Game recap from the TinCaps:
TinCaps Squander Gem from Cosgrove in Walk-Off Loss
MIDLAND, Mich. (August 23, 2018) – The TinCaps couldn’t capitalize on a terrific start from left-hander Tom Cosgrove on Wednesday night in a 2-1 walk-off loss to the Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers) at Dow Diamond.
With one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, Great Lakes number nine hitter, Chris Roller, lined a single to center field that scored Romer Cuadrado to tie the game and Deacon Liput to win it.
Cuadrado led off the home ninth with a single. Liput and Luke Heyer drew walks to load the bases and set up Roller’s game-ending hit.
Up until that point, the TinCaps (27-30, 59-67) were blanking the Loons (29-30, 53-74).
Tom Cosgrove, the 22-year-old left-hander from Staten Island, New York, continued a stellar recent stretch of starts with six shutout innings. Cosgrove struck out seven, while scattering three hits and two walks. Since June 7, Cosgrove has a 3.21 ERA across 61 2/3 innings. In this range, his 72 strikeouts are tied for the seventh most in the Midwest League, and equal with Luis Patiño for the most on the team.
He finally received a little run support in the top of the sixth. DH Owen Miller was at second base following a double when, with two outs, Gabriel Arias hit a ground ball toward right field. Loons second baseman Devin Mann slid to stop the ball in shallow right field. Miller had turned third only to head back to the base. Mann threw to third in an attempt to get Miller, but had a wild throw to third, causing Miller to dash for home. In trying to retire Miller at the plate, Great Lakes third baseman Miguel Vargas threw home, but he, too, had an errant throw, ensuring Miller scored and allowing Arias to advance all the way to third.
Cosgrove followed that up with a shutdown frame by striking out the side in order in the home sixth. After Cosgrove, 20-year-old lefty reliever Dan Dallas duplicated that in the seventh by striking out the side in order as well.
Miller was the lone TinCap with a multi-hit game as he also singled. Left fielder Jack Suwinski had a leadoff triple in the second but was stranded there.
Fort Wayne went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight on base. Great Lakes was 0-for-8 in those spots, too, until Roller’s game-winner.
The ‘Caps are now a game behind the Loons for the Midwest League Eastern Division’s second half standings, and a half-game behind the West Michigan Whitecaps for the second half wild card. Click here for the latest standings.
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