MWL1 Fort Wayne TinCaps

TinCaps Game Notes: May 15 at Lake County (Game 37)

May 15, 2019 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release


Fort Wayne TinCaps (15-21, 7th East) @ Lake County Captains (21-15, T-1st East)

RHP Gabe Mosser vs. RHP Cody Morris

Wednesday, May 15 * Classic Park (Eastlake, OH) * First Pitch 11:00 AM (Game 37 / 139)

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TUESDAY NIGHT: For the second night in a row, the TinCaps lost by a run at Lake County, 5-4. Xavier Edwards was 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI singles and Tucupita Marcano added a 2-run single during a 3-run fourth inning that gave the 'Caps a 4-3 lead at the time. But the Captains rallied to tie the game in the sixth and go in front for good in the eighth with a run scoring on a wild pitch.

X FACTOR: Infielder Xavier Edwards leads the Midwest League in Batting Average (.368) and OBP (.433), ranks 3rd in Stolen Bases (11), and 9th in OPS (.860). Edwards also has the 3rd lowest strikeout rate in the MWL (7%) and the lowest swinging strike rate (2%). His 1.40 BB/K ratio is 2nd best. Edwards is presently on a 9-game hitting streak and a 17-game on-base streak.

MWL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Last Monday the Midwest League announced that infielder Tucupita Marcano was the MWL Player of the Week for April 29-May 5.In 6 games that week, Marcano slashed .538/.586/.654 as he went 14-for-26 with two walks, a hit by pitch, a double, a triple, 3 RBIs, and a stolen base. Marcano had a 16-game on-base and 10-game hitting streak (the longest such streaks among TinCaps this season) end on Saturday in Beloit.

RUIZ RIPPING IT: Outfielder Agustin Ruiz is tied for 3rd in the MWL in RBIs (24) and 7th in Doubles (11). Ruiz has a 29% Line Drive % on batted balls - 3rd highest in the Midwest League.

POWER OUTAGE: The TinCaps rank 15th out of 16 MWL teams for home runs with 11 (South Bend has 10). Fort Wayne has hit only 1 homer over its last 16 games - a Dwanya Williams-Sutton blast at Beloit last Thursday.

LOPEZ LOOKING TO GET HOT: With 2 hits Monday, infielder Justin Lopez had his 2nd multi-hit game of the season and his 1st since April 7.

HUNTING HITS: Blake Hunt has the 17th lowest K% in the MWL (16%), but also the 11th lowest BABIP (.222). A typical BABIP is about .300.

CHANGE IN APPROACH: Infielder Luis Almanzar has walked in 16% of his plate appearances this season. That's the 12th highest BB% in the MWL. It's also a jump from his 9% BB% in 63 games with the TinCaps in 2018. That said, Almanzar's K% has risen as well from 31% last year to 35% this year.

SOLO SHOT: Since returning from the Injured List on May 4, infielder Lee Solomon is 8-for-29 (.276) with 4 walks (.364 OBP) and 7 RBIs in 8 games. Solomon grew up in Columbus, Ohio, about 2 hours and 25 minutes from here.

WALK & RUN: Outfielder Jawuan Harris has walked in 19% of his plate appearances this season. That's the 3rd highest BB% in the MWL (and a jump from 14% for him last year as a rookie). Harris is also tied for 9th in Runs (21).

ALUMNI REPORT: 2016 TinCaps catcher Austin Allen was called up by the Padres on Saturday. After making his MLB debut that night as a pinch-hitter, Allen started on Sunday and got his first big-league hit. He's the 181st former Fort Wayne player to go from the 260 to The Show.

CLASSIC MEMORIES: The TinCaps opened their 2018 season here at Classic Park. Nick Margevicius, a native of nearby North Royalton, Ohio, got the start. Margevicius, who also pitched here in high school for Saint Ignatius, made the Padres' big-league rotation this season.

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