TinCaps rally in ninth to steal one from Captains

Mark Franke: Baseball is back

I write this on opening day for my local team, the Fort Wayne TinCaps. This being the upper Midwest, the weather report calls for rain to move in just in time for the first pitch. While I love baseball, sitting in 40-degree, rainy weather for an April night game puts that love to the test. Is there a solution for this? Not for us in the MidWest League, whose teams are mostly congregated around the Great Lakes. Major League Baseball, however, has…

Padres minors: Leo De Vries scratched from TinCaps lineup, a trade for center field depth

Top prospect Leo De Vries was scratched from Wednesday’s lineup after he was struck by a ball in the head during pre-game batting practice at high Single-A Fort Wayne. The 18-year-old shortstop is expected to return to the lineup on Thursday. He was removed from Wednesday’s lineup out of an “abundance of caution,” a Padres team official said, after De Vries cleared concussion protocol. The switch-hitter is hitting .200/.273/.267 with a triple, t…

TinCaps rally in ninth to steal one from Captains

The TinCaps' offense was struggling.

TinCaps rally for first walk-off win of season

Brandon Butterworth ended up being the one to walk it off, chopping an infield single to plate the winning run against the Lake County Captains.

TinCaps rally with three runs in ninth to beat Captains, 4-3

Host Fort Wayne scored three runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Captains, 4-3, on April 16. The TinCaps started the bottom of the ninth trailing, 3-1. The first three batters reached against Captains deliver Robert Wegielnik with a single, a walk and a single. Wegielnik then walked the next two batters, both with the bases loaded, to tie it at 3-3. After a strikeout, Fort Wayne’s Brandon Butterworth singled in the game-winning run. The loss …

Padres Down on the Farm: April 16 (Candiotti dominant in FW walk-off win)

Credit: Rylan Renteria/ EVT Sports The Padres’ minor league affiliates returned to action on Wednesday, and much like the TV series of the day’s name, the games were full of twists and turns.  Padres affiliates went 3-1 on Wednesday. Here is a recap of the day’s events.    El Paso Chihuahuas (Won 9-6 vs Albuquerque) (7-10 on the season) Mason McCoy – 3-for-3, Double, Two Singles, Two RBI Luis Campusano – 2-for-5, Double, Triple, RBI Jared Kollar…