MWL1 Fort Wayne TinCaps

TinCaps Game Notes -- August 20, 2014 vs. Great Lakes (Game 127/139)

Published on August 20, 2014 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release


Fort Wayne TinCaps (25-32, 55-71) vs. Great Lakes Loons (27-30, 61-66)

RHP Kyle Lloyd (5-4, 3.78) vs. RHP Brandon Martinez (1-7, 4.53)

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - Fort Wayne, Ind. - First Pitch 7:05 p.m. - Game 127/139

All 140 games air live on ESPN Radio 1380 (WKJG). All 70 home games are televised live on Comcast XFINITY Channel 81.

About Last Game : Jose De Leon struck out 14 in a 5-1 Great Lakes victory.

A TinCaps Win Would : Give them a series victory... Gain ground on Great Lakes for the wild card (see standings below). The Loons have a 2-game edge.

What to Watch For : With 13 days, and games, remaining in the regular season, there are 6 teams vying for 2 playoff spots - all separated by 4.5 games. Dayton, which is 2 games ahead of the TinCaps for the wild card, plays at South Bend at 7:05. Bowling Green is 1 game in front of the TinCaps and plays host to Lake County, which leads Fort Wayne by 4.5 (see below).

Lloyd Is An Ace : Kyle Lloyd, who pitched collegiately for the Evansville Purple Aces, is tied for the MWL lead in strikeouts with 135 in 104.2 IP. That's good for the highest SO/9 IP Ratio among all starters in the league. Over his last 7 starts since July 12, Lloyd has struck out 61, which leads all pitchers in Minor League Baseball and is good for an average of 8.7 per start. In that time, his ERA is 1.62. The righty has pitched 12 innings against Great Lakes this year and has a 2-0 record and 0.75 ERA with 19 Ks.

SU2C Night Presented by 5/3 Bank : Tonight is Stand Up To Cancer Night presented by Fifth Third Bank. Fort Wayne is wearing jerseys designed by Cory Dold, who won the Fifth Third Bank Design-A-Jersey Contest. The jerseys are being auctioned online with all proceeds benefitting Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana. Among other ways money and awareness for cancer research is being raised tonight: For every strikeout recorded by a TinCaps pitcher, 5/3 is donating $250 to SU2C.

Remember When : The TinCaps and Loons opened the 2014 season at Parkview Field on April 3. Both teams have 10 active players who were here on Opening Day. For the TinCaps, only 5 players have been active all year: SS Josh VanMeter, 3B Dustin Peterson, OFs Franmil Reyes and Henry Charles, and RHP Erik Cabrera. (INF Fernando Perez and C Ryan Miller have also been with the team throughout but have spent time on the DL.)

Packed Parkview Field : The TinCaps have had 24 sell-out crowds already this season with 7 home dates remaining. The only FW season with more sellouts was 2010 (26). Parkview Field has averaged 5,876 fans per game. The team's total attendance of 370,210 is its most ever through 63 openings.

Second Half Playoff Race

Team Record GB (WC) Streak Last 10

West Michigan Whitecaps 35-22 - L1 6-4

South Bend Silver Hawks 33-24 - W4 7-3

1. Lake County Captains 29-27 - W1 7-3

T2. Dayton Dragons 27-30 2.5 (-) L2 3-7

T2. Great Lakes Loons 27-30 2.5 (-) W1 4-6

3. Bowling Green Hot Rods 26-31 3.5 (1.0) L1 6-4

T5. Fort Wayne TinCaps 25-32 4.5 (2.0) L1 3-7

T5. Lansing Lugnuts 25-32 4.5 (2.0) W1 4-6

*WM & SB secured playoff bids in the First Half. The top two finishers in the Second Half of the remaining six teams will also make the playoffs.

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