Tuesday, April 21, 2026 · LMCU Ballpark · Final

Lake County Captains logo Lake County Captains

52-41 · L10 4-6

4–2
West Michigan Whitecaps logo West Michigan Whitecaps

41-55 · L10 7-3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LC 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 5 1
WM 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 1
WP Melkis Hernández (5-3) LP Carlos Marcano (1-3) SV Izaak Martinez (6)

Stars of the game

Melkis Hernández Justin Campbell Aaron Walton

Season matchup

LC leads 7 of 8 categories

LC Metric WM
Offense
6.40 3rd Runs scored per game 4.92 24th
Pitching
5.27 14th Runs allowed per game 5.07 7th
Roster
22.6 16th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 23.4 4th
Results
.559 8th Winning percentage .427 25th
105 3rd Run differential -15 18th
.588 3rd Pythagorean winning percentage .486 18th
.409 24th Winning percentage in one-run games .259 30th
.532 14th Home winning percentage .429 27th
.587 5th Road winning percentage .426 20th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

Lake County Captains logoLake County Captains

Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Jace LaViolette LF 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .237 .802
2 Jaison Chourio CF 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 .317 .907
3 Dean Curley SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .251 .905
4 Aaron Walton RF 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 .275 .902
5 Nolan Schubart 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .243 .919
6 Ryan Cesarini DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260 .803
7 Bennett Thompson C 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 .310 1.011
8 Luke Hill 2B 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .274 1.032
9 Anthony Silva 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .389
Team 30 4 5 3 4 7 7 .167 .817
LOB:
19
HR:
Walton, Thompson, Hill
SB:
Chourio
CS:
LaViolette
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Justin Campbell 3.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 49-35 2.40 0.93
Melkis Hernández W 4.0 4 2 2 2 8 0 73-48 5.25 2.04
Luis Flores 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 20-10 7.62 1.80
Izaak Martinez SV 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 26-15 1.59 1.08
Team 9.0 4 2 2 6 15 0 168-108 2.00 1.11

West Michigan Whitecaps logoWest Michigan Whitecaps

Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Jackson Strong CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .668
2 Samuel Gil 2B 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .258 .641
3 Ricardo Hurtado C 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .221 .742
4 Bryce Rainer SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .272 .854
5 Garrett Pennington 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .292 .927
6 Andrew Sojka LF 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .236 .703
7 Patrick Lee RF 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .279 .963
8 Cristian Santana 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .173 .628
9 Hunter Dobbins DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .153 .460
Nolan McCarthy PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .310 .881
Team 31 2 4 0 2 6 15 .129 .399
LOB:
19
SB:
Gil, Lee
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Troy Watson 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 35-19 1.00 1.11
Carlos Marcano L 2.0 3 2 2 1 3 2 46-26 4.97 1.46
Seth Chavez 2.0 1 2 2 1 2 1 32-22 6.59 2.27
Ryan Harvey 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 41-23 2.72 1.29
Ethan Sloan 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17-7 8.44 1.88
Team 9.0 5 4 4 7 7 3 171-97 4.00 1.33