{"id":118621,"date":"2023-07-02T23:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T03:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=118621"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:08:10","slug":"tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-3-lake-county-2-6-innings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2023\/07\/02\/tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-3-lake-county-2-6-innings\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Fort Wayne 3, Lake County 2 – 6 Innings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The TinCaps topped the Lake County Captains, 3-2, in a rain-shortened game on Sunday night at Classic Auto Group Park.<\/p>\n

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

Snelling Wins in TinCaps Debut<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eastlake, Ohio (July 2, 2023) – The TinCaps topped the Lake County Captains (Cleveland Guardians affiliate), 3-2, in a rain-shortened game on Sunday night at Classic Auto Group Park. The contest was called at the end of the sixth inning due to rain in the Cleveland area.<\/p>\n

Left-hander Robby Snelling (No. 4 Padres prospect) made his High-A debut with Fort Wayne (5-3, 37-37). The 19-year-old allowed three consecutive hits to begin the bottom of the first inning as two runs scored, but from there, he kept Lake County (2-6, 33-40) off the board. Snelling earned the victory with five innings of work, striking out four, including three batters in a row in the third inning. Overall, he threw 92 pitches (52 strikes), yielding a total of four hits and two walks.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Snelling was gifted a 1-0 lead as shortstop Jackson Merrill (No. 1 Padres prospect) hit his 10th home run of the season to lead off the game. Merrill hit a pair of homers here Friday as well and has launched four of his shots in 11 games at home run-friendly Classic Auto Group Park.<\/p>\n

The TinCaps rallied with two runs in the fifth. Merrill singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a double hit by center fielder Jakob Marsee (No. 22 Padres prospect). Second baseman Lukas Dunn followed with an RBI single to plate Marsee for the lead.<\/p>\n

Alan Mundo followed Snelling with a scoreless sixth before the tarp came on and the game was called after a 37-minute delay.<\/p>\n

Monday marks the finale of Fort Wayne’s 12-game road trip. The TinCaps are 7-4 so far, as they’ve won three of the first five in this set. <\/p>\n

On Monday, Fort Wayne will have a chance to move above .500 overall for the first time since entering May 3 of last year at 11-10. The last time the TinCaps had an overall winning record this late in the season was when their record stood at 43-42 entering July 7, 2018.<\/p>\n

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

Next Game<\/strong>: Monday, July 3 @ Lake County (4 p.m.) <\/p>\n