{"id":118615,"date":"2023-06-30T23:45:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T03:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=118615"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:49:48","slug":"tincaps-recap-fabians-dramatic-grand-slam-leads-to-doubleheader-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2023\/06\/30\/tincaps-recap-fabians-dramatic-grand-slam-leads-to-doubleheader-split\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Fabian’s dramatic grand slam leads to doubleheader split"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The TinCaps lost the first game, 4-2, but rallied to win the second, 4-2, at Classic Auto Group Park.<\/p>\n

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

Fabian\u2019s Dramatic Grand Slam Leads to Doubleheader Split at Lake County<\/strong>
\nBy Derek Decker<\/em><\/p>\n

Eastlake, Ohio (June 30, 2023) \u2013 TinCaps left fielder Albert Fabian delivered a two-out, two-strike, go-ahead grand slam in the top of the final inning of the second game of a doubleheader Friday night, sending Fort Wayne (4-2, 36-36) to a split with the Lake County Captains (Cleveland Guardians affiliate). The TinCaps lost the first game, 4-2, but rallied to win the second, 4-2, at Classic Auto Group Park. Fort Wayne has won seven of its last 10 contests.<\/p>\n

In the first game, shortstop Jackson Merrill (No. 1 Padres prospect) blasted solo homers in each of his first two at-bats. He now has nine home runs this season. That\u2019s all the scoring the TinCaps could muster though, as a pair of late-inning rallies fizzled.<\/p>\n

Lake County scored twice in the bottom of the first, grabbing a 2-1 lead early. Merrill\u2019s solo shot in the third tied the contest, but Captains left fielder Jorge Burgos responded with a long ball of his own, giving Lake County the lead again, 3-2. The Captains added an insurance run in the sixth and the bullpen held firm to win the first game.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne starting pitcher Adam Mazur (No. 6 Padres prospect) tossed five innings, allowing three earned runs while striking out four.<\/p>\n

In the second game, Fabian\u2019s heroics accounted for the offensive output for the TinCaps. Meanwhile, left-handed pitcher Bodi Rascon was masterful in his start on the bump, punching out a season-high seven hitters over four strong innings.<\/p>\n

Lake County unlocked a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth inning when second baseman Dayan Frias drove in catcher Victor Planchart with a single. Burgos followed that up with an RBI double of his own, and the Captains led 2-0 through five innings.<\/p>\n

With two out in seventh (Minor League Baseball doubleheader games are scheduled for seven innings rather than nine), following a Marcos Casta\u00f1on walk two hitters earlier, second baseman Graham Pauley (No. 30 Padres prospect) punched a ground ball single through the infield with two strikes to get the tying run on base. Then right fielder Lucas Dunn worked a walk before left fielder Fabian, a 21-year-old originally from the Dominican Republic, crushed a two-strike grand slam to put the TinCaps in front for good, 4-2. It was the fourth slam hit by Fort Wayne this season.<\/p>\n

A pair of relivers called up from Single-A Lake Elsinore Tuesday, with Fabian and Pauley, Carter Loewen and Will Geerdes, earned the win and the save, respectively, in their season debuts for Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n

The TinCaps have hit five grand slams this season.<\/p>\n

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

Next Game<\/strong>: Saturday, July 1 @ Lake County (7 p.m.) <\/p>\n