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TinCaps beat Lake County, 5-4, snap losing streak
DYLAN SINN | The Journal Gazette
The TinCaps snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Lake County Captains at Parkview Field tonight behind a good start from Ethan Elliott and an outstanding performance from Tirso Ornelas at the plate.
How it Happened
Sometimes, to break a losing streak, a team needs a little luck. Fort Wayne got that in the seventh inning tonight. The game was deadlocked at 4 entering the bottom of the seventh and the TinCaps got a rally started the same way they ve put runners on so often in recent weeks: with a walk. It was Chris Givin that drew the free pass, his fifth walk in three games with Fort Wayne since coming down from Double-A San Antonio. Ornelas followed and swung at the first pitch, grounding a single through the right side to put two on.
TinCaps lose to Lake County, 7-6, despite comeback
DYLAN SINN | The Journal Gazette
The TinCaps dropped their seventh straight game despite a furious comeback in the late innings, falling 7-6 to the Lake County Captains at Parkview Field tonight and dropping a season-high nine games below .500.
How it Happened
The TinCaps trailed by as many as seven in the early innings, but rallied late and sent the tying run to the plate with one out after back-to-back walks in the eighth inning. Unfortunately for Fort Wayne, Kelvin Alarcon and Jawuan Harris struck out to end the threat.
Fort Wayne got it going again in the ninth, however. Jonny Homza got the uprising going with an eight-pitch at bat that ended in a slow bouncer to third that Victor Nova couldn t handle, giving Homza a chance to reach. Chris Givin followed with a bloop single off the very end of his bat that barely reached the outfield grass, putting two on. That brought the tying run to the plate in the form of Agustin Ruiz
The TinCaps won for the third time in four games, pushing across the winning run in the eighth inning today to triumph 7-6 and earn a split of the six .
The TinCaps were unable to build on their wild win Thursday, giving up four first inning runs before a late-inning rally fell short in an 8-5 defeat a .