LocalSportsJournal.com
With a 3-1 victory on Sunday and a 2-1 loss in 12 innings on Monday, the West Michigan Whitecaps split games two and three of its four-game series with Lake County.
On Sunday, new Whitecap Ryan Castellanos, brother of Tigers third basemen Nick Castellanos, picked up his first career Midwest League pitching victory, allowing one run on seven hits while striking out four batters.
Also on Sunday, Derek Hill paced all Whitecap hitters with two hits, a run scored, and his Midwest League high 33rd stolen base. Jose Azocar added an RBI single for West Michigan while Arvicent Perez had a sacrifice fly RBI.
On Monday, the Whitecaps faced a 1-0 deficit before Cam Gibson scored in the sixth inning on a wild pitch to tie the game.
The game remained tied until the top of the 12th inning when Lake County jumped ahead 2-1 and held on for the victory.
Hill and Will Allen paced the West Michigan offense with two hits apiece
The Whitecaps will wrap up the four game series with Lake County at 7 p.m. Tuesday night.
