{"id":117271,"date":"2025-05-15T23:59:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T03:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=117271"},"modified":"2025-05-16T00:32:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T04:32:26","slug":"tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-9-west-michigan-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/15\/tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-9-west-michigan-8\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Fort Wayne 9, West Michigan 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The TinCaps overcame a five-run deficit on their way to a 9-8 victory over the West Michigan Whitecaps on a warm Thursday night at Parkview Field in front of a crowd of 4,562 fans.<\/p>\n

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Game recap from the Fort Wayne TinCaps:<\/p>\n

TinCaps Rally Past Whitecaps<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fort Wayne, Indiana (May 15, 2025) \u2014 The TinCaps overcame a five-run deficit on their way to a 9-8 victory over the West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit Tigers affiliate) on a warm Thursday night at Parkview Field in front of a crowd of 4,562 fans.<\/p>\n

Once down 2-0 and then 7-2, Fort Wayne (20-16) took the lead against Midwest League East Division-leading West Michigan (23-13) in the bottom of the fifth inning in unconventional fashion. With the bases loaded, three runs scored on a passed ball combined with two throwing errors.<\/p>\n

The TinCaps added insurance in the seventh as third baseman Rosman Verdugo hit his second home run of the game and Midwest League-best eighth of the season over the left-field wall. No one else in the circuit has more than six homers this season.<\/p>\n

Garrett Hawkins closed the game with a four-out save.<\/p>\n

Initially, the Whitecaps jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first. Verdugo’s first homer of the night then equalized in the bottom of the first, only for West Michigan to plate five in the second.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne chipped into its deficit in the third as center fielder Braedon Karpathios slugged a three-run homer \u2014 his sixth of the year (tied for second most in the league).<\/p>\n

The TinCaps were down 7-5 entering the home fifth. Second baseman Brandon Butterworth changed the momentum of the game with a leadoff hustle double to right-center field.<\/p>\n

Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n

Next Game<\/strong>: Friday, May 16 vs. West Michigan (7:05 p.m.)<\/p>\n