LANSING, MI - The West Michigan Whitecaps finished the first half of their season on a high-note as they beat the Lansing Lugnuts 10-1 on Sunday afternoon.Tweet from @wmwhitecaps: We finish the 1st half with a 10-1 win at Lansing! We're back home Thursday night at 7pm! Enjoy the All-Star
LANSING, MI - The West Michigan Whitecaps finished the first half of their season on a high-note as they beat the Lansing Lugnuts 10-1 on Sunday afternoon.
The Whitecaps finish the first-half with a record of 45-22 -- the best winning percentage (.672) of any team in professional baseball through games on Sunday.
The teams celebrated Father's Day as Vladimir Guerrero, Sr. made a surprise appearance to visit his son, Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. - one of the top prospects in baseball, and tossed him the games ceremonial first pitch. The elder Guerrero was a nine-time MLB All-Star during a 16-year pro career.
Cam Gibson, the son of Detroit Tigers legend Kirk Gibson, celebrated once the game began, lacing an RBI-double to open the scoring in the third inning. The 'Caps opened up their lead to 5-0 with a three-run fourth highlighted by Danny Pinero's run-scoring single. In the sixth, Gibson punctuated a huge afternoon with his team-leading tenth home run of the season, a two-run shot to give West Michigan a 7-1 lead. In the ninth, Anthony Pereira laced an opposite-field three-run homer to right, his fourth of the year to extend the lead to 10-1.
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Spenser Watkins (4-1) carried a no-hitter into the fifth and earned his fourth victory of the season, allowing just three hits and a run in seven solid innings of work, Osman Gutierrez (1-5) gave up five runs in five innings on the mound in suffering his fifth loss. Gibson led the Whitecaps offensive charge, going 2-for-4 with the home run and four RBI. The outfielder hit .361 in his final eight games to finish the first half of 2017.
UP NEXT
The Whitecaps enjoy the Midwest League All-Star break before returning to Fifth Third Ballpark to open the second half and host these Lansing Lugnuts Thursday at 7:00p.m. Pitcher Eudis Idrogo gets the start for West Michigan. Broadcast coverage with Dan Hasty and Mike Coleman begins on the Whitecaps Baseball Network at 6:50p.m. Tickets can be reserved for any Whitecaps 2017 home contest by calling the Whitecaps front office at 616-784-4131 or by visiting www.whitecapsbaseball.com.
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