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Nuts win in extras to gain doubleheader split

August 6, 2019

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The Lansing Lugnuts (21-22, 53-59) split a Monday night doubleheader with the Bowling Green Hot Rods (25-18, 64-49), dropping the opener, 3-1, before seizing a wild 6-3 extra-inning victory in the nightcap at Bowling Green Ballpark.In Game 1, Caleb Sampen (Win, 9-4) allowed one unearned run

Encore: Lugnuts steamroll 'Caps again

July 26, 2019

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. - After suffering an excruciating loss in the series opener, the Lansing Lugnuts (17-16, 49-53) enjoyed their second consecutive rout of the West Michigan Whitecaps (13-20, 34-68), 9-1, taking the rubber match of the three-game series on Friday night at Fifth Third Ballpark.The Lugnuts improved to 9-4

Locos walk to win over Picantes in 9th, 3-2

July 7, 2019

EASTLAKE, OH - Johnny Aiello drew a tie-breaking, two-out, bases-loaded walk in the top of the ninth, and the Lansing Locos (9-8, 41-45) defeated los Picantes de Lake County (10-7, 50-36), 3-2, in a Copa de la Diversion Sunday matinee at Classic Park.Lansing has won five of its last six

Nuts rally to stun Loons on Neal 9th-inning double

July 2, 2019

MIDLAND, Mich. - Down 3-0 entering the seventh inning, the Lansing Lugnuts (5-7, 37-44) rallied to seize a 4-3 victory over the Great Lakes Loons (6-6, 49-30) on D.J. Neal's two-run double in the ninth in the opener of a four-game home-and-home series on Tuesday night at Dow Diamond.The Lugnuts

Five-run Caps 7th fells Lugnuts

June 27, 2019

LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (3-4, 35-41) wiped out one multi-run Lake County lead but not the second, as the Captains (6-1, 46-30) rode a five-run seventh inning to a 9-4 victory on Thursday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.Center fielder Reggie Pruitt went 2-for-5 with two singles, a

Dragons Return Favor, 4-1

June 22, 2019

For the second straight night, a Lugnuts starter was stellar. Fitz Stadler (ND) threw five innings of shutout baseball. He set down the first 12 batters he faced and was perfect after four. Eventually he would give up a hit and a walk in the fifth, but work around them,

Road trip ends in 5-1 defeat

June 13, 2019

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Cole Roederer broke a 1-1 sixth-inning tie with an RBI triple and the South Bend Cubs (35-31) beat the Lansing Lugnuts (30-36), 5-1, on Thursday night at Four Winds Field.The Lugnuts split the four-game series with the Cubs and finished their 10-day, three-city road trip with

Five Lugnuts named MWL All-Stars

June 5, 2019

LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts announce that five players have been named to the Midwest League Eastern Division All-Star Team, with the All-Star Game to be held at South Bend's Four Winds Field on Tuesday, June 18th.Jake Brodt was named an All-Star starter at first base, catcher/first baseman Ryan

Five Lugnuts named Midwest League All-Stars

June 5, 2019

LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts announce that five players have been named to the Midwest League Eastern Division All-Star Team, with the All-Star Game to be held at South Bend's Four Winds Field on Tuesday, June 18th.Jake Brodt was named an All-Star starter at first base, catcher/first baseman Ryan

Lugnuts Player Spotlight: Cobi Johnson

May 25, 2019

LANSING, Mich. via TORONTO, Ont. -Cobi Johnson's travel ball team just needed someone to pitch. Johnson, a young position player at the time, was rather impartial to the notion of pitching. Still, the team threw him out there. Years later, he's a professional pitcher.After getting a good handle on his

Lugs squash Loons' winning streak, 9-4

May 23, 2019

LANSING, Mich. - Tanner Kirwer belted a three-run homer, piggyback tandem Fitz Stadler and Cobi Johnson combined for 14 strikeouts, and the Lansing Lugnuts (19-26) emphatically avoided a four-game sweep, rolling to a 9-4 victory over the Great Lakes Loons (28-16) on Thursday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.The romp

TinCaps' 1st inning causes Lugs to drop 10th

May 17, 2019

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Fort Wayne TinCaps (17-22) scored three runs in the first inning, which proved enough for a 3-2 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts (17-23) on Friday night at Parkview Field.The result marked the Lugnuts' 10th straight road loss, a new franchise record.

Lugnuts lose opener in Iowa City, 4-2

May 6, 2019

IOWA CITY, Ia. - Playing at Duane Banks Field on the campus of the University of Iowa due to flooding in Davenport, the Quad Cities River Bandits (19-10) received seven shutout innings from Austin Hansen in a 4-2 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts (14-16).It was the River Bandits' first game at

Lugnuts win 1-hour, 54-minute gem, 1-0

April 8, 2019

LANSING, Mich. - First pitch was thrown at 6:07 p.m. By 8:01, it was over.Otto Lopez smacked an RBI single through a drawn-in infield in the sixth inning and Cobi Johnson and Fitz Stadler combined on a three-hit shutout, speeding the Lansing Lugnuts (3-2) past the West Michigan Whitecaps (2-3), 1-0,