Captains shutout Cubs 7-0 in series finale
Eastlake, OH: With six games in four days, the South Bend Cubs and Lake County Captains saw plenty of one another over the past week. After splitting two doubleheaders evenly, the Cubs came into Thursday with a chance to win the series.
Eastlake, OH: With six games in four days, the South Bend Cubs and Lake County Captains saw plenty of one another over the past week. After splitting two doubleheaders evenly, the Cubs came into Thursday with a chance to win the series.
After South Bend's rocky 6th inning on the field, the Captains left Classic Park with a 7-0 win.
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However, in the bottom of the 6th, Lake County broke the game open with five runs, all off of Captains home runs.
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The damage was far from done as the next batter
Overall, the Captains hit three home runs in the series finale. The last came from right fielder
Lake County took the 7-0 lead to the top of the 9th. South Bend did not score and the Cubs lost for the 21st time this season. Their record sits at 17-21 heading into the last leg of the road trip in Fort Wayne.
The story of the game was South Bend left nine runners on base, and and five in scoring position. South Bend had their opportunities, but Lake County pitching prevented them from capitalizing.
The Cubs will hope to rebound tomorrow night when they face the Fort Wayne TinCaps in the first of three games at 7:05 p.m. After the three games against the TinCaps, South Bend will head home on an eight game homestand.