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Lugs dealt L by Noel in Fort Wayne series opener

July 12, 2022

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Behind the strong pitching of southpaw Noel Vela, the Fort Wayne TinCaps (6-10, 33-49) continued their mastery of the Lansing Lugnuts (7-9, 32-50), winning 7-1 in the Tuesday night opener of a six-game series at Parkview Field. The TinCaps improved to 10-3 against the Lugnuts in

McDonald hits homer trifecta for Lansing

A's prospect first to go yard three times for Lugnuts since 2001
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June 30, 2022

It took Jared McDonald 61 at-bats to hit his first three homers of 2022, plus an additional 63 to hit another. Then came Thursday, when he nearly doubled his home run output in a matter of five innings. The Oakland catching prospect went deep in his first three at-bats and

McDonald ties franchise record with 3 HR in 10-3 victory

June 30, 2022

EASTLAKE, OH – Jared McDonald homered in each of his first three at-bats to tie the franchise single game record, and the Lansing Lugnuts (1-5, 26-46) ended a season high seven-game losing streak with a resounding 10-3 victory over the host Lake County Captains (3-3, 38-34) on Thursday night at

Richards debuts with a smash, but Nuts drop 10th-inning slugfest  

June 24, 2022

LANSING, Mich. – Kevin Richards debuted with a first-pitch game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth, but the Lansing Lugnuts (0-1, 25-42) lost in ten innings, 12-11, to the Beloit Sky Carp (1-0, 32-34) on Friday night at Jackson® Field™. The game, the second in a row between

Nuts come up just short, 1-0

June 22, 2022

LANSING, Mich. – Cody Morissette led off the game with a home run, Jared McDonald’s answering drive with two outs in the bottom of the ninth was ruled just short, and the Beloit Sky Carp (30-34) edged the Lansing Lugnuts (25-40), 1-0, in a Wednesday Summer Fun Day matinee at

Emanuels proves rocksteady as Lugnuts split doubleheader

June 10, 2022

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – After dropping the opening game of a doubleheader, 6-1, the Lansing Lugnuts (21-34) shelled the West Michigan Whitecaps (25-30) in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-themed nightcap, winning 7-2 behind a strong outing from Stevie Emanuels on Friday night at LMCU Ballpark. In Game 1, Jonny Butler’s

Loons top Lugnuts, 8-5

May 19, 2022

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons (21-15) collected 13 hits in the first five innings, building an eight-run lead before holding off the Lansing Lugnuts (15-21), 8-5, on Thursday night at Dow Diamond. Lansing catcher Jared McDonald swatted a 442-foot home run and Brayan Buelvas reached base four times

Beck, Lugs outslug Dragons, 8-7

May 14, 2022

LANSING, Mich. – Austin Beck hit two of the Lansing Lugnuts’ four home runs, Trayson Kubo struck out J.V. Martinez with bases loaded in the ninth, and the Lugnuts (14-18) held off the Dayton Dragons (21-10), 8-7, on Saturday night at Jackson® Field™. It was the Lugnuts’ second four-homer game

Whitecaps stop Lugs in wild 10 innings, 11-10  

May 7, 2022

LANSING, Mich. – The West Michigan Whitecaps (9-17) scored four runs in the tenth inning and held on for an 11-10 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts (11-15) on Saturday night at Jackson® Field™. Lansing had won the first four games of the six-game series against the Whitecaps, including two by

Criswell flirts with no-hitter, Lugnuts split doubleheader

April 30, 2022

EASTLAKE, OH – Jeff Criswell came three outs from a no-hitter, settling for a one-hitter, and the Lansing Lugnuts (7-13) split a doubleheader with the Lake County Captains (9-11), winning 8-0 after dropping a 3-0 opener on Saturday afternoon at Classic Park. Each team managed just one hit in its

Simoneit slam highlights doubleheader split

September 2, 2021

DAYTON, OHIO – William Simoneit belted a two-strike, two-out, seventh-inning grand slam to lift the Lansing Lugnuts (49-54) to a 4-3 Game 1 victory before the Dayton Dragons (53-50) struck back with a 5-3 win in Game 2 in a Wednesday night doubleheader split at Day Air Ballpark. One week