Whitecaps use late inning comeback before defeating Lake County in extras

LocalSportsJournal.com

The West Michigan Whitecaps returned home on Friday and defeated Lake County 10-9 in ten innings on Thursday night.

After holding Lake County scoreless in the top of the 10^th inning, West Michigan won the game in the home half of the inning when Jordan Pearce scored on a Wenceel Perez fielder’s choice ground ball.

The Whitecaps fell behind 9-7 in the eighth inning on Thursday before Ulrich Bojarski scored on a Christopher Proctor ground out in the eighth inning and Jose King scored on a John Valente single in the ninth inning.

Bojarski led the Whitecaps offense overall with four this and one RBI while Nick Ames had four hits including a solo home run while also adding three RBIs.

Whitecaps reliever Jose Vasquez picked up the win, allowing three hits and two walks while also striking out four over 2 and 2/3 innings.

The Whitecaps improve to 9-10 overall on the season and are now two and a half games behind Lake County for first place in the Midwest League Eastern Division.

The two teams will continue their series at 6:35 p.m. on Friday with West Michigan looking to gain another game on the division leaders.