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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. ....
WP: Samuel Reyes (1-1, 7.27 ERA) LP: Johnnie Schneider (0-1, 6.75 ERA) SV: Eury Ramos (2/2, 2.25 ERA) For the second time this series, a South Bend Cub went yard in the third inning. South Bend was down 2-0, after Juan Martinez took an 0-1 Chris Kachmar fastball over the left-center field wall. South Bend started the inning with the top of their order, following a Delvin Zinn single and a fielder’s choice by Cole Roederer. An error on the catch by Miguel Hernandez kept Zinn on base, and it brought up the Cubs number two prospect with two runners on and no one out. ....
By Josh Sperber, South Bend Cubs South Bend took Griffin Conine's walkoff home run last night personally, and a hot start in the first showed that. The Cubs' ....