Two TinCaps two-run doubles send Lugs to second loss

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Fort Wayne TinCaps (2-0) used two swings – a two-out Brendan Durfee two-run double in the third inning and a two-out Brandon Butterworth two-run double in the eighth – to hand the Lansing Lugnuts (0-2) a second straight defeat, 4-1, on Saturday afternoon at Parkview Field.

Shut out 5-0 on Opening Day, the Lugnuts scored their first run of the season on a Tommy White RBI hit-by-pitch in the top of the third inning.

They found no further success against Isaiah Lowe and a trio of TinCaps pitchers, finishing the game with three hits, all singles, from Jared Dickey, Cole Conn and Clark Elliott

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