Walk-off in 9th leads South Bend to third straight win on Wednesday night
South Bend, IN: The South Bend Cubs continue to find ways to win games despite falling behind early.
South Bend, IN: The South Bend Cubs continue to find ways to win games despite falling behind early.
In three games so far in their series versus the Bowling Green Hot Rods, the Cubs have fallen behind by at least three runs after two innings each day. Wednesday was much of the same with the Hot Rods bouncing on Cubs starter
After being called up from extended spring training earlier in the day, reliever
South Bend received big days from their power bats. After being just a triple shy of the cycle last night,
With the strong bullpen effort, the Cubs offense was given numerous opportunities to take control of the game. They took their first lead of the game in the bottom of the 7th inning where heads up base running scored both Davis and
They headed to the top of the 9th inning up by just a run. Hecht headed back to the mound for his second inning of work after throwing a scoreless 8th. Bowling Green capitalized on a fielding mistake made by South Bend when
For the first time this season, the Cubs had a chance to walk-off in the 9th inning. Sending the top of the order to the plate, Chris Singleton reached on an error made by Hot Rods first baseman
Cruz dribbled a ground ball to the second baseman
With the win, South Bend improves to 4-2 on the season. They have won their first series of the season after taking the first three games against the Hot Rods so far. They will have a chance at the sweep tomorrow in the finale as they send starter Ricky Tyler Thomas to the mound. Thomas, who started on Opening Day in West Michigan, will vouch for his first win of 2018. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. from Four Winds Field.