WILLOWICK, Ohio (Interstat) — The West Michigan Whitecaps opened their season with a 1-0 victory over the Lake County Captains on Thursday at Classic Park, backed by dominant pitching and a timely fifth-inning single.

Four Whitecaps pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout before an announced crowd of 2,289. Hayden Minton started with four hitless innings, striking out five. Carlos Lequerica earned the win with two perfect innings and five strikeouts, and Logan Berrier struck out the side in the ninth for the save.

The game’s only run scored in the fifth when Woody Hadeen, who went 4 for 5, came home on Garrett Pennington’s line-drive single off losing pitcher Melkis Hernandez. The Captains managed just two singles. The game lasted 2 hours, 22 minutes.