Kernels lose in a pinch at South Bend
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Kade Snell hit a three-run homer as a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the ninth Thursday night to give the South Bend Cubs a 7-5 victory over Cedar Rapids before 5,508 fans at Four Winds Field.
The Kernels scored three runs in the top of the eighth and carried a 5-4 lead into the ninth, but Snell delivered the decisive blow with one out after the Cubs put two runners on base.
The setback dropped Cedar Rapids to 47-80 with three games left in the Midwest League season.
The fourth game of the six-game series is Friday night.
Kernels 100 100 030 – 5 9 2
South Bend 002 000 113 – 7 9 1
