Late Surge Gives 'Caps 4-1 Victory
COMSTOCK PARK, MI - Tom de Blok provided the pitching and the West Michigan Whitecaps awoke late as part of a 4-1 victory over the Fort Wayne TinCaps in the final game of the regular season Monday afternoon at Fifth Third Ballpark.Tweet from @wmwhitecaps: CAPS WIN!!Whitecaps end the season with
COMSTOCK PARK, MI - Tom de Blok provided the pitching and the West Michigan Whitecaps awoke late as part of a 4-1 victory over the Fort Wayne TinCaps in the final game of the regular season Monday afternoon at Fifth Third Ballpark.
De Blok kept Fort Wayne off-balance all afternoon, giving away only two singles through the first five innings. The TinCaps put together a seventh inning rally by way of a 'Caps throwing error and consecutive singles to load the bases, but de Blok induced two force outs-including one at home plate to extinguish the threat. The Whitecaps broke the scoreless tie in their sixth inning and took a 1-0 lead after as Dylan Burdeaux doubled and raced home on a
Both teams collected eight hits on the afternoon. With seven different Whitecaps recording base hits, including two from Dylan Burdeaux. The win for de Blok (4-2) mimicked his last start on August 28 with seven innings of work and no runs allowed while scattering five hits.
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The Whitecaps are heading to the Midwest League Playoffs for the fourth consecutive season with the Eastern Division Quarterfinals against the Dayton Dragons with Game 1 of a best-of-three series beginning Wednesday at 7:00p.m. Broadcast coverage with Dan Hasty begins on the Whitecaps Baseball Network at 6:45p.m. Tickets can be reserved for any Whitecaps 2017 home contest, or the 2017 Midwest League Playoffs by calling the Whitecaps front office at 616-784-4131 or by visiting www.whitecapsbaseball.com.
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