We catch up with the Lake County Captains as they reach the half way point of the regular season. We join them for the weekends games against Dayton Dragons. Thank you to the Captains Media Team for the match reports and photo.
Dragons Scorch Captains 9-3
The Dayton Dragons (29-39) used three long balls to defeated the Lake County Captains (30-37) by a score of 9-3 on Friday night at Classic Park. In the sixth inning, with one man on clean up man Steve Selsky hit a two run homer to left field into the bleachers and the score was 8-3 Dayton. The Captains have now allowed 47 Homeruns on the season.
Lake County scored first after Francisco Lindor walked in the first inning, and then Jordan Smith hit a double down the left field line and Lindor motored around from first base and the score after one inning was 1-0 Lake County.
In the second inning, Dayton sent nine men to the plate and scored four times. Steve Selsky singled to begin the inning, He later scored on a base hit by Sean Buckley. With two runners on base, Juan Silva hit a three run homer to left center field and the score was 4-1 Dayton. The homerun was the first of the season for Silva.
Lake County battled back in the bottom half of the second inning, Alex Monsalve and Todd Hankins walked with one out and then Leonardo Castillo singled to left field to load the bases. Zach MacPhee hit a deep fly ball to left field and the sacrifice fly made the score 4-2. Luigi Rodriguez then singled home Hankins and the score was 4-3 heading to the third inning. In the third inning, three one out singles by Ryan Wright, Kyle Waldrop and Sean Buckley plated another run for Dayton and it was a 5-3 Dragons lead.
In the eighth inning Dayton added on. The first hitter of the inning was Junior Arais. Arias hit a homerun to left field, his third of the season and the score was 9-3 in favor of Dayton.
RHP Radhames Quezada (5-6) took to the mound for Dayton and earned the win. Quezada pitched five and one third innings and scattered five hits, allowed three runs all earned with five walks and he fanned three. Cole Green relieved Quezada and Green pitched two and one third scoreless innings and allowed one hit, two walks and also hit one batter. El'Hajj Muhammad pitched the ninth for Dayton and struck out two.
RHP Joe Colon (5-7) got the start for the Captains and took the loss. Colon pitched five and two thirds innings and allowed 12 hits, seven runs, six earned, one walk and six strikeouts and also allowed one homerun. Francisco Valera pitched two and a third innings, and allowed four hits, two runs both earned and gave up two homers. Antwonie Hubbard entered the game for the Captains and pitched one inning and walked two while striking out one.
Saturday is a Fireworks Saturday Night presented by Monreal Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Fans will be treated to a post-game fireworks extravaganza and it is Ladies Night presented by Malibu Rum, featuring Malibu Rum drink specials for the ladies.
Saturday will be Pink the Park Night. $2 from each pre-sale ticket will be donated to ACS Making Strides. Fans can order tickets on-line using the promo code Pink. Survivors will take the field with the team prior to the game. Saturday is also Bike night and there will a pre-game motorcycle rally in the Lake Health Plaza beginning at 5:30 PM. Prior to the game, the first 150 bikes will be able to participate in an on field parade. It will be Hungarian Heritage night on Saturday night and traditional Hungarian food will be served and Hungarian music will be played.
Captains Extinguish Dragons 11-2
The Lake County Captains (31-37) swatted two homers and defeated the Dayton Dragons (29-40) by a score of 11-2. Lake County had a big five run inning in the bottom of the third inning. The Captains sent eight men to the plate and used a two run double by Jerrud Sabourin and a RBI triple by Todd Hankins in the inning to fuel the five run frame. It was a 6-0 game headed to the fourth inning.
Lake County scored first when Todd Hankins homered to left field. That was his first homerun of the season and the Captains led 1-0.
Trailing 6-0 Dayton scored a run to cut the Captains lead to five runs. Juan Silva homered for the second straight night and it was a 6-1 ballgame headed the bottom of the fourth. Lake County scored two more when Luigi Rodriguez homered to right field and the score was 8-1 Lake County headed to the seventh inning.
