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TinCaps recap: Fort Wayne 5, Lake County 4 - 6/10/2021
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TinCaps recap: Fort Wayne 5, Lake County 4 - 6/10/2021
In their first extra-innings game of the season, the Fort Wayne TinCaps walked it off in the 10th inning on a Justin Lopez double against the Lake County Captains at Parkview Field on Thursday night, 5-4.
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Summer Catch
Walking up to the baseball field behind Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School, you hardly would believe that Chris Sale, Buster Posey, Justin Turner, and a host of others called it their summer home on the way to the majors.
Red Wilson Field features a wooden press box, a chain-link outfield fence (with no marked dimensions), a snack bar, and some scattered bleachers. There’s not even stadium lights so games can be played after dark.
But such is the essence of the Cape Cod Baseball League, with the unmatched combination of small-town charm and big-time prospects. For two months every summer, the country’s top college baseball players head to Cape Cod to play for the league’s 10 teams.
The league stretches some 60 miles across Cape Cod and along Route 6, from Wareham (Gatemen) and Bourne (Braves) in the west to Chatham (Anglers) and Orleans (Firebirds) in the east. The teams are split into East and West Divisions and play 44-game schedules.
For this year’s baseball trip, I headed to the Cape League for a June 17 game between the Harwich Mariners and Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. It was the home opener for the three-time defending league champion Red Sox; admission was free (with donations gladly accepted). The drive from Boston to the town of South Yarmouth took about 75 minutes.
The Cape League’s history of producing future major leaguers is staggering. According to the league, 297 former Cape League players appeared in at least one major-league game in 2016—that would be the equivalent of almost 12 full 25-man rosters. The league has more than 1,100 former big-league alumni.
Among current Mariners, Dan Altavilla (Y-D), Taylor Motter (Harwich), Kyle Seager (Chatham), Danny Valencia (Orleans), Mike Zunino (Y-D), and Tony Zych (Bourne) all played in the Cape League.
This year, 10 of the 36 first-round MLB draft picks were Cape League alums, including top-10 picks Brendan McKay (Tampa Bay), Pavin Smith (Arizona), and Adam Haseley (Philadelphia).
Not surprisingly, the Cape League is heavily scouted. We counted four or five scouts sitting behind home plate at the Y-D park armed with radar guns, with several scouts packing up and leaving at 6 p.m. to presumably catch a second game on the Cape that night.
My interest in the Cape League grew from Jim Collins’ fantastic book “The Last Best League,” which followed the Chatham A’s (now Anglers) for one summer in 2002. Tim Stouffer and Chris Iannetta both became big-league regulars from that Chatham team.
But the book also focuses as much on the players who got so close to the big-time, yet failed to make it for one reason or another. (Collins updated the book 10 years later after the A’s players all had either established or finished their baseball careers.)
We originally planned to see a game in Chatham, but those plans changed after a rainout. Y-D was a great second choice—a 5 p.m. game that ended three hours later with the fog from the ocean rolling in across the field.
The Cape League is small-time enough that the homeowners beyond the right-field fence pulled up yard chairs and enjoyed dinner with the game. One man walked his dog through the Harwich bullpen mid-game (he later talked about watching Posey and Kyle Schwarber both play on the Cape, and claimed Cotuit has the best park).
One of the Y-D players was in charge of selling tickets for the 50/50 raffle (Cape League teams must raise $200,000 annually). And at the neighboring football stadium, the high school was holding a walk-a-thon dedicated to cancer support, with music blasting the entire evening.
The Red Sox and the other Cape League teams each employ squadrons of interns, who handle everything from marketing to running the concession stand. The teams additionally air their games online using broadcasting students.
Some of the players still work part-time during the summer, while playing baseball in the afternoons and evenings, although this has become less common as players focus on getting scouted. First-round bonus values now range from $7.8 million to $2.2 million.
I assume that I saw at least one future major leaguer--the Cape League’s slogan is “Where the stars of tomorrow shine tonight!”--but I’m not sure who that would be. We went on the season’s first weekend, when several players whose college teams made deep NCAA Tournament runs had yet to arrive (according to the league, 62 players this season went to NCAA super regionals and 39 went to the College World Series).
Harwich third baseman Ryne Ogren had the game’s biggest hit, belting a two-run double to cap a four-run fifth inning for the Mariners. I thought Harwich outfielder Dwanya Williams-Sutton and pitcher Matthew Frisbee also seemed like potential prospects, along with Y-D outfielder Carlos Cortes, who had three hits.
The Mariners also got 4 2/3 scoreless innings in relief from Austin Hansen, Brian Christian, and Theodore Rodliff. The teams combined for 22 hits, but the players were still in their first week and seemingly adjusting to the wood bats of the Cape League after the metal bats of college.
