{"id":109478,"date":"2021-08-13T23:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T03:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=109478"},"modified":"2021-08-14T18:49:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T22:49:53","slug":"tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-7-south-bend-2-20210813","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2021\/08\/13\/tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-7-south-bend-2-20210813\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps recap: Fort Wayne 7, South Bend 2 – 8\/13\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TinCaps<\/p>\n

Just a day after being no-hit, the Fort Wayne TinCaps piled up 13 hits in a 7-2 win over the South Bend Cubs on Friday night at Parkview Field.<\/p>\n

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Kerner Belts First Pro Homer in Win<\/strong>
\nBy Jack McMullen<\/em><\/p>\n

Fort Wayne, Indiana (August 13, 2021) – Just a day after being no-hit, the Fort Wayne TinCaps piled up 13 hits in a 7-2 win over the South Bend Cubs (Chicago Cubs affiliate) on Friday night at Parkview Field.<\/p>\n

The TinCaps (41-47), who had two hits albeit no runs in the first inning, started the scoring in the second. After a balk plated the first Fort Wayne run, catcher Adam Kerner belted a fly ball down the left-field line that just tucked inside the foul pole for a three-run home run. The blast was the first of the rookie’s professional career. <\/p>\n

Scoring halted until the sixth, when shortstop Chris Givin looped a single over a shifted infield into shallow center field to plate two more Fort Wayne runs. Givin put together a three-hit night after going hitless in his previous five games.<\/p>\n

After the Cubs (40-47) scored two on a sacrifice fly and a throwing error in the eighth, TinCaps left fielder Tyler Malone ripped an RBI single into left field to drive in center fielder Reinaldo Ilarraza and extend Fort Wayne’s lead to 7-2.<\/p>\n

On the mound, ‘Caps starter Danny Denz logged his fourth consecutive scoreless outing, throwing 4 1\/3 one-hit innings. Edwuin Bencomo, Mason Feole, Luke Boyd, and Austin Smith finished the job without surrendering an earned run.<\/p>\n

Friday night’s action, capped by fireworks, came in front of 5,664 fans at Parkview Field on “Country Night.”<\/p>\n