Reeves caps teeter-totter game with walk-off in 10th
(Eastlake, OH) - The Lake County Captains (12-7) battled back-and-forth for 10 innings with the Dayton Dragons (7-12) on Wednesday and came out on top with their first walk-off win of 2019. Though the Dragons led on four separate occasions, the Captains fought back every time and earned a 7-6
(Eastlake, OH) - The Lake County Captains (12-7) battled back-and-forth for 10 innings with the Dayton Dragons (7-12) on Wednesday and came out on top with their first walk-off win of 2019. Though the Dragons led on four separate occasions, the Captains fought back every time and earned a 7-6 win when
Dayton grabbed its first lead in the second inning against Captains starter
McCarthy held the Dragons in check the rest of the way and kept Lake County in the game. The right-hander worked six innings for the second start in a row and did not allow any more runs outside of the two-run second inning. With McCarthy holding serve, the Captains charged back.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Captains mounted their first comeback, which began with a one-out walk to
The Captains maintained their one-run lead until Dayton's half of the eighth.
Lake County wasted no time to even the score. Holmes doubled to left field to begin the bottom of the eighth and
Dayton once again had an answer and took the lead in the ninth. Hernandez led off with a single and Martinez bunted him to second base. With two outs and Hernandez on second, Bautista hit a grounder to shortstop and beat the throw to first by Freeman. The Captains' shortstop was charged with an error and Hernandez raced home from second to give Dayton a 5-4 advantage.
The Captains found themselves three outs away from defeat, but rallied again to tie the score. Reeves led off and ripped a hard grounder to third that whistled through Martinez for a two-base error. The runner then moved to third on a wild pitch and scored the tying run when
The Dragons punched back in the top of the 10th and grabbed a 6-5 lead with the help of the free runner, Siani, who began the inning on second base, per Minor League Baseball rules. With Siani on second, Jay Schuyler led off with an RBI single to center that scored the runner and made it 6-5, Dayton.
Finally, the Captains had an answer that decided the game in the bottom of the 10th. Holmes began the frame as the free runner on second and Nelson dropped down a bunt toward third. Dragons catcher
Bennett (0-2) suffered the loss. The right-hander came on for the 10th and recorded one out, but allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits with one strikeout and no walks.
The top of the Captains' order drove the offense. Fermin reached base five times from the leadoff spot and went 3-for-3 with two RBI, a run and two walks. Freeman, batting second, went 2-for-5 with a double, a run and a hit-by-pitch. Reeves went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI, a run and a walk from the cleanup spot.
The Captains took two out of three games from Dayton and will hit the road to take on the West Michigan Whitecaps to begin a four-game road series on Thursday. First pitch at Fifth Third Ballpark is slated for 6:35 p.m.
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