The Mud Hens came into Friday night’s game down 1-2 in the series, but swept the Cubs over the weekend to win the series. As a result they’re now just 2.5 games back of West Division leading St. Paul and in second place alone. 18 games remain in the regular season, which ends on September 24.
Friday night’s contest was supposed to be a Spencer Turnbull start, but he was scratched for somewhat mysterious reasons. Everything is a mystery with Turnbull right now. Lael Lockhart instead came over from Erie and gave the Mud Hens five innings of two run ball.