Late Whitecaps rally beats Cubs 6-4
Comstock Park, MI: The South Bend Cubs looked to be cruising their way to a 4th of July series opening win against the West Michigan Whitecaps on Thursday night from Fifth Third Ballpark. With the offense buzzing to get the night started, the Cubs hoped a win and celebratory fireworks
Comstock Park, MI: The South Bend Cubs looked to be cruising their way to a 4th of July series opening win against the West Michigan Whitecaps on Thursday night from Fifth Third Ballpark. With the offense buzzing to get the night started, the Cubs hoped a win and celebratory fireworks would be in their future.
Instead, it was a West Michigan rally that was in the near distance. The Cubs went up 2-0 on a
In the top of the 5th, Sierra added to his highlight 4th of July by blasting a solo home run deep over the right field wall for a 3-1 South Bend lead.
Starting pitcher
With another break given to West Michigan because of the error, first baseman
In the 8th, South Bend answered the call again when Chris Morel scored on a wild pitch for the second straight day. Morel slid head first into home plate and took out the West Michigan pitcher
One final West Michigan rally was what sunk the Cubs on Thursday. Malis came up again, this time with the bases loaded against
With the loss, the Cubs fall to 44-38 on the season and 7-7 through the Midwest League second half. With this quick two game series in West Michigan, they will try and finish it with a tie in the finale tomorrow night at 7:05 PM. Lefty