The Fort Wayne TinCaps struck early to take down the Lake County Captains 14-4 on Saturday night at Parkview Field.
Game recap from the Fort Wayne TinCaps:
Fort Wayne Scores Season-High 14 Runs in Saturday Night Win
Fort Wayne, Indiana (July 25, 2026) – The Fort Wayne TinCaps struck early to take down the Lake County Captains (Guardians affiliate) 14-4 on Saturday night at Parkview Field.
Fort Wayne (40-54, 13-15) scored six runs in the first frame, sending all nine batters to the plate. Second baseman Rosman Verdugo launched a three-run shot for his 12th of the season and 26th as a TinCap across the last three years. He is now seventh in all of Fort Wayne franchise history in career home runs. First baseman Luke Cantwell followed suit with a two-run blast for his fourth long ball of the campaign.
Verdugo later picked up a sacrifice fly in the second inning and drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh, finishing the night with five runs batted in. Cantwell reached base two more times and has back-to-back multi-hit showings along with a knock in his last four games.
Shortstop Justin DeCriscio and center fielder Ryan Wideman (No. 6 Padres prospect) collected a hit in each of the first three innings out of the top two spots in the order. DeCriscio doubled in each of the first two frames and drove in a run on his base hit to left field in the third. The 2025 10th-round pick has reached base in 24 of his last 27 games and has 19 multi-hit showings with Fort Wayne this season since being promoted on May 12.
Wideman has 10 hits in four games this week and has seven multi-hit showings in July, four of which have come in this series. Left fielder Alex McCoy (No. 19 Padres prospect) drove home a pair with his two-run double in the second frame. McCoy leads the Midwest with 25 doubles this season and has reached base safely in 10 straight games.
Right-hander Bryan Balzer (No. 7 Padres prospect) collected his first High-A win in his second start at Parkview Field. Balzer gave up one hit across five scoreless innings and hasn’t given up a run in his last two appearances across eight innings.
Lake County (52-39, 15-12) scored three of their four runs in the seventh frame, with two runs coming home on a triple from designated hitter Jonah Advincula. Left-hander Jackson Humphries (No. 27 Guardians prospect) struck out eight batters across 3 ⅓ innings in his first relief appearance of the campaign.
Next Game: Wednesday, July 26 vs. Lake County (1:05 p.m.)
- TinCaps Probable Starter: RHP Abraham Parra
- Captains Probable Starter: LHP Harrison Bodendorf
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