{"id":66497,"date":"2017-04-06T23:45:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T03:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.blog\/?p=66497"},"modified":"2020-12-03T10:00:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T15:00:21","slug":"tincaps-stymie-hot-rods-on-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2017\/04\/06\/tincaps-stymie-hot-rods-on-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps stymie Hot Rods on Opening Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

TinCaps Stymie Hot Rods on Opening Night<\/strong>
\nFort Wayne pitching staff strikes out 17 batters in 4-1 win
\nBy Michael Tricarico<\/em><\/p>\n

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (April 6, 2017) – The Fort Wayne TinCaps opened the 2017 season with a 4-1 win over the Bowling Green Hot Rods on Thursday evening. TinCaps right-hander Jesse Scholtens struck out a career-high 11 batters en route to the win.<\/p>\n

The TinCaps (1-0) jumped on the board right off the bat in the top of the first inning off Hot Rods right-hander J.D. Busfield. Jack Suwinski led off the inning with a single. With Eguy Rosario batting, Suwinski stole second base. After Rosario struck out, Fernando Tatis Jr. worked a walk. Jorge O\u00c3\u00b1a followed with a base hit to load the bases. Hudson Potts then hit a sacrifice fly out to right field to score Suwinski and give Fort Wayne a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

The Hot Rods (0-1) tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. With one out, Garrett Whitley singled. Eleardo Cabrera then reached first by grounding into a fielder’s choice in which Whitley was thrown out at second base. Michael Brosseau followed with a double down the left-field line. On the play, Cabrera scored from first base to tie the game at one.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne responded with three runs in the top of the sixth inning off Bowling Green right-hander Adrian Navas (L, 0-1). Rosario and Tatis Jr. both walked to lead off the inning. With runners on first and second, O\u00c3\u00b1a tripled to right-center field, scoring Rosario and Tatis Jr. to put the TinCaps back in front, 3-1. With Potts batting, Navas threw a wild pitch that allowed O\u00c3\u00b1a to score from third and gave Fort Wayne a 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n

Scholtens (W, 1-0), on his 23rd birthday, allowed just one run in five-and-two-thirds innings pitched and picked up the win. His 11 strikeouts are the most for a TinCaps pitcher since July 12, 2014 when Kyle Lloyd had 13 strikeouts. <\/p>\n

Lefty Ben Sheckler followed with 2 1\/3 scoreless innings (five strikeouts), while Mark Zimmerman (S, 1) worked a 1-2-3 ninth with one strikeout. <\/p>\n

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