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TinCaps Game Notes: May 23 vs. South Bend (Game 44)

May 23, 2019 - Midwest League (MWL1)
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Fort Wayne TinCaps (20-23, 5th East) vs. South Bend Cubs (24-20, 4th East)

LHP Joey Cantillo vs. LHP Faustino Carrera

Thursday, May 23 - Parkview Field (Fort Wayne, Ind.) - First Pitch 7:05 PM (Game 44 / 138)

WATCH: John Nolan & Brett Rump (Comcast Network 81 & MiLB.TV)

LISTEN: Mike Maahs & Evan Stockton (ESPN Radio 1380 & 100.9 FM | TinCapsRadio.com | TuneIn)

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON: The TinCaps won their third game in a row over South Bend, riding great pitching and timely hitting to a 3-1 victory. Gabe Mosser shined his start, tossing six scoreless innings and retiring the final 15 batters he faced. Justin Lopez cracked a two-run home run in the sixth (his third dinger of the homestand), Lee Solomon added an RBI single in the seventh, and the Cubs mustered just a lone run off the 'Caps bullpen. South Bend has scored two runs in the series so far.

ON THE LINE: The TinCaps have a chance to sweep this 4-game series. The 'Caps haven't won 4 in a row since a 4-game sweep here against Dayton from April 8-11.

IN CONTROL: TinCaps pitchers have walked the fewest batters in the MWL this year (121 BB in 364.1 IP). 'Caps starters in particular have had pinpoint accuracy lately-only 2 walks in the last 8 starts combined. Today's starter Joey Cantillo has limited his walks as well as of late -the left-hander has allowed three walks combined in his last three starts after dishing out eight walks in his previous three starts.

STARTING STRONG: Fort Wayne's starters have been almost unhittable in this series. In the three games against South Bend, Ryan Weathers, Efraín Contreras and Gabe Mosser have combined to go 14.2 innings of nearly scoreless ball. The trio surrendered just one run on 10 hits while fanning 14 and walking none. Contreras and Mosser have been particularly fantastic the last two nights. Efraín went six scoreless innings on Tuesday night with five K's and just three hits allowed, while Gabe also went six scoreless on Wednesday with six punchouts and three hits allowed. Contreras set down 15 of the final 16 men he faced on Tuesday, and Mosser set down the final 15 who opposed him on Wednesday.

SHUTTING THE DOOR: While the TinCaps starters have understand garnered plenty of praise for their work during the last three games, the bullpen work has also been awesome. Seven different pitchers have combined to toss 12.1 innings of one-run ball with four strikeouts, one walk, and seven hits allowed. Some notable performances: Ramon Perez "piggybacked" the start of Ryan Weathers on Monday and shined, going 4.0 scoreless innings with just one walk and one hit allowed with three strikeouts. Adrian Martinez has appeared twice in the past three games (Monday and Wednesday), combining for three scoreless innings with two hits allowed. The native of Mexicali, Mexico hasn't allowed an earned run in his last six appearances (15.2 combined innings).

MAKING HIS MARK: Infielder Tucupita Marcano got off to a slow start this season, slashing .179/.270/.196 through his first 15 games. But since April 22, few have been hotter in the Midwest League. Over his last 24 games, Marcano has slashed .388/.434/.520 with 8 doubles, a triple, a homer, and 12 RBIs. He leads the league in batting average during that stretch. He was the MWL Player of the Week for April 29-May 5. Overall this season, Marcano's .312 Average ranks 7th in the MWL. His 49 Hits are 2nd. Marcano has swung and missed at only 5% of pitches (4th lowest SwStr%) and has struck out only 11.6% of the times he's been up (8th lowest K%).

MAY CROWNING: Outfielder Grant Little has slashed .340/.448/.404 this month. Monday marked the first 4-hit game of his pro career... Infielder Lee Solomon has slashed

.364/.417/.455 through 13 games in May. "Solo" has 6 doubles and 8 RBIs in this range. He's on a season-long 6-game hitting streak.

AGE IS JUST A NUMBER: Justin Lopez has seen a resurgence at the plate lately. The recently turned 19-year-old (birthday: May 9) has a double, a triple, and 4 home runs in his last 7 games. Lopez cranked a two-run home run on Wednesday that traveled 398 feet to right-center field and left his bat at an exit velocity of 103 miles per hour. In seven games against South Bend this season, Lopez has six extra-base hits (four doubles, two home runs).

POWER SURGE: The TinCaps have a combined 26 extra-base hits in their last 7 games, including 5 Monday. Fort Wayne had 2 extra-base hits combined over its previous 4 games.

WALK & RUN: Outfielder Jawuan Harris has walked in 20.3% of his plate appearances this season. That's the 2nd highest BB% in the MWL (and a jump from 14% for him last year as a rookie). The speedster is also tied for 5th in the MWL in Stolen Bases (12) and is tied for 10th in Runs (26). Harris singled, stole a base, and scored in Wednesday's victory. He's reached base in 8 games in a row-1 shy of his season long on-base streak.

X FACTOR: Infielder Xavier Edwards leads the Midwest League in Batting Average (.350) and Hits (50), is 4th in OBP (.410) and is tied for 5th in Stolen Bases (12)... Edwards also has the lowest Swinging Strike % (2%) and 3rd lowest K% in the MWL (8.7%). He had a 22-game on-base streak and a 14-game hitting streak (longest for any MWL hitter this year) end Tuesday.

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