Iowa right-hander Connor Noland and catcher Casey Opitz were placed on the development list. Both threw too many innings and need a rest, I guess.
Iowa right-hander Tyler Beede was activated off the development list.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs blinded the Louisville Bats (Reds), 6-4.
Will Sanders was activated off the injured list just in time after Iowa gave up 20 runs in back-to-back games. Sanders allowed a third-inning solo home run and very little else. Sanders got the win after allowing one run on three hits
over five innings. He struck out eight and walked no one.
It was Sanders’ first game for Iowa since April 16.
Gavin Hollowell retired the side in order in the ninth for the save. He struck out one.
DH BJ Murray went 2 for 3 with a double, a triple and a walk. He had three RBI—one on the triple, one on the walk and one on the double.
Center fielder Brett Bateman was 3 for 4 with a walk and two steals. Bateman scored once.
Murray’s RBI triple.
A two-run double by first baseman Jonathon Long. Long went 1 for 3 with a walk and two runs scored.
Murray’s RBI double.
A great catch by left fielder Justin Dean,
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies ate the Montgomery Biscuits (Rays), 9-3.
Starter Jace Beck gave the Smokies four scoreless innings. He gave up just two hits and two walks. Beck struck out seven.
The win went to Marino Santy, who surrendered one unearned run on one hit over 2.1 innings. Santy struck out three and walked one.
Center fielder Andy Garriola hit a solo home run in the fourth inning, his 12th on the year. Garriola was 1 for 4 and was hit by a pitch. He scored twice.
Right fielder Alex Ramírez broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning with a two-run home run. Then he added some insurance runs with a three-run home run in the eighth. Ramírez went 2 for 4 with the two home runs and five RBI. He now has seven home runs on the year.
DH Jefferson Rojas stayed hot, going 3 for 5 with a stolen base. He scored once and drove in one.
First baseman Owen Ayers was 2 for 5 with an RBI double in the sixth inning.
Garriola’s home run.
RBI double for Ayers.
The first Ramírez home run.
Home run number two for Ramírez was just as nice.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs were caught hibernating by the Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals), 3-1.
Jostin Florentino started, gave up two runs in the top of the first and took the loss. The final line on Florentino was two runs on two hits over three innings. Florentino walked three, hit one batter and struck out four.
Brayden Spears threw the next 3.1 innings and allowed one run on no hits. He struck out six and walked three.
The only South Bend run scored when first baseman Josiah Hartshorn was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Hartshorn was 1 for 3.
Wisconsin split their doubleheader tonight, so combined with one Timber Rattlers rain out from last night that won’t be made up, South Bend’s magic number dropped to one tonight despite the loss.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were swarmed by the Augusta GreenJackets (Braves), 13-3.
Dominick Reid started this game but left in the second inning with an apparent injury. Reid got the loss after giving up five runs on three hits and four walks over 1.1 innings. Reid struck out one.
The Pelicans managed just three hits, but one of those hits was a two-run home run in the bottom of the first by catcher Logan Poteet. Poteet was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Shortstop Alexis Hernandez went 1 for 2 with a double and three walks and a stolen base. He scored on Poteet’s home run.
Poteet’s home run.
ACL Cubs
Tied with the Rockies, 4-4 in the fifth.
