Murray, Conine carry changing Jays system
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Outfielder Pruitt promoted to Dunedin
LANSING, Mich. - In conjunction with the Toronto Blue Jays, Lansing Lugnuts center fielder Reggie Pruitt has been promoted to A-Advanced Dunedin, with first baseman Jake Brodt received from Double-A New Hampshire in a corresponding move.After playing 89 games with the Lugnuts in 2018, Pruitt took part in 88 games
Nuts win in extras to gain doubleheader split
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The Lansing Lugnuts (21-22, 53-59) split a Monday night doubleheader with the Bowling Green Hot Rods (25-18, 64-49), dropping the opener, 3-1, before seizing a wild 6-3 extra-inning victory in the nightcap at Bowling Green Ballpark.In Game 1, Caleb Sampen (Win, 9-4) allowed one unearned run
Lugnuts two-hit Hot Rods, 3-1
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Griffin Conine slammed his 17th home run of the year and Juan De Paula , Marcus Reyes and Cre Finfrock combined on a dominating pitching performance, helping the Lansing Lugnuts (20-21, 52-58) win the opener of a four-game series, 3-1, over the Bowling Green Hot Rods
Aiello homers again in Lugs' 3-2 loss
LANSING, Mich. - Johnny Aiello homered for the second straight game, but the Lansing Lugnuts (13-12, 45-49) opened a six-game homestand with a 3-2 loss to the Burlington Bees (11-14, 50-45) on Wednesday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.Both LJ Talley and Reggie Pruitt reached base four times as the
Lugnuts Player Spotlight: Reggie Pruitt
LANSING, Mich. via TORONTO, Ont. - Lansing Lugnuts outfielder Reggie Pruitt had a relaxing offseason after his third year of professional baseball.In 2018, the native of Kennesaw, Georgia, stole an astonishing 37 bases, adding 13 doubles and three triples to go along with a .211/.300/.304 slash line in 89 games
Miller, Lugnuts continue Chiefs' woes
PEORIA, Ill. - Troy Miller set career highs with seven innings pitched and eight strikeouts, and the Lansing Lugnuts (10-9, 42-46) extended the Peoria Chiefs' (3-16, 33-55) losing streak to ten games with an 8-2 victory on Wednesday night at Dozer Park, opening a three-game series.Rafael Lantigua collected four hits,
Conine drives Nuts to series win over Loons
LANSING, Mich. - Right fielder Griffin Conine knocked in three runs and scored two runs, and the Lansing Lugnuts (7-8, 39-45) needed every one of them in a 5-4 win over the Great Lakes Loons (7-8, 50-32) on Friday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts won three of four
Five-run Caps 7th fells Lugnuts
LANSING, Mich. - The Lansing Lugnuts (3-4, 35-41) wiped out one multi-run Lake County lead but not the second, as the Captains (6-1, 46-30) rode a five-run seventh inning to a 9-4 victory on Thursday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.Center fielder Reggie Pruitt went 2-for-5 with two singles, a
Lugnuts outlast rain for 6-4 win
LANSING, Mich. - D.J. Neal sizzled a two-out go-ahead two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning, Reggie Pruitt followed with a two-run triple, and the Lansing Lugnuts (3-2, 35-39) handed the Lake County Captains (4-1, 44-30) their first loss of the second half, 6-4, on Tuesday night at
Road trip ends in 5-1 defeat
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Cole Roederer broke a 1-1 sixth-inning tie with an RBI triple and the South Bend Cubs (35-31) beat the Lansing Lugnuts (30-36), 5-1, on Thursday night at Four Winds Field.The Lugnuts split the four-game series with the Cubs and finished their 10-day, three-city road trip with
Lugs split doubleheader in South Bend
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Rafael Lantigua lined a tie-breaking extra-inning two-run triple, and the Lansing Lugnuts (30-35) split a doubleheader with the South Bend Cubs (34-31), winning Game 1, 6-4, in eight innings, before dropping Game 2, 6-2, on Wednesday night at Four Winds Field.With one day left, the Nuts
Danner goes deep again in 10-4 Lugnuts loss
EASTLAKE, OH - Midwest League Player of the Week Hagen Danner homered and delivered an RBI single, but the Lansing Lugnuts (28-34) lost to the Lake County Captains (37-26), 10-4, on Monday night at Classic Park.The Lugnuts split the four-game series with the Captains, and now have a record of
