EASTLAKE, OH – Rafe Schlesinger set a career high with nine strikeouts in a combined seven-hit shutout, and the Lake County Captains (23-21) blanked the Lansing Lugnuts (19-26), 10-0, on Sunday afternoon at Classic Auto Group Park.
Aaron Walton swatted a grand slam and Jace LaViolette added a solo home run for Lake County, while Ali Camarillo went 3-for-4 with three singles and a stolen base, and Rodney Green, Jr. added a pair of singles and a pair of running catches in deep center field for Lansing.
The rest of the Nuts’ lineup was largely silenced by Schlesinger over the first five innings, Logan McGuire in the sixth and seventh, Xavier Martinez in the eighth, and native Michigander Cam Schuelke in the ninth, stranding nine runners on the bases in their second shutout loss of the year…