Missions Baseball
The Missions have been outscored 15-3 in two games in Midland following a 9-2 loss Wednesday night. The Missions scored their first run in the seventh inning and had only two hits through eight innings.
The RockHounds came out of the gates strong Wednesday night and forced the Missions into their bullpen early. Midland scored a run in the first inning on an RBI triple from Jonah Bride.
The following inning was when starting pitcher Caleb Boushley ran into some trouble. The RockHounds scored three runs on eight hits in the second inning. Midland led 5-0 after three innings of play.
Basabe promoted, TinCaps activate Grant Little
DYLAN SINN | The Journal Gazette
The TinCaps have their first roster move and promotion of the season.
Infielder Olivier Basabe, who played four games with Fort Wayne and went 3 for 11 with a double, a run scored and two walks, was promoted to Double-A San Antonio today, becoming the first TinCaps player to be promoted from High-A Fort Wayne to Double-A.
To fill the roster spot that Basabe left open, the Padres activated outfielder Grant Little from the Fort Wayne injured list. Little was not on the Opening Day roster, but he s familiar with the Summit City, having played all of 2019 with the TinCaps. The 23-year-old Little hit .256 with a .338 OBP that season and scored 26 runs in 70 games. He s not a power hitter – he slugged only .315 and did not hit a home run in 19 – but he did steal six bases.
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 .
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 beat West Michigan, 4-2, improve to 2-0
DYLAN SINN | The Journal Gazette
Luis Almanzar ripped a two-run single to center in the sixth and the TinCaps pitching dominated for a second straight night as Fort Wayne won 4-2 in the second of a six-game series against West Michigan.
How it Happened
After a three-run homer from Justin Lopez and a Kelvin Melean three-run triple in Tuesday s opener, Fort Wayne 0 for its first 6 with runners in scoring position tonight, preventing the hosts from taking advantage of some early opportunities. Twice in the first five innings the TinCaps put the first two runners on base, but they were only able to get one run combined out of those opportunities and that came when Melean grounded into a double play in the third. In the fifth, Jawuan Harris struck out with runners on second and third and one out and Melean grounded sharply back to the pitcher to end the threat.