(According to Collins’ book, MLB allows Y-D and Harwich to use the Red Sox and Mariners names, provided they order merchandise through MLB’s licensees. The Red Sox cap actually uses the White Sox logo against an outline of Cape Cod; the Mariners use a compass logo just like Seattle).
The featured event for the season is the annual All-Star Game (held this year on July 22) and the championship series in mid-August. There’s a game of the week broadcast on Fox College Sports as well. Or you can just wait a couple of years to catch the league’s biggest stars in the majors.
I’m looking forward to checking this post in about five years to see which of the players below ended up making it. We saw all of them play in the Mariners’ victory.
From Harwich: Joey Bart C (Georgia Tech); Brian Christian (P) (Northeastern); Nick Dalesandro (RF) (Purdue); Brad Debo (DH) (N.C. State); Matthew Frisbee (P) (UNC Greensboro); Austin Hansen (P) (Oklahoma); Owen Miller (SS) (Illinois State); Kyler Murray (PR) (Oklahoma); Ryne Ogren (3B) (Elon); Teddy Rodliff (P) (Stony Brook); Cameron Simmons (CF) (Virginia); Cobie Vance (2B) (Alabama); Jordan Verdon (1B) (San Diego State); Dwanya Williams-Sutton (LF) (East Carolina).
From Yamouth-Dennis: Cameron Beauchamp (P) (Indiana); Karl Blum (P) (Rutgers); Michael Cassala C (Jacksonville); Charlie Concannon (DH) (St. Joseph’s); Carlos Cortes (LF) (South Carolina); Kole Cottam C (Kentucky); Jake Crawford (1B) (Furman); Jonah Davis (RF) (California); Tyler Depreta-Johnson (SS) (Houston Baptist); Tanner Graham (P) (Alabama-Birmingham); Nico Hoerner (2B) (Stanford); Kyle Isbel (CF) (UNLV); Christian Koss (3B) (UC Irvine); Hunter Parsons (P) (Maryland); Carter Pharis (1B) (Alabama-Birmingham); John Rooney (P) (Hofstra); Christopher Sharpe (CF) (UMass Lowell).
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The No. 8 Ole Miss baseball team began the highly anticipated 2017 season on Friday afternoon, and Rebel Nation was sure not to miss it. In front of a Swayze Field record-setting crowd of 12,117, the Rebels overcame a leadoff home run to capture a 5-4 win over No. 6 East Carolina.
With five newcomers making their Rebel debuts, Ole Miss (1-0) improved to 16-1 on Opening Day under head coach Mike Bianco. The Rebels took the field under the watchful eye of 12,117 faithful fans, a Swayze Field single-game record that eclipsed the previous record of 11,729 against Alabama (April 13, 2013).
Starting pitcher David Parkinson (1-0) struck out a career-high six ECU (0-1) batters in seven innings of work. The junior got the Opening Day nod after an impressive first season in 2016 as a Junior College transfer and the No. 2 pitcher in the rotation.
Parkinson’s day did not start off as he would’ve dreamed up when ECU’s Dwanya Williams-Sutton hit a leadoff home run to cap off an 11-pitch at-bat. Parkinson would settle in to not give up another hit until the fourth frame, while striking out three.
Sophomore Ryan Olenek led the way for the Rebels at the plate by going 3-for-4. Olenek kickstarted the Rebel offense with a 1-out double down the right field line before stealing third and scoring when the catcher’s throw went into left field.
Junior Will Golsan kept the offense going in the second when he blasted a leadoff home run to left field for the first of 2017 and the fourth of his career, setting off a Swayze Shower in the right field bleachers.
In his Ole Miss debut, junior college transfer Chase Cockrell went 2-for-4 as the Rebels’ designated hitter. The sophomore righty provided a key single in the eighth that ended up being the game-winning hit.
ECU, however, brought some offense of its own. The Pirates finally broke through to Parkinson with three straight doubles putting them ahead 3-2 in the fourth.
The Rebel bats would catch fire again in their half of the fourth. Cockrell led off by hitting a ball into center that rolled all the way to the wall, putting him at third with nobody out before he scored on a passed ball.
After a Golsan walk, freshman Thomas Dillard recorded his first career hit and RBI when he scorched a ball to the left field wall, scoring Golsan all the way from first and putting the Rebels back ahead 4-3.
The game became a pitcher’s duel between Parkinson and Preseason All-American Evan Kruczynski (0-1) of ECU for the next three innings, with Kruczynski retiring seven straight and Parkinson retiring seven of nine.
Junior closer Will Stokes was called on in the eighth inning for a rare 6-out save. The hard-throwing righty retired the Pirates in order in the eighth, including back-to-back strikeouts to end the frame.
The Rebels went into their half of the eighth looking to add some insurance to their 4-3 lead. Matt Bridges had taken over on the mound for ECU, and after Tate Blackman was hit by a pitch, Olenek added his third hit of the night on a single to third base. Two batters later, Cockrell ripped a ball into left, scoring Blackman from second and pushing the Rebel lead to 5-3.
