Early lead flies away against Loons in series opener
South Bend, IN: After jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead over the Great Lakes Loons, the South Bend Cubs could not hold on Saturday night at Four Winds Field and fell to the feisty Great Lakes squad by a final of 4-3.
South Bend, IN: After jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead over the Great Lakes Loons, the South Bend Cubs could not hold on Saturday night at Four Winds Field and fell to the feisty Great Lakes squad by a final of 4-3.
The Cubs have now lost four games in a row, including the quick two game series against the Fort Wayne TinCaps. Saturday night featured another close one run game that South Bend was unable to come back in.
Thanks to an
That's when Great Lakes took control. Drew Avans smashed his second home run of the year high over the right field wall against Cubs reliever
The game deciding run for the Loons also came against Aguiar, who took his first professional loss in the game. With the bases loaded, Avans brought in his second RBI of the game on a sac fly scoring Josh McLain. Great Lakes had come all the way back to take their first lead of the game 4-3.
The best chance for South Bend to get back in the game came in the bottom of the 8th. After loading the bases because of
With the loss, the Cubs see their record fall to 56-67 on the year. Tomorrow afternoon, Chicago Cubs star pitcher