MWL1 Lake County Captains

"Wild" Win for the Captains

Published on July 16, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Eastlake, OH) - The Lake County Captains (13-11, 44-49) won on a walk-off wild pitch as Todd Hankins scored from third to defeat the Beloit Snappers (10-14, 49-45) by a final of 9-8. In the ninth, Leonardo Castillo reached on an error and was lifted for Todd Hankins as a pinch runner. Hankins tagged up on a foul pop up and reached second. He also tagged up to third on a fly out. Hankins raced home on a ball that got away and Lake County won the ballgame. The win was the fourth consecutive for the Captains.

Beloit scored first in the ballgame. Miguel Sano hit his 19th homerun of the season in the first inning and the score was 1-0 Beloit. It was RBI number 64 for Sano as well. The Snapper third basemen is the Top Prospect in the Twins Organization.

Lake County scored three times in the bottom of the first inning and did not record a hit. Lake County saw the bases get loaded via three straight walks to begin the ballgame. With one out, Beloit committed two straight errors and that resulted in two straight runs. The Captains got their third run on an RBI groundout by Jake Lowery and the score was 3-1 Captains headed to the second inning.

Beloit got a run back in the top of the second inning. Jhon Goncalves and Matt Koch singled to open the inning, and Steven Wickens grounded into a fielder's choice and Goncalves scored from third and the score was 3-2 Captains. Lake County made it a 5-2 game when Jerrud Sabourin singled and Luigi Rodriguez homered to left field. That was Rodriguez's eighth homer of the season.

The ballgame was tied in the top half of the fifth inning. With a run in and two outs, Drew Leachman was hit by a pitch. Steven Liddle un-loaded a two-run homer to right field and the ballgame was tied at 5-5.

Lake County took a three run lead in the bottom of the fifth. With the bases loaded, Bryson Myles singled to center and moved Rodriguez to third base. Jordan Casas hit a sacrifice fly to center and the score was 8-5 Captains. In the top of the sixth inning Beloit tied the game back up. With two outs and two strikes to Nate Roberts, Kyle Petter hit Roberts with a pitch and then walked the bases loaded. Drew Leachman doubled home all the runners and the score was deadlocked at 8-8.

RHP Cody Anderson (4-5) started the game for the Captains and went three innings. Cody did not get a decision. Anderson allowed four hits, two earned runs, one walk and one strikeout. Anderson also gave up one homerun. Francisco Valera pitched two innings, allowing two hits, three earned runs, a walk, three strikeouts and one homerun. Kyle Petter also pitched two innings; he gave up one hit three earned runs, four walks and three strikeouts. He also hit one batter. Enosil Tejada (1-1) pitched two innings allowing one hit, two walks, and struck out two. Tejada earned his first win of the season.

RHP Tyler Jones (1-3) got the start for Beloit. He did not get a decision. He pitched four innings, allowing three hits, five runs, three were earned, three walks, four strikeouts and one homerun. The Snapper bullpen pitched the final four and two thirds innings and allowed four runs, and walked nine. Corey Williams (2-4) took the loss after allowing the un-earned run in the ninth inning.

The Captains will be off on Tuesday but will be in action on Wednesday Night in Davenport, Iowa. Lake County will be opening up a three game series against the Quad Cities River Bandits. The Captains will send LHP Shawn Morimando (3-2, 3.74) to the hill to start against RHP Sam Gaviglio (5-6, 4.97) for Quad Cities. First pitch is at 8:00 PM ET.

Full season tickets plans, 7-, 12-, 20-, and 35-game mini ticket plans for the 2012 season are on sale now at great prices complete with several exclusive benefits. Information can be found at the Captains website www.captainsbaseball.com.

The Lake County Captains are a Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians and play their home games at Classic Park in Eastlake, at the corners of State Route 91 and Vine Street. For more information on the Captains, please visit the team's official website at www.CaptainsBaseball.com.

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