Sports stats



MWL1 Fort Wayne TinCaps

TinCaps Game Notes: July 28 at BG (Game 103)

July 28, 2018 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release


Fort Wayne TinCaps (15-18, 47-55) @ Bowling Green Hot Rods (20-14, 67-36)

LHP Osvaldo Hernandez vs. RHP Tobias Myers

Saturday, July 28 - Bowling Green Ballpark (Bowling Green, KY) - 7:35 PM (Game 103)

LISTEN: ESPN Radio 1380 & 100.9 FM / TuneIn / TinCapsRadio.com

FRIDAY: The TinCaps led the Dragons, 5-0, on Friday night, but Dayton rallied late for an 8-6 win at Fifth Third Field. In the setback, Gabriel Arias (2) and Esteury Ruiz (10) both homered while MacKenzie Gore tossed 5 innings, allowed 4 hits, 3 runs (2 earned), and struck out 7. Additionally, Fort Wayne out-hit the Dragons, 13-7. Jeisson Rosario, Robbie Podorsky, Kelvin Melean, Jalen Washington, and Arias each finished with 2 hits.

COOPERSTOWN CONNECTIONS: The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Sunday. Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Chipper Jones, and Jim Thome will all be inducted. In 1996, TinCaps Coach Jhonny Carvajal played with Vladimir Guerrero with the Double-A Harrisburg Senators (Expos). That season, Guerrero slashed .360/.438/.612 in 118 games at Double-A. The Senators won the Eastern League that season. Trevor Hoffman spent 16 years with the TinCaps parent club, the San Diego Padres. With the Padres, Hoffman held a 2.76 career ERA and collected 552 of his 601 career saves.

BASEBALL RUNS IN THE FAMILY: TinCaps Hitting Coach Jonathan Mathews' son, Merrick, is set to play in the Class 2A Iowa Baseball State Finals with Centerville High School today. Jonathan attended Centerville High School, as did his father, Rick. Rick Mathews is currently a scout for the Colorado Rockies. Rick served as the bullpen coach for the Rockies for 6 years under Clint Hurdle, including in 2007 when the Rockies made it to the World Series against the Boston Red Sox. Jonathan also coached at the big league level in 2017 when he was the Padres Outfield Coach. Centerville is a town in Iowa of only about 5,300 people located about 20 minutes north of the Iowa-Missouri border.

SEASON BESTS: On Wednesday, the TinCaps set the following season bests in game 1 at Dayton... most runs in an inning (9 in 6th)... most hits in an inning (9 in 6th)... most home runs (3)... most home runs by an individual - Kelvin Melean (2)... most RBIs by an individual (5)... tied fewest hits allowed by a starter - Luis Patiño (0)... tied fewest hits allowed as a team (2).

IN CONTROL: TinCaps pitchers have walked the fewest batters in the Midwest League this season - 294 in 885.0 IP. That's only 3.0 BB/9. Fort Wayne also has the best ratio of strikeouts to walks (3.08/1).

PODO POWER: Since making his 2018 TinCaps debut on May 18, Robbie Podorsky leads the Midwest League in batting average at .360. Thursday he had a 16-game on-base streak that began on July 2 come to a close. In the stretch, he hit .410 with a .500 OBP - both league highs.

MELLY GETS ON: Kelvin Melean has reached base in 14 of his first 16 starts with the TinCaps this season, since debuting July 8... On Wednesday he became the first TinCap with a multi-homer game since Hudson Potts hit 2 home runs at Parkview Field last Aug. 30 against Great Lakes. (Potts, by the way, is on a 14-game hitting streak right now with High-A Lake Elsinore. Potts is slashing .288/.356/.517 with 17 homers and 58 RBIs in 98 games.)... Prior to Wednesday, Melean had gone 170 career MiLB games, and 715 plate appearances, without a home run.

LEAGUE LEADERS: Jeisson Rosario is 3rd in runs (63), 7th in OBP (.387), and tied for 8th in walks (51)... Esteury Ruiz is 3rd in SB (33)... Robbie Podorsky is tied for 10th in SB (21)... Osvaldo Hernandez is 1st in ERA (1.97)... Aaron Leasher is 9th in ERA (3.39)... Travis Radke is tied for 3rd in saves (12).

ADVANCED STATS LEAGUE LEADERS: Jeisson Rosario is 8th in BB% (14%) & 9th in BB/K (0.70)... Osvaldo Hernandez is 8th in K/BB (3.62), has 2nd lowest HR/9 (0.21), & 7th in LOB% (75%)

ON THE SHELF: The TinCaps currently have 3 key players on the Disabled List in starting pitcher Mason Thompson (tricep strain), infielder Justin Lopez (broken left thumb), and outfielder Tirso Ornelas (right wrist).

260 TO THE SHOW: Through the "first half" of the 2018 MLB season, 42 former Fort Wane TinCaps/Wizards have played in the big leagues, including All-Stars: Corey Kluber (2008) and Miles Mikolas (2010).

Check out the Fort Wayne TinCaps Statistics



Midwest League Stories from July 28, 2018


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central