The White Caps won their best of three game series with South Bend today and finished with a sweep of both of playoff series to repeat as the Midwest League champions. James Skelton led the way at the plate and he reached base five times. He singled twice, doubled, drew two walks, drove in two […]
The White Caps ended their regular season with a whimper as they were blown out by the Lugnuts 12-3. Ramon Garcia fell to 0-1 and he gave up six runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.
James Skelton went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs. Brennan […]
The White Caps and Lugnuts combined for 23 runs on 36 hits in a 12-11 Lugnuts win as the two team’s regular seasons winded down. The White Caps came back from four runs down to tie it and send it into extra frames and then both teams scored twice in the eleventh. Then finally in […]
Zachary Piccola gave up three unearned runs in the top of the tenth inning as the White Caps lost to the Loons 5-3. He gave up one hit and one walk with one strikeout in that single frame.
James Skelton singled, scored and drove in a run. Michael Bertram doubled and drew a walk.
Joseph Tucker singled home Santo De Leon in the bottom of the ninth inning to win it for the White Caps. James Skelton went two for four with a double and two runs while Jeramy Laster went two for four with two RBIs.
Brett Jensen picked up the win and he improved to 5-1 despite giving […]
Matt O’Brien improved to 7-2 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 7-2 win over Wisconsin. He gave up two runs (one earned) on eight hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven innings.
Brennan Boesch went two for five with a run and an RBI. James Skelton singled, drew a […]
Lauren Gagnier improved to 5-11 on the season in the White Caps 5-1 win over Clinton. He gave up just one run on four hit and two walks with six strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Jeramy Laster doubled and drove in two runs in the win. James Skelton drew a walk, drove in a run […]
Duane Below improved to 10-5 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 7-3 win over Clinton. He gave up one run on five hits and three walks with nine strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
Joseph Tucker went three for five with a double, a homerun and three runs. James Skelton went two […]
Jonah Nickerson improved to 10-6 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 7-1 win over Peoria. He gave up just three hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.
James Skelton went three for four with two RBIs and a run. Gorkys Hernandez went two for four with […]
Charles Furbush improved to 2-0 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 3-1 win over Peoria. The Tigers 2007 fourth round draft pick gave up just one uneared run on two hits with three strikeouts in five innings of solid relief.
James Skelton was the hitting star in the win and he played a […]
Gorkys Hernandez had a big day at the plate in the White Caps 7-3 win over Peoria. He went three for four with two doubles, a homerun and he scored three runs. James Skelton went two for three with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.
Matt O’Brien improved to 5-2 on the season with a […]
The White Caps pulled this one out with a flair for the dramatic. Down 1-0 Scott Sizemore scored on a ground out by James Skelton to tie the game out and then Sizemore scored on a throwing error on a stolen base attempt in the bottom of the eleventh to win it. Sizemore finished the […]
James Skelton doubled home Scott Sizemore in the bottom of the twelth inning to win it for the White Caps 5-4. Jeramy Laster singled twice and drove in two runs while Santo De Leon went three for four with a triple and a run.
Casey Fien picked up the win and he improved to 3-0 with […]
Scott Sizemore did all he could in this one but the White Caps still fell short in a 4-2 loss. He went two for three with a two walks and a run. James Skelton was the only other White Cap with two hits and he had a single and a double.
Lauren Gagnier took the loss […]
Jonah Nickerson improved to 5-6 on the season with a nice start in the White Caps 5-4 win over the Lugnuts. He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in six innings.
James Skelton went two for four with a double, an RBI and two runs. Jeramy Laster singled twice, […]
Duane Below left the game with a 6-0 lead after throwing five shutout innings but the saw the pen almost give the game up. A timely run by the White Caps in the ninth turned out to make a huge difference as West Michigan escaped with a 7-6. Below improved to 7-2 on the season […]
The White Caps finally picked up a win and they did it with plenty of offense in their 9-1 win over the Dragons. Audy Ciriaco tripled, drove in three and scored a run while James Skelton doubled, walked, drove in two and scored two runs.
Jeffrey Gerbe improved to 2-0 on the season with a nice […]
Brett Jensen had a rough relief appearance. He not only gave up two runs in the ninth to send the game into extra frames, he also gave up a run in the tenth that cost the White Caps in their 7-6 loss to Fort Wayne.
Deik Scram doubled twice, drove in two and scored two. James […]
Angel Castro fell to 6-4 on the season with a pretty rough start in the White Caps 9-7 loss to the Loons. He gave up seven runs on nine hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings.
James Skelton singled, drove in two and scored a run. Gorkys Hernandez singled, drew a walk and […]
The White Caps won 8-3 and James Skelton had a hand in half of those runs with a big day at the plate. He went two for three with a double and four RBIs. Audy Ciraco also had a big day and he went two for five with a double, a homerun, three RBIs and three […]
The White Caps beat the Dragons 8-4 and Brennan Boesch had a nice day at the plate. He went two for five and he drove in three runs. James Skelton went two for five with a solo homerun and two runs.
Angel Castro picked up the win and he improved to 6-3. He gave up four […]
The White Caps offense was held in check their 5-1 loss to Beloit. James Skelton went one for four with a double and an RBI in the loss. Deik Scram doubled and he scored the only run.
Duane Below dropped to 4-2 on the season in a decent start. He gave up three runs on six […]
James Skelton continued his terrific season with four more hits in the White Caps 12-5 win over the Loons. He doubled twice, drove in three runs and scored one and he’s now hitting .366 on the season. Ironically, the White Caps got it done against Dodgers top prospect Clayton Kershaw, who along with Andrew Miller, […]
The White Caps lost to the Cougars 5-3 and the two teams combined to make six errors in the game. Christopher Cody took the loss and he dropped to 2-2 on the season. He gave up four runs on four hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings.
James Skelton was the hitting star. […]
The White Caps were shut out today in their 4-0 loss despite being held to nine hits. In all, the team left eleven baserunners on base. James Skelton was a perfect three for three and he drew one walk.
Lauren Gagnier was hit hard and he dropped to 1-3 on the season. He gave up four […]
Christopher Cody was on fire in the White Caps 5-0 win today. He gave up just four hits and two walks with five strikeouts in eight shutout innings. He improved to 1-0 and he now has a string of 19 2/3 innings where he hasn’t given up a run. He’s struck out 21 versus just […]
West Michigan got some solid pitching in both games against South Bend today but the hitting was a little spotty. They picked up one run though and a split after a rough day at the plate isn’t all bad.
In the first game, the White Caps managed just three singles in the shutout loss. Lauren Gagnier […]
A great start by Christopher Cody went to waste today as the White Caps lost 3-1 to the Lug Nuts. He gave up just one unearned run on two hits and a walk with eleven strikeouts through 6 2/3 innings but he left the game tied 1-1 because West Michigan couldn’t get their sticks going. […]
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