TinCaps Fall in Offensive Battle
LANSING, Mich. - The TinCaps fell, 12-11, in 10 innings against the Lansing Lugnuts (Toronto Blue Jays) in a game that featured 23 runs on 35 hits at Cooley Law School Stadium on Saturday night.
Lansing (32-17) walked off in the bottom of the 10th inning. With the bases loaded and two outs,
In the loss, center fielder
Fort Wayne (21-27) started the offensive outburst in the top of the second inning. Belen hammered a two-run homer over the left-center field wall as part of a three-run inning for the TinCaps that featured three extra-base hits to put the TinCaps up, 3-0.
The TinCaps added another run in the third off of a sacrifice fly from designated hitter
Lansing scored its first run in the bottom of the third inning to cut the deficit down, 4-1.
Fort Wayne erupted for another three-run inning in the fourth on a bases clearing triple from second baseman
After the Lugnuts scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth, Fort Wayne responded with three more runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 10-3 lead headed to the sixth.
Lansing, however, started to mount the comeback with a run in the sixth and another in the eighth to go into the bottom of the ninth trailing, 10-5.
The Lugnuts scored five more runs, including four with two outs in the inning, to tie the game at 10-10 and send the game to extras.
In the top of the 10th, the TinCaps scored a run on a sacrifice fly from Ornelas to bring left fielder
TinCaps starter
Next Game
Sunday, May 26 @ Lansing Lugnuts (1:05 p.m.)
- TinCaps Probable Starter: LHP
- Lugnuts Probable Starter: RHP
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