The Captains had a two-time Gold Glove winner in left field May 25 when the Guardians’ Steven Kwan began a rehab assignment. Kwan delighted the crowd at Classic Auto Group Park with a three-run home run while he worked toward returning to the big leagues from a pulled left hamstring. His homer and Cooper Ingle’s grand slam helped the Captains beat West Michigan, 8-6, in a game that also marked the High-A debut of pitching prospect Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson. The Captains (25-19) now hold a half-game lead over Great Lakes in the Midwest League East standings. On his initial run […]
The Captains had a two-time Gold Glove winner in left field May 25 when the Guardians’ Steven Kwan began a rehab assignment.Kwan delighted the crowd at Classic Auto Group Park with a three-run home run while he worked toward returning to the big leagues from a pulled left hamstring. His homer and Cooper Ingle’s grand […]
The Captains came into the May 2 doubleheader against Fort Wayne riding a seven-game winning streak.They came out of the double dip of seven-inning games riding a two-game losing streak.The TinCaps posted wins of 3-1 and 3-0 to complete the sweep.Because the opener was a makeup of the scheduled April 11 game in Fort Wayne […]
Triple-A Columbus Clippers (2-3) vs. Syracuse Mets (New York Mets) This week lacked offensive standouts for Columbus, but Kyle Manzardo built on his strong week last week and was the lone standout this week again. After hitting four homers in three games to end last week, he homered again on April 23 in the Clippers 6-3 loss. He took an 0-for-3 game the next night and came back with a 3-for-6 performance, including two RBI in Columbus’ 9-1 win April 25. He then hit another homer on April 28, in game one of Columbus’ doubleheader, a 368-foot bomb to right. […]