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TinCaps Transactions & Game Information: June 7 vs. Lake County

June 7, 2022 - Midwest League (MWL)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release


The San Diego Padres have made the following Minor League transactions:

Effective Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Catcher Juan Zabala (acquired from Dodgers on Sunday) transferred from High-A Fort Wayne to Double-A San Antonio

Infielder Ripken Reyes transferred from High-A Fort Wayne to Double-A San Antonio

Note: Wyatt Hoffman now wearing No. 1... Lucas Dunn wearing No. 8

Fort Wayne TinCaps (20-31) vs. Lake County Captains (26-24)

Tuesday, June 7 (7:05 p.m. ET) | Parkview Field | Fort Wayne, Ind. | Game 1 of 6 in Series | Home Game 25 of 66 | Game 52 of 132

RHP Brandon Komar vs. RHP Tanner Bibee

TV: Comcast Network 81 & MiLB.TV (John Nolan & Justin Libey) / Radio: 1380 The Fan & 100.9 FM (Mike Maahs & Ben Shulman)

LAST GAME: On Sunday, Fort Wayne fell to Great Lakes, 8-0, in five innings. The game was cut short due to rain in Midland. Wyatt Hoffman, son of Hall of Famer and former Padres closer Trevor Hoffman, made his High-A debut at second base.

BACK ON TRACK: The TinCaps split their most recent series, ending a streak of five straight series losses. It was the first split, or better, for Fort Wayne since the TinCaps trip to Lansing from April 19-24. Better yet, Fort Wayne has won four of its last seven games after a 6-23 stretch from April 26 to May 28.

K KINGS: TinCaps pitchers lead the 12-team Midwest League in K/9 (11.23) and narrowly rank second in total strikeouts with 528 to league-leading South Bend's 531.

CONTACT: Offensively, the TinCaps have struck out the fewest times in the Midwest League (8.5 per game). Meanwhile, Fort Wayne ranks 3rd in walks drawn (4.2 per game)... Infielder Ripken Reyes has swung and missed at the lowest percentage of pitches in the MWL (5%) and has struck out in only 15% of his plate appearances (4th lowest rate).

CAUGHT 'EM: TinCaps catchers lead the MWL in caught stealing %. Fort Wayne's backstops have thrown out 25 of 73 attempted base stealers (35%)... Individually, Brandon Valenzuela leads the league in caught stealings, 17 of 48, while Anthony Vilar has nabbed 7 of 18, and Adam Kerner has caught one as well.

LUCAS DUNN: Has 6 hits in his first 6 games at the High-A level with two home runs and six RBIs. (His grand slam on Saturday was the second of his professional career. The previous was an inside-the-park grand slam with Single-A Lake Elsinore on Sept. 18, 2021.)

ROAD TO OMAHA: The NCAA Baseball Tournament underway. There are 6 active TinCaps who played in the NCAA Tournament: starting pitchers Ryan Bergert and Jackson Wolf (West Virginia, 2019); reliever Luke Boyd (Baylor, 2017-19); catcher Anthony Vilar (Miami, 2019, '21); infielder Jack Stronach (UCLA, 2017-19); and utility man Lucas Dunn (Louisville, 2018-19)... This year, Dunn's alma mater has advanced to the Super Regional round, along with manager Brian Esposito's UConn Huskies. Ripken Reyes' San Diego Toreros also made the tourney, along with Vilar's Hurricanes.

TRIPLE PLAY: The TinCaps won Friday, despite running into a triple play in the top of the 9th when 3 runners were tagged out on a Matthew Acosta single with runners at first and second... Coincidentally, the last time the 'Caps had hit into a triple play was also against the Loons. That happened at Parkview Field on May 29, 2011. Great Lakes center fielder Joc Pederson (a fantasy football player who's since become an MLB All-Star and 2-time World Series winner) caught a line drive and threw to second base to double-off another future major leaguer, Rymer Liriano. Yet another budding big leaguer, Rico Noel, tried to tag from third, but was thrown out at the plate... Also of note, the Loons' left fielder that game was Preston Mattingly (son of Don), who last fall was hired by the Phillies to be their Director of Player Development, after previously working for the Padres... Meanwhile, the only triple play Fort Wayne has turned, incredibly, occurred in the franchise's first ever game on April 10, 1993, at Waterloo.

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