In the seventh inning, Alex Monsalve singled to lead off and scored later in the inning on a base hit by Robel Garcia and the score was 9-1 Captains. Lake County tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning when Rodriguez and Francisco Lindor were on third base they both scored on a single by Sabourin and the score was 11-1 Captains.
Dayton got a run in the ninth, Juan Silva walked to begin the ninth and took second on indifference and then moved to third on an infield single by Sean Buckley. Silva scored when Captains righty Manny Carmona balked. The run made it an 11-2 game and that was the final.
LHP Tanner Robles (4-4) took to the mound for Dayton and took the loss. He went five innings, allowed five hits six runs, only two were earned, he walked one and struck out four. He allowed the homer to Todd Hankins. The Dayton bullpen pitched three innings and allowed five runs, and four were earned on seven hits and allowed a homer to Luigi Rodriguez.
RHP Cody Anderson (4-4) got the start for the Captains and did not factor in the decision. Anderson pitched three innings and gave up four hits, he walked one and struck out one. Mason Radeke (4-1) came on for the Captains and earned the win. Radeke went five innings allowing one earned run on four hits and four strikeouts. Manny Carmona entered in the ninth inning for the Captains and allowed one run on the balk.
Errors Cost Captains First Half Finale
The Lake County Captains (31-38) were defeated by the Dayton Dragons (30-40) by a score of 5-3. In the ninth inning, the Captains committed three errors; which led to two Dayton runs. Ryan Wright reached on a two base throwing error by Nick Bartolone, Juan Silva laid down a bunt single and took second base on a throwing error by Cole Cook. Kyle Waldrop moved the Silva to third on a sacrifice bunt and Silva scampered home on a ball that got away from the Captains catcher Alex Lavisky. After the run scored on a wild pitch, the score was 5-3 Dayton heading to the bottom of the ninth inning.
Dayton took the early lead when Junior Arias lined the first pitch of the ballgame down the left field line and then scored on a two run homer by Joe Terry. The homerun was the second of the season by Terry and Dayton led 2-0 after one inning. Dayton added a run in the top of the fourth inning when they used three straight hits including an RBI double by Nick O'Shea and the score was 3-0 Dragons.
The Captains cut into the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning, when Alex Monsalve and Alex Lavisky hit back-to-back homers and the score was 3-2 Dragons. The homerun by Monsalve was his team leading fifth of the season and for Lavisky it was his fourth long ball of the season. Lake County tied the ballgame in the bottom of the sixth inning, Francisco Lindor was hit by a pitch to start thee inning and then was singled to third and Lindor scored on an RBI double by Alex Monsalve, and the score was deadlocked at 3-3.
RHP Stalin Gerson (4-4) took to the mound for Dayton, and did not factor in the decision. Gerson pitched six innings and allowed five hits and three runs, all earned. Gerson walked one and struck out one, he also surrendered two homeruns. James Allen (4-2) entered the ballgame for Dayton and pitched two scoreless innings while walking two. He also earned the win. Carlos Contreras pitched the ninth inning for Dayton and earned the save his seventh of the season.
LHP Shawn Morimando (2-1) got the start for the Captains and was not a factor in the decision. Morimando pitched six innings scattering eight hits, three earned runs, two walks, two strikeouts and did surrendered a homerun. Felix Sterling pitched a perfect inning in relief for the Captains and then Cole Cook (2-3) entered the ballgame. Cook pitched two innings allowing one hit and two un-earned runs. Cook struck out one but was also saddled with the loss. This is the second straight game where Cook was saddled with the loss, and didn't allow an earned run.
The Captains will not be back in action until Friday June 22 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Captains will start the second half with a six game road trip and will not be back at Classic Park until Thursday June 28th at 7:00 pm vs. West Michigan.
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