Lake County Sentinel
Captains offense a no show in 8-1 loss to Cubs
BY TIM SHIRER
CAPTAINS BEAT WRITER
(EASTLAKE, OH) - The Lake County Captains and South Bend Cubs closed out their three-game series on Friday night in front of 8,170 fans at Classic Park. The two clubs split the first two games. The Cubs came out on top Friday 8-1 to take the rubber game.
The Cubs struck first off Captains starter Alex Royalty with a run in the first inning and then three more in the third inning before scoring one more and knocking Royalty out of the game after five innings. Only three of the five runs were earned as the Captains defense did not help Royalty out committing three errors. Royalty though was his own worst enemy as he committed one of the three errors.
Meanwhile, Derek Casey was shutting down the Captains bats, allowing only four hits and one base on balls through seven innings while giving up only one run, it was earned striking out five.
The Captains managed only two hits on Thursday night, both by Bo Naylor, including the game winning single in the tenth inning in to secure the win 2-1. The Captains entered tonight’s game second in the Midwest League in runs scored with 563, trailing only the Great Lakes Loons who have scored 627. The Loons will be the Captains first round opponent in the playoffs.
The Cubs added another three runs, one in the eighth inning and two more in the ninth all off Captains reliever Luis Araujo.
Casey picked up the win for the Cubs and improves to 5-7 with a 5.13 ERA. Royalty took the loss for Lake County and falls to 5-7 with a 4.42 ERA.
The Captains will head out on the road for a four-game series in West Michigan against the Whitecaps in Comstock Park, Michigan. Righthander Brad Bass will take the mound for the Whitecaps. Bass is 4-3 with a 2.98 ERA. The Captains will send Zach Draper to the hill. Draper, a lefty is 7-3 with a 3.08 ERA.
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POSTED 08/16/2019 21:59
Lake County Captains right fielder Clark Scolamiero
Photo by Tim Shirer
