TinCaps Drop Series to Whitecaps
MWL Fort Wayne TinCaps

TinCaps Drop Series to Whitecaps

Published on September 6, 2025 under Midwest League (MWL)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release


GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Fort Wayne TinCaps lost their final series of 2025 to the West Michigan (Tigers affiliate), dropping Saturday night's game, 6-1.

Fort Wayne (56-74, 25-40) struck first on the road in front of a sellout crowd. Following a one-out, full-count walk from Jonathan Vastine in the second inning, Vastine hustled out a flip to second on an infield single by designated hitter Sean Barnett.

In the bottom of the frame, West Michigan (91-39) answered with a pair behind a pair of RBI singles by Bennett Lee and Austin Murr.

In his final appearance of 2025, TinCaps starter Luis Gutierrez struck out seven and tossed a career-high 97 pitches through five innings. The southpaw returned for the sixth inning before being relieved after a pair of base hits to lead the inning.

On the very next pitch after the pitching change, center fielder Brett Callahan crushed a no-doubt, three-run home run to right field, extending the Whitecaps' lead to 5-1. An Abel Bastidas RBI double in the eighth inning capped off the scoring.

The Whitecaps bullpen tossed six scoreless innings, and at one point, retired 10 in a row from the fourth through the end of the seventh.

Next Game: Sunday, September 7 vs. West Michigan (2:00 p.m.)

- TinCaps Probable Starter: RHP Will Varmette

- Whitecaps Probable Starter: RHP Rayner Castillo

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