{"id":118613,"date":"2023-06-29T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T03:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=118613"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:41:09","slug":"tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-wins-at-lake-county-9-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2023\/06\/29\/tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-wins-at-lake-county-9-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Fort Wayne wins at Lake County, 9-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the first time since 2005, Fort Wayne hit five home runs in a game as the TinCaps beat the Lake County Captains, 9-2, on Thursday night at Classic Auto Group Park.<\/p>\n

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

Fort Wayne Hits 5 Homers in a Game for First Time Since 2005, Wins at Lake County<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fort Wayne, Indiana (June 29, 2023) \u2013 For the first time since 2005, Fort Wayne hit five home runs in a game as the TinCaps beat the Lake County Captains, 9-2, on Thursday night at Classic Auto Group Park. Just called up from the Single-A Lake Elsinore Storm, TinCaps second baseman Graham Pauley (No. 30 Padres prospect) knocked two of Fort Wayne\u2019s homers in his High-A debut as the TinCaps have won six of their last eight games and reached the .500 mark (35-35) for the first time this season. The \u2019Caps are 3-1 to start the second half standings.<\/p>\n

The Fort Wayne Wizards last hit five home runs on Aug. 3, 2005 on the road against the Dayton Dragons. Fort Wayne\u2019s franchise record for home runs in a game is six. That has occurred twice, and not since July 7, 2002, at Quad City. (The franchise rebranded from the Wizards to the TinCaps going into the 2009 season.)<\/p>\n

Pauley, a Duke alum, also added a double and finished the game with five RBIs. He had the fourth two-homer game by a TinCap this season.
\nHis three-run shot in the top of the first opened the scoring, driving in third baseman Marcos Casta\u00f1on and first baseman Nathan Martorella (No. 23 Padres prospect) after each tallied two-out singles. Martorella had three hits and a walk on the night.<\/p>\n

Center fielder Jakob Marsee (No. 22 Padres prospect) joined the party, launching a solo homer in the top of the third to give Fort Wayne a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Lake County got a run back in the fourth, but then the TinCaps erupted for a four-run fifth, highlighted by back-to-back jacks by Pauley and left fielder Lucas Dunn. The TinCaps busted it open at that point, leading 8-1.<\/p>\n

The Captains scored again in the bottom of the inning on a groundout, but that\u2019s where the scoring would end for Lake County. Meanwhile, Casta\u00f1on hopped on the homer train with a solo bomb in the top of the ninth, his ninth long ball of the season.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne\u2019s starting pitcher Austin Krob, a left-hander who was called up along with Pauley and five other players from Single-A Lake Elsinore Tuesday, tossed five innings of two-run ball while striking out five. The TinCaps\u2019 bullpen trio of Jos\u00e9 Geraldo, Aaron Holiday, and Alan Mundo combined for four shutout innings in relief.<\/p>\n

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

Next Games<\/strong>: Friday, June 30 @ Lake County (5 p.m.) – Doubleheader <\/p>\n

Game 1<\/strong><\/p>\n