TinCaps fall to Dayton, 4-2, in rain-delayed game
The TinCaps three-game winning streak came to an end in a 4-3 loss to the Dayton Dragons that featured a rain delay in a key moment in the eighth inning at Parkview Field.
How it Happened
The game-turning play happened on the first pitch of the seventh inning. With Felix Minjarez on the mound and the game even at 1, Dayton s Quin Cotton swung at the first pitch and flew deep to center. TinCaps center-fielder Reinaldo Ilarraza seemed to lose the ball in the lights, looking up at the sky with his palms upraised trying to find it. The ball eventually landed 25 feet behind his head, bouncing on the warning track. Cotton raced all the way around to third for a lead-off triple.
TinCaps winning streak ends in odd fashion
It s not often a player who goes 1 for 2 with a double, two walks and three stolen bases could be said to have had a rough night, but that s what happened to TinCaps center-fielder Reinaldo Ilarraza tonight.
Ilarraza was involved in two of the biggest plays of the game and neither of them went Fort Wayne s way in a 4-3 loss to the Dayton Dragons at Parkview Field that snapped a three-game winning streak and sent the TinCaps sliding back into fifth place in the High-A Central East Division.
Ilarraza s first moment in the spotlight came in the top of the seventh. With the game tied at 1, the first pitch of the inning was sent deep to center off the bat of Quin Cotton. Ilarraza seemed to lose the ball in the lights, standing almost still in center, looking at the sky for the ball but unable to locate it before it landed 25 feet behind him on the warning track as Cotton raced to third with a triple. One pitch later, a sacrifice fly gave the D
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TinCaps take nine walks in 7-3 win over Dayton
Big hits are good, but they re even better when they come after a walk or two.
The Dayton Dragons gave up eight hits and nine walks as the TinCaps won 7-3, extending their winning streak to three games. Fort Wayne has now won five of its last six games and 10 of its last 15.
The TinCaps also had two batters hit by pitches. The number of free passes in a single game actually isn t a season record for the TinCaps, but it does continue a trend for Fort Wayne, which entered the game trailing only Cedar Rapids in that category.
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