LANSING, Mich. – Nerwilian Cedeño slugged a go-ahead two-run homer onto Larch Street in the top of the ninth inning, and the Fort Wayne TinCaps (10-11) edged the Lansing Lugnuts (13-8), 5-4, on Sunday afternoon at Jackson® Field™.
The result ended a four-game TinCaps losing streak, though Lansing still won four of six games in the series.
Home runs were the story of the day for Fort Wayne. Brandon Butterworth homered on the first pitch of the game from Grant Judkins for a 1-0 lead. Braedon Karpathios answered Lugnuts solo tallies in the fourth and fifth innings with a two-run homer in the sixth for a 3-2 TinCaps lead. And, after Lansing had taken the lead on a Casey Yamauchi RBI single in the sixth and a Tommy White homer in the eighth, Cedeño supplied the final swing of momentum off Henry Gómez in the ninth…