by Josh Sperber, South Bend Cubs A back-and-forth game resulted in a thrilling extra-inning finish as South Bend claimed their third straight victory in walkoff
South Bend 7, Wisconsin 5
South Bend’s comeback victories have become a routine this year, especially at Four Winds Field. Today the Cubs decided to start that process early.
Wisconsin struck first, after an RBI single from Thomas Dillard plated the Timber Rattler shortstop David Hamilton in the first inning. But South Bend got the run back in the second, on Matt Burch’s first hit for South Bend. Burch took an 0-1 pitch deep into right field for a standup double that scored Yonathan Perlaza from first.
Then the home run ball came into play.
A leadoff walk of Chad McClanahan in the third set up Hamilton to do some damage for Wisconsin. He obliged, taking a Ryan Jensen fastball over the right centerfield wall. It wasn’t an automatic homer, but it just kept carrying over the wall to give Wisconsin a 3-1 lead. South Bend chipped away in the bottom half of the frame, scoring a run to make it 3-2 on a single rocketed up the middle by Tyler Durna.
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Iowa
Alec Mills turned in a strong rehab performance tonight, throwing six scoreless innings and allowing just two hits. Mills struck out four and walked one. He threw 60 pitches and 44 were strikes.
The win went to
The save went to
Jake Jewell, who pitched the ninth. He allowed a one-out single, but nothing else. Jewell did not strike anyone out.
Iowa scored two runs in the top of the eighth, the only runs of the game. Shortstop
W: Ryan Jensen (2-2, 3.57 ERA) L: Seth Shuman (0-1, 1.23 ERA) SV: Scott Kobos (1) BOX SCORE The South Bend Cubs (12-13) topped the Lansing Lugnuts (12-14) Wednesday night behind a great night on the mound from Cubs pitchers. Ryan Jensen (5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB,