Whitecaps Help Loons Walk to Win
COMSTOCK PARK, MI - West Michigan Whitecaps pitching struggled on the mound, giving up 11 walks and coming up on the short end of a 10-1 loss to the Great Lakes Loons on a windswept, chilly overcast Saturday at Fifth Third Ballpark.Tweet from @wmwhitecaps: This was one of those games
COMSTOCK PARK, MI - West Michigan Whitecaps pitching struggled on the mound, giving up 11 walks and coming up on the short end of a 10-1 loss to the Great Lakes Loons on a windswept, chilly overcast Saturday at Fifth Third Ballpark.
The walks total for the Whitecaps represents the most allowed in a regular season game since a twelve-walk performance in a home game vs. Quad Cities on May 5, 2013.
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Arriera (0-1) absorbed the loss, surrendering five hits and five runs, with four of them unearned. Whitecaps pitchers managed to record ten strikeouts in the loss. Castro (1-0) picked up the victory as Great Lakes earned their fifth win in the last seven games. Ames proved to be a bright spot for West Michigan on a rough day, reaching base three times and extending his hitting streak to seven games. Great Lakes outhit West Michigan ten to five. The Whitecaps and Loons both sport five wins and five losses on the season.
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The Whitecaps three-game series with the Great Lakes Loons concludes with a Sunday matinee from Fifth Third Ballpark at 2:00 pm. Pitcher
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