The South Bend Cubs defeated the Bowling Green Hot Rods, two-games-to-zero in the opening round and the Great Lakes Loons by the same margin to get to the MWL Finals. The Clinton LumberKings topped the Kane County Cougars in two and used the whole three-game series to defeat the Cedar Rapids Kernels.
In last night’s series clincher for Clinton, starting pitcher Alberto Guerrero (9-6, 3.13) struck out eight over 4 2/3 innings, and was followed by 4 1/3 shutout frames from Elkin Alcala, Peyton Culbertson, and Manuel Rodriguez.