Captains Score Ten in the Third for 13-3 Win

(Eastlake, OH)- The first nine hitters reached and scored in the third inning for Lake County on Tuesday night as the Captains defeated Fort Wayne 13-3. The Captains scored ten runs on four hits, with the help of four walks in the inning. Everyone in the lineup recorded a hit and a run.

Jesus Aguilar lined a ball over the wall in left center for a two run homerun in the first inning to give Lake County a 2-0 lead. It was Aguilar's 14th of the season and pushed his RBI total to 49.

The TinCaps tied the game up at two, in the second, a two run triple by BJ Guinn, scoring Connor Powers and Wes Cunningham.

Fort Wayne picked up an unearned run in the fifth inning. Oscar Garcia reached on a single to right to get aboard. A base hit by Stubblefield and walk to Powers loaded the bases. A passed ball allowed Garcia to score making it 12-3.

The Captains came right back with a run in the bottom half of the fifth inning. Nick Bartolone lead the inning off with the single. Argenis Martinez walked for the second time. Carlos Moncrief singled up the middle scoring Bartolone for his second RBI of the night for a 13-3 lead.

Cole Cook (3-8) picked up the win for Lake County, tossing five innings allowing three runs, two earned on seven hits, walking two and striking out a career high eight. Keyvius Sampson (7-2) suffered just his second loss of the year for the TinCaps, allowing a season high seven runs on just three hits, walking four and striking out two in two plus innings of work.

Lake County and Fort Wayne will wrap up the three game set with the rubber match on Wednesday morning from Classic Park at 11:00AM. The Captains will start RHP Jordan Cooper (2-2) against LHP Mark Hardy (3-7) for the TinCaps. Catch all the action AM1330 WELW or online at captainsbaseball.com.