Whitecaps three-hit Lugnuts, 6-0
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – Jake Holton homered twice to back the combined three-hit efforts of four West Michigan Whitecaps (6-2) pitchers in a 6-0 shutout of the Lansing Lugnuts (2-6) on Saturday afternoon at LMCU Ballpark. Lazaro Armenteros singled in the second inning, Brett Harris doubled in the fourth and
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – Jake Holton homered twice to back the combined three-hit efforts of four West Michigan Whitecaps (6-2) pitchers in a 6-0 shutout of the Lansing Lugnuts (2-6) on Saturday afternoon at LMCU Ballpark.
*Lazaro Armenteros *singled in the second inning, *Brett Harris *doubled in the fourth and *Gabriel Maciel *doubled in the fifth for the Lugnuts, who were blanked for the third time.
Lansing starter *Jeff Criswell *struck out five in five innings, but was victimized twice by Holton. The West Michigan first baseman first delivered a two-run shot for a 2-0 first-inning lead, then drove a solo home run in the third inning to increase the lead to 4-0.
The Whitecaps tacked on solo tallies in the sixth against *Kumar Nambiar *via Andrew Navigato RBI double and in the seventh against *Danie Martinez *via bases-loaded walk. *Trayson Kubo *pitched a scoreless eighth inning, stranding a two-out walk.
The Whitecaps, conversely, received four scoreless frames from Jack O’Loughlin before Dylan Smith handled the fifth, sixth and seventh; Andrew Magno tossed a perfect eighth; and RJ Petit wrapped up a 1-2-3 ninth.
Right-hander *Osvaldo Berrios *(11.25 ERA) starts the finale of the six-game series, taking on Whitecaps right-hander Ty Madden (2.25 ERA) at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The next Lugnuts homestand will see the Fort Wayne TinCaps come to Michigan’s state capital from April 19-24. Tickets are available for purchase at the stadium box office, at lansinglugnuts.com and by calling (517) 485-4500.
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