Hot Rods top Lugnuts twice, 7-0 and 4-1
LANSING, Mich. - Behind the pitching of first-rounders Shane Baz and Matthew Liberatore, the Bowling Green Hot Rods (34-23) defeated the Lansing Lugnuts (24-31) twice on Sunday afternoon at Cooley Law School Stadium, 7-0 and 4-1.In the first game, resumed after it was suspended due to rain in the middle
Lugnuts rock Dragons, Co-9 to 4
DAYTON, OH - Griffin Conine crushed two homers and two doubles in his second Midwest League game, tandem-mates Troy Watson and Josh Hiatt were nearly unhittable, and the Lansing Lugnuts (23-29) cruised to a rainy rubber-match victory over the Dayton Dragons (16-38), 9-4, on Thursday night at Fifth Third Field.Conine,
Hiatt dazzles while Nuts coast to 10-3 win
LANSING, Mich. - Josh Hiatt struck out eight batters in five innings and his offense supported him with a 15-hit attack en route to a 10-3 Lansing Lugnuts (20-27) victory over the Lake County Captains (29-19) on Saturday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts scored at least six runs
Lugnuts' comeback bid falls short, 7-6
LANSING, Mich. - For the third straight day, the Great Lakes Loons built a sizeable lead. For the third straight day, Lansing Lugnuts rallied late. And for the third straight day, the Loons prevailed.Brett de Geus retired Ryan Gold on a pop-up to shortstop with the tying and winning runs
Loons flex muscles to stave off Lugnuts
LANSING, Mich. - Niko Hulsizer hit two of the Great Lakes Loons' four home runs and the Loons (27-15) held off the Lansing Lugnuts (18-25), 11-8, in front of a Grand Slam School Day of 8,822 on Tuesday afternoon at Cooley Law School Stadium. Jake Brodt went 3-for-4 with a
Lugs edge Whitecaps, 6-5, for series win
LANSING, Mich. - Reggie Pruitt tripled, doubled and singled and scored three important runs, and the Lansing Lugnuts (16-21) shaded the West Michigan Whitecaps (16-20), 6-5,in a Grand Slam School Day Tuesday matineeat Cooley Law School Stadium.The Lugnuts have beaten the Whitecaps in five straight meetings and will go for
Groshans returns with two hits in Lugnuts loss
IOWA CITY, Ia. -Jordan Groshans returned from the Injured List with a two-hit game and Nick Podkul extended his on-base streak to 18 games but the Lansing Lugnuts (14-18) fell to the Quad Cities River Bandits (21-10), 6-0, on Wednesday night at Duane Banks Field.The result completed a three-game sweep
Winckowski, Rees silence Hot Rods
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Josh Winckowski combined with Jackson Rees to shut down the Midwest League's highest scoring team, sending the Lansing Lugnuts (11-10) past the Bowling Green Hot Rods (12-10), 4-0, on Friday night at Bowling Green Ballpark.The Hot Rods entered the day having scored 110 runs in their first 21
2018 flashback: Lugnuts come up just short in Bowling Green
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - In the first round of the 2018 Midwest League playoffs, the Bowling Green Hot Rods tipped the Lansing Lugnuts in two straight one-run games on their way to their first league championship.In their first meeting of 2019, the Bowling Green Bootleggers (12-9) - a nickname used on Thursday home
Cubs outslug Lugnuts, 10-8
LANSING, Mich. - The South Bend Cubs (10-9) broke a 5-5 tie with a five-run sixth inning and held off the Lansing Lugnuts (10-9), 10-8, on Wednesday afternoon at Cooley Law School Stadium.Jordan Groshans and Alejandro Kirk crushed two-run homers and Reggie Pruitt reached base five times on a single, double and
Cubs rally again, but Nuts have last laugh
LANSING, Mich. - Reggie Pruitt brought in Dom Abbadessa with a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the eighth and Will McAffer walked the bases loaded in the ninth before the Lansing Lugnuts (10-8) escaped with a 6-5 victory over the South Bend Cubs (9-8) on Tuesday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.After losing
Gold-en Evening: A slam, a cycle, a 12-4 win
LANSING, Mich. - Ryan Gold belted a grand slam and became the seventh player in Lansing Lugnuts franchise history to hit for the cycle, and the Lugnuts (8-6) won their fourth straight game, 12-4, over the Dayton Dragons (5-9), on Thursday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.Gold drove in seven runs in