South Bend batters Kernels 9-4
SOUTH BEND – The South Bend Cubs broke the game open with a four-run fourth inning to take a 6-2 lead and went on to beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 9-4 in front of 6,895 fans Friday at Four Winds Field.
South Bend took the three-game series, 2-1.
The Cubs battered Kernels s
Starter Keaton Steele (2-1) with nine hits and six earned runs over the first four innings. Steele had one walk and one strikeout.Cedar Rapids (35-20) scored twice in the fourth inning and one run in each of the six and seventh innings, but it was not enough against South Bend (25-29).