{"id":118886,"date":"2023-09-14T22:30:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T02:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=118886"},"modified":"2025-06-21T16:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:06:36","slug":"tincaps-championship-series-game-2-recap-great-lakes-3-fort-wayne-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2023\/09\/14\/tincaps-championship-series-game-2-recap-great-lakes-3-fort-wayne-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps Championship Series Game 2 Recap: Great Lakes 3, Fort Wayne 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Great Lakes Loons beat the TinCaps, 3-2, on Thursday evening at Dow Diamond.<\/p>\n

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

Decisive Game 3 Set for Friday Night<\/strong><\/p>\n

Midland, Michigan (September 14, 2023) \u2013 The Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate) beat the TinCaps, 3-2, on Thursday evening at Dow Diamond. It evens the best-of-three series at a game apiece. Friday\u2019s Game 3 winner advances to the Midwest League Championship Series to face either the Cedar Rapids Kernels (Minnesota Twins) or Peoria Chiefs (St. Louis Cardinals). Their series is also even through two games.<\/p>\n

After Fort Wayne won the playoff opener, 5-0, on Tuesday, in this game, Great Lakes got on the board in the bottom of the first inning with Griffin Lockwood-Powell\u2019s RBI single.<\/p>\n

But the \u2018Caps responded in the third. Left fielder Tyler Robertson hit a hard ground ball behind the third base bag, forcing an errant throw by Taylor Young. That allowed catcher Colton Bender to score from second, leveling the contest, 1-1.<\/p>\n

In the fourth, the Loons grabbed the lead for good when left fielder Damon Keith hit a long home run to center field.<\/p>\n

Great Lakes padded its lead with designated hitter Yunior Garcia\u2019s run-producing, bloop single in the bottom of the sixth, extending it to a 3-1 advantage.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne crept back within a run in the seventh on Griffin Doersching\u2019s sacrifice fly, scoring Lucas Dunn, who had singled, stole second, and advanced to third on an error. The ‘Caps, though, stranded a pair of runners in the eighth and went down in order in the ninth.<\/p>\n

TinCaps starting pitcher Miguel Cienfuegos tossed five strong innings, allowing only two runs on three hits.<\/p>\n

If the ‘Caps are to advance, Game 1 of the best-of-three finals would be Sunday (5:05 p.m.) at Parkview Field.<\/p>\n

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

Next Game<\/strong>: Friday, Sept. 15 @ Great Lakes (7:05 p.m.)<\/p>\n