TinCaps Split Doubleheader in Bowling Green
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The TinCaps split a doubleheader with the Bowling Green Hot Rods (Tampa Bay Rays affiliate) at Bowling Green Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. Fort Wayne won the first game, which was the continuation of a game suspended by rain on Saturday night, 6-0, while Bowling Green claimed
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The TinCaps split a doubleheader with the Bowling Green Hot Rods (Tampa Bay Rays affiliate) at Bowling Green Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. Fort Wayne won the first game, which was the continuation of a game suspended by rain on Saturday night, 6-0, while Bowling Green claimed the series finale, 4-3, in eight innings (the game was scheduled for seven innings).
Game 1 picked up with two outs in the top of the fourth inning and the 'Caps on top, 3-0, after designated hitter
The 'Caps grabbed a lead in Game 2, though it didn't hold up. In the third inning, center fielder
Bowling Green tied the game with an unearned run in the fifth and moved in front with another run in the sixth.
Fort Wayne was down to its final out in the top of the seventh inning when Harris homered to left-center field, leveling the score at 2-2. Harris was 3-for-3, a triple shy of the cycle.
The game went to "extra innings." While the 'Caps cashed in on their chance to start the eighth with a runner at second base, thanks to a Hot Rods error, the TinCaps returned the favor with an error in the bottom of the eighth. With the game tied, 3-3, and the bases full, Bowling Green first baseman
The TinCaps are now 7-4. The Hot Rods are 5-6.
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Monday, April 15 @ Dayton (7 p.m.)
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