MWL1 West Michigan Whitecaps

Record-breaking blowout for \'Caps over Bandits

Published on May 2, 2008 under Midwest League (MWL1)
West Michigan Whitecaps News Release


COMSTOCK PARK - In April, the Whitecaps tied a team record with 15 wins. In their first game in May, the Whitecaps set or tied several team records in a 16-3 win over Quad Cities.

West Michigan batters established a new team record by being hit by pitches six times in the game. The old mark was five, established on June 26, 2001 against the Michigan Battle Cats. Casper Wells was hit by a pitch four times, doubling the old team mark, which was achieved 13 times, most recently by Joe Tucker on August 7, 2007 in Clinton. Jordan Newton helped lead the offensive attack and fell a home run short of the cycle. Newton twice hit triples to the base of the wall in left field and went 4-for-6 in the game with three runs scored and an RBI. Two triples tied a team record, most recently accomplished by Deik Scram on May 5, 2007 against Burlington.

The 16 runs in a game was the most since the ‘Caps tallied a 17-7 win over Dayton on August 2, 2004. Whitecaps center fielder Kyle Peter made two dazzling defensive plays in the first two innings. One was a running grab a foot from the wall in left-center to end the top of the first as Quad Cities left the bases loaded. The other and most impressive was a sliding basket-style catch made at the end of a full sprint with his back to home plate as his feet touched the wall in straightaway center.

Peter went 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI on a single in the third that put West Michigan on top, 8-0.

The Whitecaps led 16-1 following a three-run home run by Cory Middleton in the seventh inning. Middleton went 2- for-4 with four RBI and scored three times. The homer was his first as a Whitecap since September 2, 2006 when he hit an inside the park home run in Dayton.

Jon Kibler walked the first three River Bandits batters of the game, then retired nine straight to carry a shutout into the fourth inning. Kibler allowed two hits in seven innings and picked up the win.

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