MiLB

Cedar Rapids 15, at South Bend 2

Friday, August 7, 2026 · Final · Midwest League (A)

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Cedar Rapids Kernels

48-82 · W1 · #119 (1207 ELO +7)

0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 9 15 121

South Bend Cubs

77-53 · L3 · #45 (1313 ELO -7)

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 40

Four Winds Field · South Bend, IN

Attendance: 8,270

Umpires: Brendan Auman [HP], Austin Machak [1B]

Kernels erupt for nine in ninth, rout South Bend Cubs

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (Interstat) — Cedar Rapids scored nine runs in the ninth inning Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, to defeat South Bend 15-2 at Four Winds Field before an announced crowd of 8,270. The Kernels grabbed a 2-0 lead in the fifth on Yasser Mercedes’ RBI double and Emmanuel Rodriguez’s run-scoring single, but South Bend tied it in the bottom half on Jose Escobar’s RBI single. Cedar Rapids moved ahead for good in the sixth, scoring four runs. Jose Salas hit a three-run homer and Rodriguez added a bases-loaded walk. In the ninth, Salas doubled, Rodriguez walked with the bases… Read more...

Top Statlines

Michael Ross CED 4.1ip 1h 0er 4k
Jose Salas CED 2/4 1hr 4rbi
JP Smith II CED 2/4 1hr 4rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability SOB 68.4%