COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – In the first game of the second half, Garrett Pennington’s three-run homer in the sixth inning lifted the West Michigan Whitecaps (1-0, 25-40) to a 3-2 win over the Lansing Lugnuts (0-1, 29-36) on Friday night at LMCU Ballpark.
The game was dominated by each club’s pitchers and was completed in two hours and two minutes. The Lugnuts left only three runners on base, all in the fourth inning, while the Whitecaps only had one at-bat with a runner in scoring position. Pennington made the most of that opportunity.
Thanks to RBI singles from Gunner Gouldsmith and Jared Sprague-Lott in the third inning and shutout ball from Samuel Dutton, the Nuts brought a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth…