South Bend first baseman Josiah Hartshorn and right-hander Mason McGwire were named to the Futures Game roster.
Right-hander Kenten Egbert went back from Triple-A Iowa to High-A South Bend.
Right-hander Eduarniel Núñez, whom the Cubs designated for assignment last week, cleared waivers and was assigned to Iowa.
The Cubs signed third baseman Michael Hallquist from the Milwaukee Milkmen of the independent American Association and assigned him to South Benc.
Everyone lost tonight. That stinks.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs
were chicken against the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 7-4.
Starter Doug Nikhazy didn’t make it out of the first inning. Nikhazy got pummeled for five runs on two hits and four walks while just retiring one batter. At least that one out was a strikeout.
Aaron Bummer made his Cubs debut in this game, pitching the sixth inning. Bummer faced four batters and retired three of them. The other one hit a solo home run. Bummer did not have a strikeout.
Liam Hendriks made his Cubs debut in the bottom of the seventh. He allowed a single and a walk, but no runs in his one inning of work. Hendriks struck out two.
Left fielder BJ Murray hit his tenth home run of the year with the bases empty in the sixth inning. Murray went 1 for 3 with a walk. He scored twice.
Right fielder Ben Cowles was 3 for 4 with a steal. He singled home Murray in the fourth innning.
Second baseman Owen Miller went 2 for 4 with a double and two steals, one of which was a steal of home as part of a double steal with Cowles. He drove in one with an RBI groundout. Miller also scored one run.
Murray’s home run.
The double steal of second and home.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies got squeezed by the Columbus Clingstones (Braves), 8-3.
Brooks Caple gave the Smokies a good start, but he ended up getting the loss anyways. Caple allowed two runs on three hits over five innings. He walked two and struck out three.
This game 2-1 Columbus until Frankie Scalzo Jr. gave up six runs in the top of the ninth.
Center fielder Andy Garriola hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth, his 17th on the season. Garriola went 1 for 4.
First baseman Edgar Alvarez was a perfect 3 for 3 with two doubles and a walk. He drove in one run.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs were dropped by the Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins), 9-8 in ten innings.
Mason McGwire threw the first three innings and surrendered one run on three hits. McGwire struggled with control as he walked three and hit two batters. McGwire struck out two.
After the Cubs failed to score in the top of the tenth, Grayson Moore entered the game, trying to send the game to the 11th inning. Instead, he gave up a walk-off two-out RBI double. Moore’s final line was one run on one hit over two-thirds of an inning. The run was earned—the automatic runner was doubled off of second on a lineout. Moore did not walk anyone but he did hit a batter who turned out to be the winning run.
South Bend blew a 7-1 lead in this game after five-and-a-half innings.
In his affiliated baseball debut, second baseman Michael Hallquist hit a two-run home run in his first at-bat in the second inning. Hallquist went 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored.
Catcher Logan Poteet hit his first South Bend home run in the sixth inning with the bases empty. It was Poteet’s 15th overall home run. Poteet went 2 for 4 with a walk. He scored two runs and had two RBI.
DH Jose Escobar connected on a solo home run in the top of the seventh. It was his fourth home run with South Bend and sixth overall. Escobar went 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored.
Hallquist’s home run.
Poteet’s round-tripper.
Jose Escobar really got a hold of this one.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were allergic to the Hickory Crawdads (Rangers), 6-2.
David Bracho started, gave up one run in the first, three in the second and two in the third. Bracho’s final line was six runs on seven hits over three innings. He walked three and struck out two.
Yoendris Gonzalez and Anhuar Garcia then each threw three innings of no-run, no-hit baseball. Both of them struck out five. Gonzalez walked one. Garcia hit one batter. It was Garcia’s Myrtle Beach debut.
Catcher Jairo Diaz hit an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth. He was 1 for 4.
Highlights, such as they are.
ACL Cubs
Off day.
