Naylor provides all the offense, including walk-off
(Eastlake, OH) - It was not much, but Bo Naylor gave the Lake County Captains (27-25, 67-54) all the offenses they needed on Thursday night. Naylor had both of Lake County's hits, including a walk-off single in the 10th inning to lift the Captains to a 2-1 victory over the
(Eastlake, OH) - It was not much, but
Naylor gave the Captains an early lead in the opening frame. Cubs starter Zach Mort walked
Mort battled control issues throughout his five innings on the hill, but the Captains' offense could not capitalize. The South Bend starter walked six men and hit one batter, but Mort did not surrender another run or hit after Naylor's first-inning double.
In the fifth, however,
The ballgame remained tied through nine innings and the Cubs had a chance to take the lead in the top of the 10th. Hill was the free runner on second and Captains reliever Jake Miednki walked Daniel to put two men on with nobody out.
Kelkboom began the Captains' 10th on second as the free runner with Brian Glowicki on the mound for South Bend.
Naylor hit a hard grounder to first. Slaughter dove to his right and knocked the ball down, but it rolled away from him and the first baseman could not recover in time. Kelkboom scored from third and Naylor reached first with a game-winning infield single to deliver Lake County a walk-off victory.
Miednik (2-0) picked up the win in relief for the Captains. The lefty worked one scoreless and hitless inning with one walk and no strikeouts.
Glowicki (0-2) took the loss for South Bend. He pitched 2.2 innings out of the bullpen and surrendered one unearned run on one hit with four strikeouts and one walk.
The Captains and Cubs have split the first two games of their three-game series. Friday's rubber game is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Classic Park.
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