For the first three innings of Saturday night s matchup between the TinCaps and West Michigan, it looked like there would be a pitcher s duel at Parkv .
The TinCaps broke out with the bats Friday night and clinched a split of their first six-game series. They can clinch a win in the series tonight when .
West Michigan exploded for five runs in the fifth and seven more in the ninth to run away with a 16-6 victory at Parkview Field tonight, setting up an .
TinCaps beat West Michigan, 10-3, behind Ruiz grand slam
DYLAN SINN | The Journal Gazette
The TinCaps exploded for nine runs in the first two innings and bounced back from their first loss of the season with a 10-3 victory over West Michigan tonight at Parkview Field.
How it Happened
The TinCaps had three hits in the entire game Thursday. By the end of the second inning tonight, they had doubled that total with six and pushed across nine runs. The Whitecaps took an early lead when Fort Wayne starter Edgar Martinez walked in a run in the first inning to make it 1-0.
TinCaps offense explodes in third victory in four games
DYLAN SINN | The Journal Gazette
The TinCaps are seeing the ball well.
After racking up 22 walks in the first three games of the season, Fort Wayne s bats finally started stringing together hits tonight and the result was an emphatic 10-3 victory that featured a grand slam from Agustin Ruiz, a solo homer from Jawuan Harris and 11 total hits. It was the perfect antidote to the team s first loss of the season, which came Thursday.
The TinCaps have done an outstanding job in the first four games of not offering at pitches outside the zone and making opposing pitchers throw strikes to get outs. The Whitecaps appeared to challenge the Fort Wayne hitters more often in the early innings tonight and the TinCaps took advantage, pushing across nine runs on seven hits in the first two frames. Harris, whose solo shot led off the bottom of the first and knotted the score at 1, said the team has emphasized not expanding the zone early in