June 16, 2024 – Midwest League (MWL)
Lake County Captains News Release
EASTLAKE, OH – The Lake County Captains (38-25) took an early 5-0 lead, but were outlasted by the Fort Wayne TinCaps (27-36) by a score of 7-5 in 10 innings on Sunday at Classic Auto Group Park.
Lake County RHP Austin Peterson (ND) garnered his seventh quality start of the season, pitching six innings, allowing two unearned runs on four hits, and fanning five while walking none in 79 pitches (53 strikes). Fort Wayne RHP Tyler Morgan (4-2) earned the win, anchoring a TinCaps bullpen that surrendered two runs in nine innings.
The Captains chased out Fort Wayne starter Braden Nett, MLB Pipeline’s No. 16 San Diego prospect, in the bottom of the second inning, as the first three Lake County batters reached to load the bases. 1B Maick Collado drew a leadoff walk, which was followed by consecutive singles by SS Jose Devers, MLB Pipeline’s No. 19 Cleveland prospect, and CF Jake Fox, MLB Pipeline’s No. 18 Cleveland prospect.
TinCaps reliever Keegan Collett eventually permitted a pair of RBI walks to DH Jonah Advincula and RF Guy Lipscomb, as well as an RBI single by 2B Angel Genao, MLB Pipeline’s No. 11 Cleveland prospect. Collett later surrendered a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to LF Jorge Burgos to cap off a four-run bottom of the second for the Captains.
Lake County added another run two innings later, when Lipscomb hit a two-out RBI single and advanced to second base on a throwing error after Genao hit a double in the previous at-bat.
After five shutout innings, Peterson allowed two unearned runs in the top of the sixth. Fort Wayne CF Homer Bush Jr., MLB Pipeline’s No. 8 San Diego prospect, plated a run on a throwing error and advanced to third. SS Jay Beshears, MLB Pipeline’s No. 27 San Diego prospect, then brought Bush Jr. home on an RBI groundout.
The TinCaps then tied the game in the top of the eighth, when C Anthony Vilar hit a two-run homer to right field, and RF Kai Murphy hit an RBI single to plate 1B Devin Ortiz.
In the bottom of the ninth, Advincula drew a leadoff walk for the Captains – who had walked off Fort Wayne on Friday and Saturday – but was not brought around, forcing extra innings for Lake County’s third straight game.
Fort Wayne gained its first lead of the contest in the top of the 10th, when Beshears roped a go-ahead RBI double to make the score 6-5. One batter later, Ethan Salas, MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 San Diego and No. 5 MLB prospect, hit an RBI groundout to drive…
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