{"id":118537,"date":"2023-06-10T23:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T03:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=118537"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:42:20","slug":"tincaps-recap-quad-cities-12-fort-wayne-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2023\/06\/10\/tincaps-recap-quad-cities-12-fort-wayne-11\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Quad Cities 12, Fort Wayne 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TinCaps shortstop Jackson Merrill tallied three hits, and outfielders Lucas Dunn and Justin Farmer each homered, but the Quad Cities River Bandits won a wild back-and-forth contest, 12-11.<\/p>\n

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

4-Game Winning Streak Ends in Walk-off Loss<\/strong>
\nBy Derek Decker<\/em><\/p>\n

Davenport, Iowa (June 10, 2023) \u2013 TinCaps shortstop Jackson Merrill (No. 1 Padres prospect) tallied three hits, and outfielders Lucas Dunn and Justin Farmer each homered, but the Quad Cities River Bandits (Kansas City Royals affiliate) won a wild back-and-forth contest, 12-11, on Friday night at Modern Woodmen Park. The setback snapped Fort Wayne’s four-game winning streak overall, and a stretch of five consecutive road wins dating back to last month. Nevertheless, the ‘Caps are 11-6 over their last 17 games and undefeated across their last four series.<\/p>\n

The TinCaps are still in search of their first five-game winning streak since 2019 and haven’t won six straight on the road since 2010.<\/p>\n

Quad Cities third baseman Cayden Wallace (No. 5 Royals prospect), the only player in the Midwest League with more RBIs than Fort Wayne first baseman Nathan Martorella (No. 23 Padres prospect), ended the game with a walk-off, two-run single as he fisted a flair to right field with runners at second and third.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Merrill hit a go-ahead two-run double in the top of the eighth, putting the \u2018Caps in front at the time, 8-6. Then, with the score tied again, Farmer\u2019s homer also gave the TinCaps another lead later in the ninth, unlocking a tie and putting Fort Wayne ahead, 11-9.<\/p>\n

Initially, Dunn\u2019s three-run bomb opened the scoring in the top of the first. He finished the game 2-for-4 with three RBIs and scored thrice.<\/p>\n

Quad Cities responded with a run in the bottom of the first inning thanks to an RBI ground ball hit by right fielder Juan Carlos Negret.<\/p>\n

Then Fort Wayne extended their lead in the third with Martorella’s RBI single, but the River Bandits again responded with a run in their half of the third, making it 4-2.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Caps added a run in the top of the fifth when Merrill scored on a passed ball. But Quad Cities came storming back, tying the game on shortstop Jack Pineda\u2019s two-run double. They took the lead in the seventh on designated hitter Kale Emshoff\u2019s RBI groundout and carried a 6-5 lead into the eighth.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when the TinCap bats exploded again, racking up four runs, highlighted by Farmer\u2019s game-tying single and Merrill\u2019s double. Center fielder Jakob Marsee (No. 22 Padres prospect) tacked on an insurance run with a two-out run-scoring single, scoring Merrill, and that made it 9-6.<\/p>\n

But Quad Cities struck back again in the bottom of the inning when Wallace hit an opposite-field three-run homer, locking the game at 9-9 heading into the ninth.<\/p>\n

After Farmer\u2019s go-ahead homer in the top of the ninth, second baseman Javier Vaz hit a ground ball to draw the Bandits to within a run at 11-10. Wallace, the next hitter, won the game with his two-out hit.<\/p>\n

Farmer and Martorella each extended their hitting streaks to six games and their on-base streaks to 10. Dunn is also on a six-game hitting streak.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s contest lasted three hours and 29 minutes, which is the longest game the TinCaps have played this year.<\/p>\n

The ‘Caps are now 6-16 in games decided by one or two runs.<\/p>\n

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

Next Game<\/strong>: Saturday, June 10 @ Quad Cities (7:30 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n