Two quick outs in the ninth got the record crowd Swayze Field on their feet, but ECU wouldn’t go away without a fight. Freshman Spencer Brickhouse blasted a ball over the right field wall, making it 5-4 in Ole Miss’ favor and giving ECU life. However, a popout to Blackman would end the game and give the Rebels an Opening Day victory over the No. 6 team in the country.
Ole Miss will get right back to the field tomorrow afternoon, looking to clinch the series over ECU. Sophomore James McArthur will toe the rubber for the Rebels, matching up against southpaw Jacob Wolfe. First pitch from Swayze Field is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. CT on SECN+.
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TinCaps recap: Fort Wayne 10, Lake County 2 - 6/12/2021
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TinCaps recap: Fort Wayne 10, Lake County 2 - 6/12/2021
A strong collective pitching performance and an offensive power surge guided the Fort Wayne TinCaps to a 10-2 win over the Lake County Captains on Saturday night at Parkview Field.
#Agustin Ruiz#Anderson Espinoza#Brandon Komar#Cleveland Indians Baseball#Dwanya Williams-Sutton#Eric Mock#Felix Minjarez#Fort Wayne Indiana#Fort Wayne TinCaps Baseball#Jonny Homza#Justin Lopez#Lake County Captains Baseball#Mason Hickman#Moises Lugo#Parkview Field#Tirso Ornelas
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Fort Wayne TinCaps transactions: 6/16/2021
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Fort Wayne TinCaps transactions: 6/16/2021
The San Diego Padres made the following TinCaps transactions today, June 16, 2021.
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TinCaps recap: South Bend 12, Fort Wayne 10 - 5/25/2021
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TinCaps recap: South Bend 12, Fort Wayne 10 - 5/25/2021
The Fort Wayne TinCaps lost to the South Bend Cubs, 12-10, on Tuesday night at Four Winds Field in a game that lasted 3 hours and 55 minutes,
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TinCaps recap: Lansing 12, Fort Wayne 1 - 5/20/2021
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TinCaps recap: Lansing 12, Fort Wayne 1 - 5/20/2021
The Fort Wayne TinCaps could not win their third game in a row for the first time this season, falling to the Lansing Lugnuts 12-1.
#Anderson Epsinoza#Cobie Vance#Dwanya Williams-Sutton#Fort Wayne Indiana#Fort Wayne TinCaps Baseball#Jack McCullen#Jordan Diaz#Lansing Lugnuts Baseball#Max Schuemann#Michael Guldberg#Moises Lugo#Oakland A's Baseball#Parkview Field#Reid Birlingmair
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TinCaps ReCap: Fort Wayne 13, Lansing 1 - 5/18/2021
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TinCaps ReCap: Fort Wayne 13, Lansing 1 - 5/18/2021
The TinCaps were victorious over the Lansing Lugnuts in the first home game of a homestand stretch.
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TinCaps recap: Lake County 3 - Fort Wayne 0
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TinCaps recap: Lake County 3 - Fort Wayne 0
The TinCaps recap from their May 16, 2021, game with the Lake County Captains in which they lost, 3-0, dropping the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Classic Park.
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TinCaps 2021 Opening Day roster
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TinCaps 2021 Opening Day roster
The San Diego Padres have announced the 2021 Opening Day roster for the Fort Wayne TinCaps.
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TinCaps recap: Lake County 3, Fort Wayne 2
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TinCaps recap: Lake County 3, Fort Wayne 2
TinCaps recap: Lake County 3, Fort Wayne 2
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Fort Wayne TinCaps transactions: June 9, 2021
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Fort Wayne TinCaps transactions: June 9, 2021
The San Diego Padres made the following TinCaps transactions today, June 9, 2021.
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Fort Wayne TinCaps transactions: June 2, 2021
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Fort Wayne TinCaps transactions: June 2, 2021
The San Diego Padres made the following TinCaps transactions today, June 2, 2021.
#Agustin Ruiz#Dwanya Williams-Sutton#Felix Minjarez#Fort Wayne Indiana#Fort Wayne TinCaps Baseball#Kelvin Alarcon#Kelvin Melean#Lake Elsinore Storm Baseball#San Diego Padres Baseball#TinCaps Suspended List
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TinCaps recap: Cedar Rapids 7, Fort Wayne 4 - 6/1/2021
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TinCaps recap: Cedar Rapids 7, Fort Wayne 4 - 6/1/2021
The TinCaps fell to the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Tuesday night at Parkview Field, 7-4.
#Anderson Espinoza#Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball#Dwanya Williams-Sutton#Fort Wayne Indiana#Fort Wayne TinCaps Baseball#Jair Camargo#Jonny Homza#Kody Funderburk#Minnesota Twins Baseball#Parkview Field#Sam Williams#Seamus Curran#Trey Cabbage
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