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

Offense Powers TinCaps to Doubleheader Sweep of Captains<\/strong>
\nBy: Michael Tricarico<\/em>
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\n(EASTLAKE, Ohio, August 23, 2017) – The TinCaps tallied 13 runs and 18 hits, including four home runs in a Wednesday afternoon doubleheader en route to a pair of wins over the Lake County Captains (Cleveland Indians). Fort Wayne won Game 1, 8-1, and came from behind to win Game 2, 5-3.
\nIn Game 1, Fort Wayne (37-22, 63-66) jumped out to a big lead early. In the top of the second inning, Kyle Overstreet, Jorge O\u00c3\u00b1a, and G.K. Young all singled to load the bases. Buddy Reed followed with a ground-rule double to left-center field to score Overstreet and O\u00c3\u00b1a for a 2-0 Fort Wayne lead. Reed moved to third and Overstreet scored on a Gabriel Arias groundout that gave the TinCaps a 3-0 advantage. Two batters later, Nate Easley tripled, bringing Reed to the plate for a 4-0 edge. The hit extended Easley’s on-base streak to 26 games.
\nThe TinCaps extended their lead in the third with power. Hudson Potts led off with his 17th home run of the season for a 5-0 lead. Then, after Overstreet walked, O\u00c3\u00b1a cranked his 10th homer of the year to make the score 7-0. With the home run, O\u00c3\u00b1a is the sixth Fort Wayne player to reach double-digit homers this year.
\nThe Fort Wayne power surge continued in the fourth frame. Overstreet continued his hot hitting with a solo home run to left field to put Fort Wayne ahead 8-0.
\nLake County (23-36, 50-78) scored its lone run of Game 1 in the bottom of the fifth. Logan Ice led off with a home run to right field to cut the Fort Wayne lead to 8-1.
\nTinCaps starting pitcher Reggie Lawson was stellar. The 20-year-old allowed just one run in six innings on the mound while striking out seven batters.
\nIn Game 2, the Captains struck first in the bottom of the first inning. With a runner on second base and two outs, Li-Jen Chu homered to left field to put Lake County up, 2-0.
\nFort Wayne responded in the top of the second. Arias singled and moved to second on a passed ball. Tyler Benson then hit a ball to center field. Lake County center fielder Todd Isaacs misplayed the ball, allowing Benson to go all the way to third and Arias to score and cut the Captains’ lead to 2-1. Chandler Seagle followed with a single that brought home Benson and tied the game, 2-2.
\nThe TinCaps took the lead in the third. With runners on second and third and one out, O\u00c3\u00b1a knocked another ball out of the park for his second home run of the day to give Fort Wayne a 5-2 lead.
\nThe Captains cut into the TinCaps’ lead in the fifth. Jose Vicente hit the third home run of the game and the seventh homer of the day to trim the Fort Wayne advantage to 5-3.
\nFort Wayne starting pitcher Lake Bachar allowed three runs and five hits in four and 2\/3 innings. Reliever Dauris Valdez kept a runner stranded on third when he came in relief of Bachar. Valdez did allow runners to reach first and second base in the sixth inning, which prompted a relief appearance from Hansel Rodriguez. Rodriguez retired all five batters he faced, including two with strikeouts, in his 1 and 2\/3 innings on the mound to end the game.<\/p>\n

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Next Game<\/strong>:
\nThursday, August 24 @ Lake County (7:00 p.m.)<\/p>\n