Despite losing to Great Lakes 6-3, the TinCaps saw their magic number fall to one. That's because West Michigan topped Lansing 2-1.

Friday's crowd of 7,936 fans pushed Fort Wayne's season attendance to 384,866.

Jerry Sullivan's longest outing in more than two months was also his sharpest.

The TinCaps lowered their magic number to two thanks to a 6-4 victory against Great Lakes and Lansing's 10-6 loss to West Michigan Thursday.

If form holds, the TinCaps would face Great Lakes in the first round of the Midwest League Eastern Division playoffs.

  If the TinCaps are going to make any sort of noise in the playoffs, they’ll need at least some of it to come from the middle of the order.

Catcher Jason Hagerty has been named to a Midwest League full-season All-Star. He is the only TinCap on the list. Hagerty is batting .

First baseman Nate Freiman received a rare day off Tuesday, a game the TinCaps lost 8-5. Freiman has a .150 batting average (6 for 40) in his last 10 games.

The TinCaps' magic number remained at four after losing to Lansing 8-5 Tuesday.

The TinCaps lowered their magic number to four by beating Lansing 4-1 Monday.

Jeudy Valdez went 3 for 4 with two doubles and two RBI in Fort Wayne's 4-1 win against Lansing Monday. Valdez is tied with Nate Freiman for the team-lead in RBI (73).

Starting pitcher Matt Lollis lowered his ERA to 1.80 in Fort Wayne's 4-1 victory against Lansing Monday. Lollis went 7 2/3 innings for the second time this year.

Allen Marona has been in Eugene and Portland since getting picked by San Diego in the 37th round of this year's draft.

The TinCaps lowered their magic number to seven by beating Lansing 3-1 Sunday.

The TinCaps lowered their magic number to nine by beating Lansing 5-3 Saturday.

The TinCaps extended their franchise record with their 22nd sellout of the season in Saturday's 5-3 win against Lansing.

Relief pitcher Rafael Arias was removed from the TinCaps roster. Arias has been in Arizona recovering from an injury and is on San Diego's Arizona League roster.

Lake County pitcher Vidal Nuno was tough. But the TinCaps quartet of Mike Watt, Jon Berger, Matt Jackson and Miles Mikolas were just a bit more effective.

Nate Freiman hit a three-run home run in Fort Wayne's 3-2 win against Lake County.

A crowd of 7,306 fans watched Thursday's 4-1 loss to Lake County.

The last time Matt Lollis swung a bat in a game, it was for a summer league in 2009 before signing with the San Diego Padres.

It didn't take long for Fort Wayne to get back on the winning track.

Relief pitcher Jason Adams returned from the disabled list. He replaces Robert Poutier, who heads to the DL.

  The Fort Wayne TinCaps’ eight-game winning streak is over, expiring Tuesday at the hands of the Bowling Hot Rods.

Randy Smith, San Diego Padres director of player development and international scouting, met with members of the media this afternoon before the TinCaps took on Bowling Green.

The pitch grazed Jonathan Galvez. But that's all it had to do.

Lost in the shuffle of Saturday's wild 6-5 victory was a fine performance from Fort Wayne starting pitcher Matt Lollis. He gave up two hits in 6 ½ innings.

The TinCaps matched last season's franchise record with their 19th sellout of the season Saturday.