After two straight shutouts to wrap up a series against the Peoria Chiefs, the Great Lakes Loons pitching staff was on a roll. While they didn’t shut out the Lansing Lugnuts on Tuesday night, they still carried the team to victory. Great Lakes made it six wins in a row

MIDLAND, Mich. – Coming into Thursday’s game at Dow Diamond, the Great Lakes Loons had won nine of the last 10 starts by Nick Nastrini. But in the last three, Nastrini had allowed multiple earned runs in each start. That ended Thursday. Nastrini pitched six scoreless innings, leading the Loons

In the top of the ninth inning Thursday at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio, the Great Lakes Loons found themselves down to their final strike, trailing by three, with the tying run in the on-deck circle. Jose Ramos launched a two-run homer, bringing Great Lakes within a run of the

MIDLAND, Mich. – In his first at-bat Thursday night at Dow Diamond, Diego Cartaya smacked a two-run home run that nearly left the park entirely. In his second at-bat, his second two-run shot did leave the park and landed on Buttles Street. Cartaya provided the firepower for the Great Lakes

The Great Lakes Loons started the second series of their longest road trip in Davenport, Iowa Tuesday night. It marks their first visit to the Quad Cities River Bandits since 2017. The Loons were coming off their first series loss since the month of May. Quad Cities (31-51) scored six

The Great Lakes Loons have been one of the most prolific offenses since the second half of the Midwest League season began, scoring nearly eight runs per game. So naturally, on Thursday night at Jackson Field in Lansing, Mich., they were held to one run by the team with the

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Dayton Dragons had a 7-0 lead at one point in the game, but in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday at Dow Diamond, the Loons trailed by just a run, with the bases loaded and two outs. Aldrich De Jongh stood in, in his second

The Great Lakes Loons ended one of their best road trips in Dayton, Ohio on Sunday. The series finale against the Dayton Dragons went the Loons way at Day Air Ballpark. Another rainy day as the down pour began in the fourth causing a two-hour delay. Great Lakes (33-24) led

After being shut out Thursday on four hits, the Great Lakes Loons were more resourceful with their four hits Friday night, scoring four runs. Unfortunately, the South Bend Cubs were even more efficient. The Cubs scored 11 on just eight hits, downing the Loons, 11-4, at Four Winds Field at

A three-run ninth inning can be enough to spell disaster. The South Bend Cubs scored three in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday afternoon. Luckily, the Great Lakes Loons scored three in the top of the ninth. That, in combination with a run in the fifth inning, was enough

MIDLAND, Mich. – In the top of the third inning Friday night at Dow Diamond, the Beloit Sky Carp had the bases loaded with nobody out. The Great Lakes Loons opted to keep their infield back, content to cede a run if it meant turning two, trusting that their offense

Sometimes in baseball, you have to take what you’re given. On Thursday night at LMCU Ballpark in Comstock Park, Mich., the Great Lakes Loons did just that. The Loons scored four unearned runs against the West Michigan Whitecaps, taking advantage of two Whitecaps errors to win their third-straight game, 4-1.

MIDLAND, Mich. – In the first eight contests for the Great Lakes Loons this season, they scored the first runs of the game. In six of those games, they were later outscored and ended up with the loss. On Tuesday night at Dow Diamond in Midland, Mich., a different story.

A final line of three runs on six hits would indicate a cold offensive night in a standard nine-inning game. Let alone 17 innings. In a doubleheader Friday night at Dozer Park in Peoria, Ill., that’s all the Great Lakes Loons could muster, as they lose both games to the

MIDLAND, Mich. – Ismael Alcantara stood in for his first at-bat in a Loons uniform, having just watched the two batters before him strike out in the bottom of the second inning. Alcantara, a native of the Dominican Republic, played in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., all of last season, in much