FELCH — The Escanaba Cubs entered Felch for two games on Wednesday. 

And while the Cubs didn’t suffer a loss, they couldn’t complete the sweep over the South Central U.P. Rangers. Here’s what went down.

Cubs 4, Rangers 3

Escanaba (14-4-1) dug itself out of a 3-0 hole after the first inning. A two-out RBI single from Joey Garcia got the Cubs on the board midway through two. An RBI single from Isiah Brow, a Rangers error and Brow’s successful steal of home plate gave the Cubs a 4-3 lead in the third.

Brow proceeded to slam the door shut on the Rangers, allowing one walk and striking out four in three innings of relief. Cooper Curtis earned the win, allowing one walk and striking out five in 2 2/3 innings of relief. Garcia and Ashton Rymkos each had two hits with the latter earning a double. Bon LaChance also earned a two-bagger.

Lucas Hall took the loss for the Rangers, allowing four runs (one earned) off six hits with four walks and four punchouts before reaching his pitch limit 5 2/3 innings into the six-inning showdown. 

Cubs 2, Rangers 2

Seven innings weren’t enough for the Cubs and Rangers. Wednesday’s finale did not have a winner as both teams settled for a tie.

Down 2-0 after five innings the Cubs tied everything up thanks to a two-out, two-run home run from LaChance, who finished 2-for-2 in the game. 

The Cubs loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the seventh for Eli Gardner. He swung and missed at strike three to end the threat. J Graham roped a one-out single in the bottom of the seventh, but Gardner got Ethan Ives to line out and Jacob Mileski to swing and miss at strike three to end the game.

Adrian Mercier and Luis Warmack each had multi-hit games with a double. Gardner allowed one hit and one walk to go with four strikeouts in three innings of relief. Cannon Arnt surrendered one unearned runs off one hit with a walk and seven strikeouts. Garcia allowed one earned run off one hit with a walk and two strikeouts in the first inning. 

The Rangers claimed a 1-0 lead off a lead-off home run from Ives and led 2-0 after four innings off an RBI single from Hall. Kade Larson allowed two earned runs off seven hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Landon Ross walked three and fanned two in a hitless inning of relief.