{"id":119809,"date":"2022-05-31T23:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T03:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=119809"},"modified":"2025-07-11T02:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T06:27:05","slug":"tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-9-great-lakes-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2022\/05\/31\/tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-9-great-lakes-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Fort Wayne 9, Great Lakes 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Fort Wayne TinCaps dominated the Great Lakes Loons, 9-1, at Dow Diamond on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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

TinCaps Win Again to Begin Road Trip
\nBy Ben Shulman<\/p>\n

Midland, Michigan (May 31, 2022) \u2013 The Fort Wayne TinCaps dominated the Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate), 9-1, at Dow Diamond on Tuesday night. Six of Fort Wayne\u2019s nine runs came in the second inning.<\/p>\n

The big inning began with a base hit from first basemen Lucas Dunn, a 2021 eighth-round Padres draft pick who joined the team from Single-A Lake Elsinore on May 30. Dunn scored after consecutive walks to Agust\u00edn Ruiz, Kelvin Melean, and Anthony Vilar. Ripken Reyes walked as well to make it four in a row and 2-0 in favor of the TinCaps (18-28).<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne continued to put the ball in play in the second after the walks. First, Corey Rosier grounded a ball to first base which resulted in an RBI fielder\u2019s choice on an out at second. Then, Jarryd Dale stung a line-drive hit to center field that brought Vilar home. Two batters later, Brandon Valenzuela grabbed an RBI for his third straight game with a single to left field that punched in Rosier. The TinCaps batted around with Dunn, who secured the leadoff hit, flying a ball to deep center field that scored Dale on a sacrifice fly. Fort Wayne led 6-0 at the end of two.<\/p>\n

With a substantial early lead, left-handed starter Noel Vela diced his way through five innings with nine strikeouts, his second highest total of the year. Vela only gave up one hit and did not surrender a run, improving his ERA to 2.43 and his ERA in four road starts to 0.47.<\/p>\n

The TinCaps supplied more insurance after their dominant start offensively and on the mound. Vilar snatched his second RBI of the game on a two-out single to right field in the fifth to make it 7-0. Two innings later, Ruiz homered to right-center field, picking up where he left off in 2021 as Fort Wayne\u2019s home run leader with 15. The Loons (25-21) scored their only run in the bottom of the ninth.<\/p>\n

Following a 6-1 victory over Quad Cities on Sunday, Fort Wayne has won consecutive games for the first time since a three-game win streak from April 23-24 in Lansing.<\/p>\n

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

Next Game<\/strong>: Wednesday, June 1 @ Great Lakes (7:05 p.m.) in Midland, Mich.<\/p>\n