{"id":118777,"date":"2023-08-15T23:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T03:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=118777"},"modified":"2025-06-19T21:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T01:52:24","slug":"tincaps-recap-dayton-6-fort-wayne-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2023\/08\/15\/tincaps-recap-dayton-6-fort-wayne-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Dayton 6, Fort Wayne 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TinCaps starting pitcher Robby Snelling tossed six quality innings and fanned seven, but the Dayton Dragons took the series opener, 6-4.<\/p>\n

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

Prospects Shine, But Comeback Falls Short<\/strong>
\nBy Derek Decker<\/em><\/p>\n

Fort Wayne, Indiana (August 15, 2023) \u2013 TinCaps starting pitcher Robby Snelling (No. 3 Padres prospect) tossed six quality innings and fanned seven, but the Dayton Dragons (Cincinnati Reds affiliate) took the series opener, 6-4, on an unseasonably cool Tuesday night at Parkview Field.<\/p>\n

Snelling, ranked the third-best left-handed pitcher in Minor League Baseball, threw a career-high 98 pitches in his start. Over his last four starts, the 19-year-old has given up just three earned runs over 22 innings, striking out 27 along the way.<\/p>\n

Catcher Ethan Salas (No. 1 Padres prospect) made his Parkview Field debut after joining the club on the road in Lansing. He finished the game 2-for-4, notching his second High-A RBI in the process.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne (23-20, 56-53) jumped on the board in the first inning thanks to a wild pitch, scoring second baseman Nerwilian Cede\u00f1o (No. 27 Padres prospect).<\/p>\n

Dayton (24-19, 57-52) responded quickly though, tying the contest in the second inning on shortstop Edwin Arroyo\u2019s (No. 3 Reds prospect) run-scoring single. The Dragons grabbed the lead in the third with an RBI single by first baseman Ruben Ibarra.<\/p>\n

In the top of the seventh, the Dragons scored four more, highlighted by designated hitter Cade Hunter\u2019s two-run double. Dayton led at the stretch, 6-1.<\/p>\n

But the \u2018Caps rallied in the bottom half. Reiging Midwest League Player of the Week Jakob Marsee (No. 12 Padres prospect), Fort Wayne\u2019s center fielder, knocked in a run with his third single of the game, making it 6-2. Marsee has tallied multiple hits in six of his last seven games.<\/p>\n

Marsee later scored on an error before Salas drove home first baseman Nathan Martorella (No. 10 Padres prospect) on a ground ball up the middle, inching the \u2018Caps closer at 6-4.<\/p>\n

Reliever Dennis Boatman earned a six-out save, working the eighth and ninth for Dayton.<\/p>\n

TinCaps pitcher Jos\u00e9 Geraldo registered two scoreless innings out of the bullpen.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne now trails West Michigan by 1 1\/2 games in the Midwest League East Division’s second-half postseason race, with 23 games remaining in the regular season.<\/p>\n

It was just 69 degrees as the game started on the coolest Aug. 15 in the Summit City’s history.<\/p>\n

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

Next Game<\/strong>: Wednesday, Aug. 16 vs. Dayton (7:05 p.m.)<\/p>\n