Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs were blanked by Indianapolis (Pirates), 3-0.
Javier Assad started and left the game after issuing a one-out walk in the fifth. But Luis Peralta then let that run score and two more of his own, so technically Assad got the loss. The final line on Assad was one run on four hits over 4.1 innings. Assad struck out five and only walked that one. He left after 78 pitches.
Iowa had seven hits tonight, all singles, and went 0 for 3 with runners in scoring position.
DH BJ Murray was 2 for 3 with
a walk.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies were ratted out by the Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds), 3-2.
Connor Schultz was activated off the injured list and and got the start tonight. He allowed two runs in the first inning, but settled down after that and finished with two runs on five hits over five innings. Schultz struck out eight and walked no one, so that’s awfully nice.
Nick Dean pitched the next two innings, gave up one run on two hits and took the loss. Dean walked two and struck out two.
Right fielder Alex Ramírez went 3 for 5 with a double. He also stole two bases.
Both Smokies runs scored on errors in the first inning. Shortstop Jefferson Rojas hit an infield single and Ramírez scored on a throwing error in the play. Then Rojas got picked off second base, ran to third and scored when the throw to third went wild. Rojas was 1 for 3 with a steal.
This is Rojas stealing third and scoring. We don’t know what happened. It’s possible that Rojas thought that it was strike three and he was just walking off the field. But why he’d be walking towards the home dugout is unclear.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs scalded the Ft. Wayne TinCaps (Padres), 6-3. It was South Bend’s eighth-straight win.
Cole Reynolds started and got the win after allowing two runs on four hits over five innings. Both runs scored on solo home runs. Reynolds struck out five and walked just one.
Adam Stone pitched the next three innings, allowing just one run on just one hit, a solo home run. Stone struck out three and walked no one.
Ethan Bell pitched the ninth and got the save. He gave up one base runner, a one-out double, but no runs. Bell struck out one.
Left fielder Miguel Useche hit a solo home run in the eighth inning for some insurance. It was his third home run of the year. Useche went 2 for 4 with two runs scored.
DH Kane Kepley was 2 for 3 with a triple and a walk. Kepley also had his 28th steal of the season already, which leads the Midwest League. Kepley scored one run and drove in one.
Josiah Hartshorn was 1 for 2 with three walks. He scored once and drove in one with a bases-loaded walk in the fifth.
Here is an RBI double for Matt Halbach and Kepley’s RBI triple.
Useche’s home run.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were grounded by the Wilson Warbirds (Brewers), 4-3.
Starter Kaleb Wing gave the Pelicans three scoreless innings, permitting just three hits. Wing walked two and struck out four.
Jordan Henriquez gave up a run in the eighth and a run in the ninth and got the loss. Henriquez’s final line was two runs, one earned, on three hits over two innings. He walked two and struck out three.
Right fielder Eli Lovich connected on a solo home run in the second inning. It was his sixth of the season. Lovich was 1 for 4.
Catcher Logan Poteet got the Birds to within a run with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth. It was his seventh of the season and second in as many games. Poteet was 1 for 4.
Shortstop Deniche Valdez went 2 for 4 and he scored one run.
The Lovich home run.
ACL Cubs
Losing to the Rockies 5-4 in the sixth.
