LANSING, Mich. – Pitching in front of his father and brother, Tzu-Chen Sha pitched two-hit ball over five innings to earn his first High-A win, and the Lansing Locos (6-8, 42-38) beat las Manzanas Luchadoras de Fort Wayne (9-5, 40-39), 5-1, on a Copa de la Diversión Saturday night at Jackson® Field™.
The win put Lansing in position to clinch a series split with a win on Sunday for the third consecutive week.
The 21-year-old Sha, a native of Taiwan, had allowed six runs in three innings vs. Dayton in his Midwest League debut a week prior. But this night was far different, beginning with strikeouts of Brandon Butterworth and Ryan Jackson in the opening inning. In the end, a home run by Butterworth off the foul pole in the third inning was Sha’s only run allowed…