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ReCap: Dominant Start Leads Whitecaps over TinCaps

May 18, 2022

BOX SCORE By Ben Shulman FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Fort Wayne TinCaps lost to the West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit Tigers affiliate), 9-0, on Wednesday evening at Parkview Field. Whitecaps starter Keider Montero dominated in his five innings, shutting out the TinCaps while facing one over the minimum. One of

BOX SCORE

By Ben Shulman

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Fort Wayne TinCaps lost to the West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit Tigers affiliate), 9-0, on Wednesday evening at Parkview Field. Whitecaps starter Keider Montero dominated in his five innings, shutting out the TinCaps while facing one over the minimum.

One of the few Montero mistakes came against the newest Fort Wayne player. TinCaps first basemen Matthew Acosta kept his hot start to his Fort Wayne career going with a single in the second inning. At the time of the single, Acosta had base hits in four straight at-bats and four of five overall in his brief TinCaps career. The USC alum was called up from Single-A Lake Elsinore on May 16.

Acosta was the lone baserunner for Fort Wayne in the first three innings. Shortstop Jarryd Dale became the second runner after he walked in the fourth. Dale has reached base safely in seven of the last eight games. The Australian was stranded, though, and the TinCaps trailed 2-0 after four innings. Fort Wayne threatened again in the eighth. Olivier Basabe picked up his second hit in as many days on a ground ball to deep shortstop. Acosta again reached on a bunt single that paralleled the third-base line all the way to the bag. Both runners were left on base.

Fort Wayne starter Jackson Wolf was solid in five innings. Wolf allowed two earned runs and struck out seven batters, tying a season high. The southpaw’s brightest moment came in his final inning. After allowing an RBI single from Wenceel Perez that made it 3-0 West Michigan in the fifth, Wolf bounced back to strike out Josh Crouch and Austin Murr to strand a pair of runners.

The West Michigan bats exploded from there. Perez and Crouch had back-to-back RBI singles in the eighth to lead a three-run inning. It was 7-0 after eight innings. A home run from Whitecaps shortstop Trei Cruz in the ninth was the final blow.

Next Game: Thursday, May 19 vs. West Michigan Whitecaps (7:05 p.m.)

· Fort Wayne Probable Starter: LHP Noel Vela

· West Michigan Probable Starter: RHP Jordan Marks

Watch: Comcast Network 81 & MiLB.TV

Listen: 1380 The Fan & 100.9 FM / TinCapsRadio.com