Derek Cape came off the bench and never even had to swing his bat as Cape reached on a in the eight to lead the River City Rascals (56-40) to a 16-11 win over the Traverse City Beach Bums (56-38) on Wednesday at T. R. Hughes Ballpark.

With the River City Rascals trailing by two,, scoring Josh Silver.

Josh Ludy rocked the Traverse City Beach Bums with two home runs. Ludy went 2-4 in the game with five RBIs and three runs scored. Ludy homered in the fifth, eighth, eighth, and eighth innings.

The two teams combined for 27 runs and 28 hits, including zero extra base hits. There were 11 pitchers used in the game as the two managers searched for any way to finish it off.

Cape recorded his third win of the year for the River City Rascals. He allowed one run over one-third of an inning. Cape struck out none, walked one and gave up one hit.

Chuck Ghysels (6-2) was the game's losing pitcher. He allowed six runs in one-third of an inning, walked two and struck out one.