Another pitching gem helps 'Caps top Lansing
Fri, May 9, 2008
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LANSING Ramon Garcia became the second Whitecaps pitcher this week to toss a three-hit shutout as West Michigan defeated Lansing Thursday, 2-0.
Alfredo Figaro threw a three-hit shutout in a 4-0 win over Quad Cities on Sunday.
Justin Henry drove in the only two runs of the game with a two-run single in the third. Kody Kaiser and Audy Ciriaco each scored on the play and Kyle Peter was thrown out at home plate. Peter tried to advance from third when the throw from center fielder Darin Mastroianni bounced through to the fence that protects the Whitecaps dugout.
West Michigan outhit the Lugnuts, 11-3 as the bottom three hitters in the Whitecaps order Kaiser, Ciriaco and Joe Bowen each went 2-for-4.
Garcia's last complete-game shutout was May 23, 2006 against South Bend.
Casper Wells went 2-for-4 at the plate for West Michigan.
During a trip to the mound by Lansing pitching coach Tom Signore in the sixth inning, a firecracker was thrown onto the field. It exploded a few feet off the ground between the home plate umpire and Ciriaco, who was approaching the plate. The person who threw the firecracker was ejected from the stadium and play was only interrupted momentarily.