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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

Two errors in the first inning by Fort Wayne led to two Dayton runs as the Dragons beat the TinCaps 5-1 in front of 7,01 fans Sunday.

Here are the highlights.

Sloppy defense: With one out in the first inning, center fielder Travis Jankowski dropped a fly ball hit by Joe Terry. Juan Perez moved from first to third on the error. Spencer Dickinson then hit a grounder back to the mound. Erik Cabrera threw to second for an out, but Jace Peterson couldn't hold on for a shot at a double play. Perez scored on the play.

Kyle Waldrop then doubled to second. Dickinson originally held up a third, but the relay throw bounced away from first baseman Connor Powers for an error. Dickinson scored to make it 2-0.

Lack of production: The TinCaps have scored one run in the last 16 innings.

The playoff race: Fort Wayne has a 1½ game lead over Lake County and a 3 ½ game lead against South Bend for one of the Eastern Division's final two playoff spots. Fifteen games remain in the regular season.

Quotable

"It's a shame when you have a guy (starter Erik Cabrera) make the pitches to get out of an inning and our defense lets him down."

- Fort Wayne manager Jose Valentin said.