One night after the TinCaps threw a combined no-hitter, Dylan Lesko matched his Minor League Baseball career high with nine strikeouts, but the Great Lakes Loons defeated Fort Wayne, 7-4, on Saturday night at Dow Diamond.
Game recap from the Fort Wayne TinCaps:
Lesko Strikes Out Nine, But Loons Win
Midland, Michigan (July 13, 2024) – One night after the TinCaps threw a combined no-hitter, Dylan Lesko matched his Minor League Baseball career high with nine strikeouts, but the Great Lakes Loons (Dodgers affiliate) defeated Fort Wayne, 7-4, on Saturday night at Dow Diamond.
Facing the top left-handed pitching prospect for the Dodgers, Jackson Ferris, Fort Wayne (8-12, 36-50) took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Catcher Anthony Vilar led off with a walk to extend his on-base streak to 11 games. After left fielder Nick Vogt doubled, designated hitter Griffin Doersching drove Vilar in with a groundout and second baseman Nerwilian Cedeño singled Vogt home.
Lesko struck out the side in the first, however, Great Lakes (8-11, 42-43) scratched across a run without a hit in the second. The Loons then equalized in the third and went ahead, 4-2, with a pair of runs in the fifth. Lesko threw 92 pitches (53 strikes) over five frames. The Loons added two more in the sixth.
Ferris, who was traded from the Cubs before the season, struck out eight over six quality innings.
TinCaps right fielder Joshua Mears powered an opposite-field two-run homer in the top of the seventh to cut the deficit down to 6-4. It was his fourth homer of the season with the ‘Caps, and first to right field.
Nevertheless, Great Lakes tacked on an extra insurance run in the home seventh.
The TinCaps, who won three of the first four games in the set, have another chance to win the series Sunday before a four-day break around MLB’s All-Star Game.
Next Game: Sunday, July 14 @ Great Lakes (1:05pm)
- TinCaps Probable Starter: RHP Braden Nett (No. 16 Padres prospect)
- Loons Probable Starter: RHP Peter Heubeck (No. 30 Dodgers prospect)
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