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

TinCaps Triumph in Series Opener, 6-4<\/strong>
\nBelen Plates Three in Win Over West Michigan
\nBy: David Kenyon<\/em><\/p>\n

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(July 27, 2016) – The TinCaps scored early and held on late to defeat the West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit Tigers), 6-4, on Wednesday night at Parkview Field to begin the seven-game homestand.<\/p>\n

Carlos Belen opened the scoring when he launched a 425-foot home run \u00e2\u20ac\u201d his seventh big fly of the season \u00e2\u20ac\u201d during the second inning. Later in the frame, Tyler Selesky added an RBI double that scored Alan Garcia.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne (11-21 second half, 47-55 overall) grabbed a 3-0 advantage in the bottom of the third. Belen singled home Ruddy Giron, who had smacked a leadoff double.<\/p>\n

TinCaps starter Austin Smith (W, 3-5) silenced West Michigan (14-15, 53-42) until the sixth inning. Derek Hill scored on Rashad Brown’s RBI double, but Smith picked off Brown before Will Allen homered to right-center field.
\nSmith struck out five batters and did not allow an earned run over 5.2 innings.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne responded in the home half of the sixth with an RBI single from Tyler Moore to plate Garcia and push the TinCaps ahead 4-2.<\/p>\n

The teams then traded runs in both the seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n

Jose Zambrano’s RBI single cut into Fort Wayne’s lead, but Belen’s sacrifice fly made it 5-3. Whitecaps center fielder Jose Azocar answered with a sac fly of his own before Moore drove in Jose Carlos Ure\u00c3\u00b1a \u00e2\u20ac\u201d also on a sac fly \u00e2\u20ac\u201d for a 6-4 edge.<\/p>\n

The TinCaps wrapped up the victory with a scoreless ninth inning from Jose Castillo (S, 1), who recorded four strikeouts over two frames.<\/p>\n

West Michigan starter Spenser Watkins (L, 3-1) took the loss after ceding four runs in 5.2 innings.<\/p>\n

The three-game series continues Thursday night at Parkview Field.<\/p>\n

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