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Cubs end drought with win over Midland

The Mansfield Cubs left with a 6–4 win over the Midland Indians Wednesday night (July 10) at their home diamond at Mansfield Community Park.

The game ended a losing streak that saw the club come out winless 11 game in a row including a tie against the New Lowell Knights on June 26.

After a 4–1 loss to Midland on Tuesday, July 2, the Cubs turned it around on Wednesday earning two runs in the first inning for an early lead.

Midland challenged in the third inning and drove in a run on a single with the bases loaded.

The Indians took the lead in the top of the fourth with two men on base and a single that drove in the tying run, then another run that walked in with the bases loaded.

It was the bottom of the fourth inning that made the difference for the Cubs when they loaded the bases.

TJ Linger hit a single that brought in a Cubs run followed by a double to centre field from Rob Kinsley with that brought two men across the plate and placed the Mansfield squad back in the lead.

“Usually it's the other way around, and us giving up the runs,” said Cubs coach George Linger. “When we played Creemore we gave up five runs in the sixth inning and ended up losing 6-5. It's game like that, that cost us.”

The difference this night is that the Cubs played well defensively and managed to hang on to the lead for the rest of the game.

“They jumped ahead of us 4–2, then we got some runs back. That one inning where we scored four runs, that was it. We were actually swinging the bat more then we've been doing in the past.”

With the win, Linger said the past few games have been pretty good for the Cubs.

“We had a stretch,” he said, “We tied New Lowell, which was nice. We were actually leading that game. We went back and played Creemore and we were leading that game.”

With the season just past the mid-way mark there's a lot of baseball still to be played.

The Cubs will be in Lisle on Friday, July 19, to take on the Astros with a 6:30 p.m. start.

They return to their home park in Mansfield on Saturday, July 20, to host the Bolton Brewers in and afternoon game.

The first pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.

By Brian Lockhart

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