to give Lake County a 3-1 advantage.

After the wild pitch, Santillan got Alexis Pantoja to bounce a ball back to the mound for the second out. The right-hander then walked Conner Capel to put runners on the corners for Cerda. At that point, the grounds crew attempted to fix the dampened infield. Before long, the Dragons' grounds crew abandoned that plan and rolled out the tarp before officially suspending the game at 9:07 p.m.

In his first start of the year, Micah Miniard worked three innings and allowed one run on three hits. Miniard struck out a pair and did not issue a walk, though he hit one batter.

The Captains' home opener is on April 8 against the Dayton Dragons. Affordable ticket packages are available for purchase now and more information may be found at www.CaptainsBaseball.com. A limited number of new video board sponsorship opportunities are available by calling the Captains at 440-954-WINS.

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