McLain's Homer & Martinez's 3 Ks Gets Great Lakes 6-4 Win in 12 Innings

August 29, 2024 - Midwest League (MWL)
Great Lakes Loons News Release

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Great Lakes Loons (65-56) (31-24) held the South Bend Cubs (47-76) (20-36) scoreless in all three extra innings, with a Sean McLain two-run homer in the twelfth, the difference in a 6-4 win in 12 innings on an 87-degree partly cloudy Thursday night at Four Winds Field.

- The Loons carried a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth. A hit by pitch and walk put two on for South Bend's Cam Smith. In his 18th professional baseball game, he tripled to right field, scoring two and bouncing Jacob Meador.

- With Smith at third, Michael Martinez earned a strikeout and what looked like a game-ending lineout. Josue De Paula caught it in left, but then dropped it as he dove down to the outfield grass. An RBI single for Ezequiel Pagan tied the game.

- Martinez, got the final out of the ninth, followed with a clean tenth, and then with a runner off third base struck out the 1-2 batters in the Cubs order to keep them off the board in the eleventh.

- South Bend's Angel Gonzalez stranded five Loons in the tenth and eleventh. Two foul flyouts ended the frames.

- In the twelfth facing Yovanny Cabrera, Sean McLain went yard. Scoring the placed runner, the two-run shot was the first for McLain as a Loon in his 19th game with Great Lakes.

- Christian Ruebeck induced two groundouts and earned a strikeout. Ruebeck's first 5.2 innings with the Loons have been scoreless.

- Great Lakes had two solo home runs, Jordan Thompson and Nick Biddison each with one. Jake Gelof drove in the other two runs.

- Loons starter Wyatt Crowell went four scoreless innings, his longest career outing.

Rounding Things Out

With a Dayton loss, Great Lakes is four games back of first place, with nine games remaining this season.

Up Next

The Loons go for a fourth straight win over the Cubs tomorrow Friday, August 30th. The first pitch is at 7:05 pm.

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