{"id":119826,"date":"2022-06-01T23:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T03:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=119826"},"modified":"2025-07-12T03:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:19:50","slug":"tincaps-recap-great-lakes-3-fort-wayne-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2022\/06\/01\/tincaps-recap-great-lakes-3-fort-wayne-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Great Lakes 3, Fort Wayne 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Fort Wayne TinCaps were downed, 3-1, by the Great Lakes Loons on Wednesday evening at Dow Diamond.<\/p>\n

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

TinCaps’ Win Streak Snapped<\/strong>
\nBy Ben Shulman<\/em><\/p>\n

Midland, Michigan (June 1, 2022) \u2013 The Fort Wayne TinCaps were downed, 3-1, by the Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate) on Wednesday evening at Dow Diamond. That snapped a two-game win streak for the ‘Caps.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne (18-29) built an early 1-0 lead, but it wasn’t enough. In the top of the third, shortstop Jarryd Dale delivered a two-out, RBI single to score designated hitter Jack Stronach, who had walked and advanced on a walk by second baseman Ripken Reyes.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, the TinCaps had only one more hit the rest of the night. That was a double off the wall in left-center field by first baseman Lucas Dunn, who made his High-A debut Tuesday, and also had a hit in that game.<\/p>\n

Aside from Dunn\u2019s double and Dale\u2019s single, catcher Brandon Valenzuela also singled in the second. Valenzuela has eight hits in the last four games.<\/p>\n

Home runs from Loons (26-21) infielders Jorbit Vivas and Imanol Vargas in the third and fourth innings, respectively, erased Fort Wayne’s lead. TinCaps starter Efra\u00edn Contreras struck out seven in 3 1\/3 innings, throwing 69 pitches. Reliever Dwayne Matos entered for the ‘Caps in the bottom half of the fourth and put together his best appearance of the season. Matos pitched 2 and 2\/3 shutout innings with three hits allowed, no walks, and five strikeouts \u2013 including one on a pitch at the bottom of the zone to retire Great Lakes\u2019 Ismael Alcantara swinging and finish the reliever\u2019s outing in style. The score remained 3-1 through six.<\/p>\n

Fellow bullpen arms Sam Keating and Ramon Perez combined for two scoreless innings to finish the game, but the TinCaps bats were held without a run in the late stages as well. Agust\u00edn Ruiz reached base on a hit by pitch in the ninth to bring the tying run to the plate but was stranded.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne pitchers, who collectively lead the Midwest League in strikeouts on the season, K-ed 15 on the night.<\/p>\n

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

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