{"id":120016,"date":"2022-08-27T23:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=120016"},"modified":"2025-07-12T12:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T16:07:56","slug":"tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-8-great-lakes-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2022\/08\/27\/tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-8-great-lakes-0\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Fort Wayne 8, Great Lakes 0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The TinCaps one-hit the Great Lakes Loons in an 8-0 win on Saturday night at Dow Diamond.<\/p>\n

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

TinCaps One-Hit Loons in Shutout Win<\/strong>
\nBy Ben Shulman<\/em><\/p>\n

Midland, Michigan (August 27, 2022) \u2013 The TinCaps one-hit the Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate) in an 8-0 win on Saturday night at Dow Diamond. Starting pitcher Jose Espada and reliever Nick Thwaits teamed up for the team’s first one-hitter in more than three years.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne’s last one-hitter was thrown on Aug. 4, 2019 at Parkview Field against the West Michigan Whitecaps. Left-handed Joey Cantillo pitched eight no-hit innings in that game. <\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Espada tossed six one-hit innings in this one with a career-high 10 strikeouts, while Thwaits worked three perfect frames for the save.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, offensively, the TinCaps (20-32, 47-71) started off on the right foot with a pair of walks in the top of the first. After one run scored on an error, Agust\u00edn Ruiz blasted his sixth home run of the season. The right fielder’s 395-foot, three-run shot extended his hitting streak to five games with a three-hit night. The homer was his third in his last seven games. The TinCaps led 4-0 after one.<\/p>\n

That was more than enough run support for Espada. The only hit he allowed was a single with two outs in the fifth inning, while he worked around three walks over the first two innings.<\/p>\n

The pitching success was even more remarkable given Great Lakes (32-21, 72-47) entered the night with the best team OPS (.750) in the Midwest League.<\/p>\n

For good measure, Fort Wayne added two more in the third with the help of four walks in that frame. It was 6-0 \u2018Caps after three.<\/p>\n

Third baseman Carlos Luis provided an RBI single in the fourth and center fielder Justin Farmer came through with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne ended up walking 11 times in the game, tying a season-high for a nine-inning game. Four walks were drawn by second baseman Lucas Dunn.<\/p>\n

The TinCaps have a chance to earn a split of the series with the Midwest League\u2019s best team by record on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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

Next Game<\/strong>: Sunday, Aug. 28 @ Great Lakes (1:05 p.m.)<\/p>\n