SB Cubs finish home stand with win over Fort Wayne May 31, 2021
by Max Thoma, South Bend Cubs
The offense came to life for the South Bend Cubs (11-12) Sunday night, as they salvaged a series-split, beating the Fort Wayne TinCaps (10-13) by a final of 12-2.
Tyler Durna (4-5, HR, 4 R, 3 RBI), Nelson Velazquez (2-5, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI) and Bryce Windham (2-4, HR, R, 3 RBI) all homered and after the Cubs scored just one run in the last two games, they broke out for 18 hits and 12 runs Sunday night.
Velazquez now leads the team with three long balls after his two-run shot in the third inning, and Windham’s homer was the first of his professional career.
Honorable Mention: Matteo Bocchi and Adrian Sampson
With Shelby Miller lost in the 40-man crunch, the Iowa Cubs don’t have five starters right now. Sampson, signed just weeks ago, stepped up and allowed just 1 run over 4.2 innings. Respect.
Bocchi, meanwhile, was asked to enter the South Bend game during a rainy first inning after Ryan Jensen was removed. The Cubs have a rule that if you’ve thrown 30 pitchers in an inning and aren’t yet out of it, you come out of the game. And Jensen had no feel pitching in the rain and cold last night, allowing three walks, a home run and two strikeouts. In came Bocchi, the Italian sidearmer, who ate 4.1 innings and allowed South Bend to get out of the game. (They lost it in a rain-shortened affair)
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