Tim Rogers
The Dodgers farm systems got off to a good start on Friday, September 15th. The High-A Great Lakes Loons faced the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the Padres affiliate. Both teams took one win in the best-of-three series so this game decided who would go to the Midwest League finals.
Pitching Jared Karros was chosen as the to start the deciding game. Karros spent a lot of the season in Low-A and was promoted to the Loons on August 30th. The lineup consisted of almost all players that had played the whole season with the Loons, except Kenneth Betancourt. The Loons only needed two runs for the win as they only gave up one run.
Scoring
In the third inning, Taylor Young started a two-out rally with a single. Top prospect Dalton Rushing then proceeded to double in Young. The last bit of scoring for the Loons occurred in the fourth inning as Griffin Lockwood-Powell led off with a walk. Alex Freeland followed with a double to drive in Lockwood-Powell. The Loons ended up loading the bases but could not score any more runs.
The TinCaps got their loan run when Kai Murphy hit a solo home run in the sixth inning.
Pitching – Great Start From Karros
Jared Karros was excellent as he pitched five innings. He only gave up two hits, zero runs, one walk and six strikeouts. Peter Heubeck followed with two innings of two hits, one run, zero walks and two strikeouts, The closer was Jack Dreyer and he nailed it down. The lefty entered the game with two outs in the eighth and got the last out with a strikeout. In the ninth he struck out the first two batters before ending the game with a ground out.
Next
The Loons face the Cedar Rapids Kernels, a Twins affiliate. The Kernels have the higher seed so game one is at the Loons and the final two are at the Kernels. Game one is Sunday. We’ll keep you all posted with lineups and pitching matchups as they are posted. Make sure to follow us on Twitter/X (@dodgers2080), Instagram (@dodgers2080) and YouTube.
