Nuts rally in 9th, 10th, 11th innings, to walk off Whitecaps, 11-10
LANSING, Mich. – The Lansing Lugnuts (27-32, 58-66) rallied from deficits in the ninth, tenth and 11th innings, walking off the West Michigan Whitecaps (33-25, 65-58) on a Colby Halter one-out RBI single, 11-10, in front of 5,896 on Saturday night at Jackson® Field™. The game, held on Fan Appreciation
LANSING, Mich. – The Lansing Lugnuts (27-32, 58-66) rallied from deficits in the ninth, tenth and 11th innings, walking off the West Michigan Whitecaps (33-25, 65-58) on a Colby Halter one-out RBI single, 11-10, in front of 5,896 on Saturday night at Jackson® Field™.
The game, held on Fan Appreciation Night, included 28 hits and 21 runs against 12 pitchers, six per team, combining to deliver 389 total pitches. It took a season long three hours and 54 minutes to play, turning into Lansing’s eighth walkoff win of the season.
Down 7-4 in the bottom of the 9th.
— Lansing Lugnuts (@LansingLugnuts) September 3, 2023
Down 8-7 in the bottom of the 10th.
Down 10-8 in the bottom of the 11th.
GAME OF THE YEAR pic.twitter.com/H7PfL2Tfyx
The rollercoaster events began with the Lugnuts one out away from a 4-3 victory in the top of the ninth, thanks to back-to-back inning-opening strikeouts from Pedro Santos. But the next five Whitecaps batters reached in a three-walk, two-hit, four-run rally, tying the score on a Santos wild pitch, taking the lead on a Santos wild pitch, and increasing that lead to 7-4 on an Izaac Pacheco two-run triple.
In the bottom of the ninth, Jordan Marks also recorded the first two outs before running into trouble. Jacob Wilson singled, Danny Bautista, Jr. doubled and Colby Thomas singled both of his teammates in to bring the Lugnuts within 7-6. After a fielding error by third baseman Pacheco extended the game, Euribiel Ángeles tied the score at 7-7 with an RBI infield single off Jack Anderson. Halter nearly followed with the game-winning hit, but center fielder Seth Stephenson dove to catch his line drive, ending the inning and forcing extra baseball.
The Whitecaps took an 8-7 lead in the tenth on an RBI single by Josh Crouch off Charles Hall, but the Lugnuts responded in the home half with a game-tying sacrifice fly from T.J. Schofield-Sam off Angel Reyes.
The rollercoaster continued into the 11th inning, with a Gage Workman two-run homer to center off Christian Fernandez lifting the Whitecaps into a 10-8 lead.
But the Lugnuts rose up against Reyes to tie the game on a Jacob Wilson RBI double and a run-scoring fielding error by second baseman Luke Gold. Halter followed with a bouncer up the middle through the drawn-in infield, plating Colby Thomas with the winning run.
Jacob Wilson (@Athletics' No. 6 overall pick) delivers his first four-hit performance as a pro.
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) September 3, 2023
A pair of doubles + singles ups the average of MLB's No. 78 prospect with the High-A @LansingLugnuts to .318: pic.twitter.com/edg5Qwd7kQ
The Nuts finished with 16 hits in the game, led by a 4-for-4 performance from Wilson, who singled twice, doubled twice and drew a walk, and a 3-for-6 showing from Halter, who similarly doubled twice. Leadoff hitter Junior Pérez finished 2-for-5 with a double, triple, walk and four runs scored.
One home game remains in the Lugnuts’ 2023 season: Accessibility Day / Capital City Market Kids Day at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday, with gates opening at 12 noon. Right-hander Mitch Myers makes the start against West Michigan right-hander Garrett Burhenn. Tickets are available at the box office, via lansinglugnuts.com or by calling (517) 485-4500.
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