{"id":117454,"date":"2025-05-24T23:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T03:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=117454"},"modified":"2025-05-24T23:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T03:58:11","slug":"tincaps-recap-cedar-rapids-12-fort-wayne-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/24\/tincaps-recap-cedar-rapids-12-fort-wayne-4\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Cedar Rapids 12, Fort Wayne 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fort Wayne packed Parkview Field Saturday night behind 6,172 fans, but the TinCaps dropped the penultimate game of the series, 12-4, to the Cedar Rapids Kernels.<\/p>\n

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

Leo De Vries Pummels Three Hits Behind Packed Crowd<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fort Wayne, Indiana (May 24, 2025) \u2014 Fort Wayne packed Parkview Field Saturday night behind 6,172 fans, but the TinCaps dropped the penultimate game of the series, 12-4, to the Cedar Rapids Kernels (Twins affiliate).<\/p>\n

Leo De Vries (No. 1 Padres prospect) started Saturday with three straight hits, including a pair of doubles and a single. His 8th multi-hit game of the season, De Vries scored the first run of the game on an RBI single by Brandon Butterworth in the third inning. Fort Wayne (22-22) took a 2-0 lead as Brendan Durfee lined a double to right-center field, scoring Butterworth.<\/p>\n

Cedar Rapids (25-18) took the lead in the fourth, scoring three runs on a two-run single by Kaelen Culpepper (No. 4 Twins prospect) and a sac fly by Kyle DeBarge (No. 12 Twins prospect). In the fifth, the Kernels put 11 batters to the plate, scoring seven runs on three hits and four walks.<\/p>\n

In the eighth, Ethan Long launched a 387-foot no-doubt home run to left field, his second of the season. Cedar Rapids tacked on a run in both the eighth and ninth.<\/p>\n

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

Next Game<\/strong>: Sunday, May 25 vs. Cedar Rapids (6:35 p.m.) <\/p>\n