TinCaps let lead get away in series-finale loss to Lansing
DYLAN SINN | The Journal Gazette
For a good part of the game Sunday, the TinCaps seemed on their way to a series-clinching victory thanks to a second excellent start from reliever Matt Waldron within a week. The bats were clicking, the weather was warm and it was the first Sunday afternoon game at Parkview Field in 644 days, bringing back a mainstay event during Fort Wayne summers.
Then, the Lugnuts started hitting. A run in the sixth, two more in the seventh and four big tallies in the eighth sent to the TinCaps to a disappointing series split as they head out on the road to face South Bend beginning Tuesday.
The TinCaps let a two-run lead slip away in the late innings and dropped the finale of a six-game series with the Lansing Lugnuts at Parkview Field 8- .
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TinCaps fall to Lansing, 12-1, first loss on homestand
DYLAN SINN | The Journal Gazette
The TinCaps struck out 18 times in their first loss of a six-game series against the Lansing Lugnuts at Parkview Field. Fort Wayne fell 12-1 after giving up a pair of home runs and going 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position.
How it Happened
For the third time in as many games, the Lugnuts jumped in front with some early power. Max Schuemann started the with a triple into the left-center gap and then scored when Cobie Vance hit a fly ball all the way to the wall, on which center fielder Reinaldo Ilarraza made a terrific leaping catch. Vance tipped his helmet to Ilarraza when he saw the ball was caught, but it was still 1-0 Lansing.