{"id":118552,"date":"2025-06-14T23:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T03:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=118552"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:22:59","slug":"tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-sweeps-dayton-in-doubleheader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/06\/14\/tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-sweeps-dayton-in-doubleheader\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Fort Wayne Sweeps Dayton in Doubleheader"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TinCaps shortstop Jackson Merrill racked up three RBIs in Wednesday\u2019s doubleheader, as Fort Wayne swept the Dayton Dragons, 2-0 and 4-2, at Parkview Field.<\/p>\n

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

TinCaps Sweep Dragons, Extend Winning Streak<\/strong>
\nBy Derek Decker<\/em><\/p>\n

Fort Wayne, Indiana (June 14, 2023) \u2013 TinCaps shortstop Jackson Merrill (No. 1 Padres prospect) racked up three RBIs in Wednesday\u2019s doubleheader, as Fort Wayne swept the Dayton Dragons (Cincinnati Reds affiliate), 2-0 and 4-2, at Parkview Field. The \u2018Caps have won four straight, eight of their last nine and are 16-6 over their last 22 games.<\/p>\n

In the first game, TinCaps starting pitcher Adam Mazur (No. 6 Padres prospect) tossed five shutout frames and recorded a career-high eight punchouts. Reliever Nick Thwaits got the last six outs without allowing a run to tally his second save of the season.<\/p>\n

Video of Mazur strikeouts<\/a><\/p>\n

Shortstop Jackson Merrill blasted his laser home run down the right field line and pulled it over the foul pole in the fourth inning. The rest of the game remained scoreless, as Dayton was only able to muster four hits in the seven-inning contest.<\/p>\n

Video of Merrill home run<\/a><\/p>\n

In the second game, Merrill once again opened the scoring with a two-out RBI single in the third inning. Third baseman Marcos Casta\u00f1on followed that up with a two-run hit of his own, giving Fort Wayne a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Dayton struck back with a pair of runs in the fourth inning, but when right fielder Austin Hendrick rounded third trying to score, he was thrown out at the plate after a double to right field. Lucas Dunn fired it to second baseman Chase Valentine, whose relay was in plenty of time to tag out Hendrick.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Caps added an insurance run in the sixth on first baseman Nathan Martorella\u2019s (No. 23 Padres prospect) sacrifice fly, and the scoring would end there.<\/p>\n

Starting pitcher Jared Kollar pitched five solid innings in his start, allowing just two earned runs while striking out six. Keegan Collett picked up a six-out save in relief.<\/p>\n

Prior to Tuesday’s rainout, the TinCaps shut out the Quad Cities River Bandits on Sunday, 1-0. Fort Wayne’s stretch of consecutive innings without allowing a run reached 25 until Dayton scored. Individually, Kollar had gone 19 2\/3 innings without allowing a run since May 18. <\/p>\n

Box Score Game 1
\nBox Score Game 2<\/a><\/p>\n

Next Game<\/strong>: Thursday, June 15 vs. Dayton (7:05 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n