LANSING, Mich. – The South Bend Cubs (21-13) collected 14 hits, 13 of them singles, and defeated the Lansing Lugnuts (17-16), 6-2 on Saturday night at Cooley Law School Stadium.

After losing the opener, South Bend has won two consecutive games in the four-game series.

The piranha offense – many small bites, rather than one large blow – ate up Lugnuts starter Sean Reid-Foley (Loss, 2-2), who allowed nine singles in 3 2/3 innings, including six singles and five runs in a fourth inning that swung the momentum of the game.

South Bend starter Preston Morrison (Win, 2-2) gave up a run-scoring wild pitch and an Andrew Guillotte RBI double, both in the sixth inning, but otherwise held the Lugnuts at bay in 5 1/3 frames.

The Lugs didn’t help their own cause, going 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

In defeat, Max Pentecost went 1-for-4 with a single; Dusty Isaacs struck out five batters in two scoreless innings; and Patrick Murphy, the Blue Jays’ third-round selection in 2013, made his return to the mound for the first time in 17 months. Working at 93-95 miles-per-hour, Murphy allowed an unearned run in the sixth before escaping a bases-loaded jam in the seventh. He finished both innings with strikeouts.

The series finale is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. Sunday