Lugnuts wrap up 2024 home schedule, fall to Fort Wayne

LANSING, Mich. – In front of 4,512 in the 2024 home finale, Luke Mann’s second straight game with a home run could not prevent a Lansing Lugnuts (26-34, 58-67) 8-4 loss to the Fort Wayne TinCaps (23-37, 51-75) on Sunday afternoon at Jackson® Field™.

The Nuts now head out to West Michigan to conclude their 28th season with a six-game series from September 3-8.

Mann crushed his eighth High-A home run – matching his total with Single-A Stockton – in the bottom of the fourth inning, tying the score at 1-1.

But Jacob Campbell broke the tie with a two-out, two-run single in the sixth inning off Kade Morris, lifting the TinCaps into a lead they would not relinquish.

Tyler Robertson added a two-out RBI single in the seventh, Rosman Verdugo keyed a three-run eighth with a two-run single, and Addison Kopack tacked on an RBI single in the ninth for insurance, part of a 10-hit Fort Wayne attack.

The Lugnuts, conversely, finished the game with five hits, led by a 2-for-4 showing from Jared Dickey, who finished the scoring with a ninth-inning sacrifice fly.

The game featured eight combined errors, four by each team, leading to three Lugnuts unearned runs and three TinCaps unearned runs.

The next home game at Jackson® Field™ will be the 2025 Crosstown Showdown against Michigan State University on April 1, followed by Midwest League Opening Day against the Great Lakes Loons on April 8. For further information, visit milb.com/lansing or call (517) 485-4500.

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