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Fort Wayne manager Jose Valentin reflects on a four-game losing streak and his TinCaps' first four-game sweep at home since 2006. The team lost to division-leading South Bend 7-3 on Friday.Today 3:00 am

Notebook: South Bend 7, TinCaps 3

Fort Wayne dropped its fourth-straight game, a season high streak, against South Bend on Friday. The 7-3 loss by the TinCaps moved them 4 1/2 games out of first place in the Midwest League Eastern Division standings.Friday

South Bend gets four-game sweep of TinCaps

The TinCaps suffered their first four-game home sweep since 2006 with a 7-3 loss to South Bend on Friday at Parkview Field.Friday

The TinCaps used four different pitchers and limited the Cedar Rapids Kernels to only three hits in a 6-0 win Wednesday night in front of 1,729 fans in Veterans Memorial Stadium in Iowa.

Chris Fetter, James Needy, Johnny Barbato and James Jones combined on the shutout, and Needy (4-1) picked up the win giving up two hits and striking out two in three innings.

The Kernels’ Michael Johnson (4-5) gave up 10 hits and four runs in five innings.

Jace Peterson and Mike Gallic paced Fort Wayne’s offense with both going 3 for 5 with an RBI. Tyler Stubblefield was 2 for 5 with a double. Kyle Gaedele was 2 for 3 and scored twice.

Yeison Asencio, who was 1 for 4, had a triple, a run and two RBI.

Fort Wayne improved to 14-11 in the second half, 45-50 overall. Cedar Rapids is 8-17, 40-55.

TinCaps placed pitcher Luis De La Cruz on the disabled list. He is 3-4 with a 5.06 ERA in a team-leading 35 relief appearances.

Fetter had been transferred to Fort Wayne from short-season Eugene. Fetter, 26, was selected in the ninth round of the 2009 draft by the San Diego Padres. He pitched for Fort Wayne in 2009.