Devers’s Solo Shot, Picantes’ Shutout Pitching Power 1-0 Win Over TinCaps

EASTLAKE, OH – In the first game of a scheduled six-game series, Los Picantes de Lake County (35-23) defeated the Fort Wayne TinCaps (25-33) by a final score of 1-0 on Tuesday night at Classic Auto Group Park in Eastlake.

Picantes 3B Jose Devers, MLB Pipeline’s No. 19 Cleveland prospect, drove in the game’s only run with a two-out solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. This was the 21-year-old’s fifth home run of the season.

In his 12^th start of the year, Lake County RHP Austin Peterson (ND) pitched 5.2 scoreless innings, allowing just four hits and no walks, while throwing six strikeouts in 90 pitches (57 strikes).

Then, RHP Jake Miller (3-2) entered the game out of the Picantes bullpen. After permitting an infield single, Fort Wayne had runners on the corners with two outs in the top of the sixth inning. TinCaps C Ethan Salas, MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 San Diego and No. 5 MLB prospect, hit a line drive to center field, but Lake County CF Jonah Advincula made a diving catch to keep the game scoreless.

Miller ultimately earned his third win of the season, allowing two hits in 1.1 innings of relief. After RHP Jay Driver pitched a perfect eighth inning out of the Picantes bullpen, throwing two strikeouts, RHP Zane Morehouse entered the game in the top of the ninth.

A throwing error from Lake County SS Angel Genao, MLB Pipeline’s No. 11 Cleveland prospect, a walk, and an intentional walk loaded the bases with one out. But TinCaps grounded into a game-ending 4-6-3 double play to seal the Picantes victory, as Morehouse earned his fifth save of the season.

Offensively, all four of Lake County’s hits on the night went for extra bases. In addition to Devers’ solo home run, 2B Alex Mooney, MLB Pipeline’s No. 20 Cleveland prospect, C Cooper Ingle, and Genao each tallied a double.

First pitch for the second game of this week’s scheduled six-game series between the Captains and TinCaps is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at 12:05 p.m. It will be Spectacular Senior Day at the ballpark, presented by Medical Mutual. The game will be broadcast on both the Bally Live app and MiLB.TV, with social media coverage courtesy of @LCCaptains on both X and Instagram.

Notes To Know

- After not recording a home run or an RBI in the month of April, INF Jose Devers has tallied all of his five home runs and 21 RBI since May 1.

- RHP Austin Peterson extended his Midwest League lead to 77 strikeouts, while remaining at six walks so far this season. The 2022 ninth-round pick out of UConn is the only pitcher across both Minor and Major League Baseball with at least 70 strikeouts and six-or-fewer walks this year.

- RHP Jay Driver extended the Midwest League’s longest scoreless appearance streak of the season to 13 games. The 2023 ninth-round pick out of Harvard has pitched 16.1 scoreless innings during this span, recording 22 strikeouts, a 0.98 WHIP, and a .164 opposing batting average.

- In his Lake County home debut, INF Angel Genao tallied his first hit at Classic Auto Group Park with a double in the bottom of the sixth inning. The 20-year-old is hitting .292 with seven hits, three runs, two doubles, one home run, two RBI, one walk, and an .820 OPS in his first six career High-A games.

- Lake County is now 5-2 as Los Picantes de Lake County this season. Three of the team’s five wins as Los Picantes have come against Fort Wayne.

The Lake County Captains are the High-A Affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians, and have been a Class A Affiliate of Cleveland since the team was founded in 2003. To find out more information about the Captains or purchase tickets, visit CaptainsBaseball.com, or call (440) 975-8085.