Right-hander Vince Velazquez has rejoined the Iowa Cubs.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs embargoed the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 3-2 in 11 innings.
Charlie Barnes pitched the first five innings without allowing a run. Barnes allowed four hits, walked one and struck out four.
Luke Little pitched the two extra innings. He let the automatic runner score in the tenth, but he kept Columbus off the board in the eleventh and got the win. The final line on Little was one unearned run on one hit over two innings. He walked
one and struck out two.
The I-Cubs managed just four hits today and only one infield single before the eighth inning. But third baseman Pedro Ramírez singled home the winning run in the bottom of the eleventh. He was 1 for 4.
Owen Miller had two of those four hits. He went 2 for 3 with a walk and two runs scored.
Here’s Ramírez’s game-winning single. As you can see, it would have been a double had the winning run not been on third.
Here’s a run-saving play on defense by Ramírez. He can do it all.
A nice throw on defense by right fielder Kevin Alcántara.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies were rained out. They’ll try to play a doubleheader on Friday.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs turned the screws on the Lansing Lugnuts (Athletics), 3-1.
Koen Moreno allowed just two hits over four scoreless innings to start the game. Moreno struck out five and walked two.
Jackson Brockett pitched the next two innings and got the win. Brockett was outstanding and retired all six batters he faced, striking out five of them. The other one grounded out on an 0-2 pitch.
JP Wheat retired the side in order in the seventh. He then came out to pitch the eighth and after retiring the first batter on a foul pop, put two men on with a single and a hit batter. At that point Ethan Bell relieved Wheat and while he allowed one runner inherited from Wheat to score, he went the rest of the way for the save.
The final line on Bell was no runs on two hits over 1.2 innings. He struck out four and walked one.
South Bend scored all three runs in the sixth inning and two of them came on a home run by DH Cole Mathis. It was Mathis’ second home run for South Bend and ninth overall. Mathis was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Right fielder Kade Snell singled right after Mathis’ home run. He then stole second and scored on a Drew Bowser double. Snell’s final line was 2 for 4 with a steal. Bowser went 2 for 4 with the double.
Highlights.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were pinched by the Hickory Crawdads (Rangers), 4-2.
Pierce Coppola dominated the Crawdads in his first appearance of the year. He threw four scoreless innings and allowed just two hits. Coppola struck out five and walked no one.
Edwardo Melendez relieved Coppola got the loss after giving up two runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth. Melendez’s final line was four runs on four hits over two innings. Two of the four hits were solo home runs. Melendez walked two, hit two batters and struck out one.
Left fielder Geuri Lubo tripled home Michael Carico in the fourth inning for the first run of the game. Lubo went 2 for 4 and Carico was 0 for 2 with two walks.
Catcher Logan Poteet hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth to close out the Pelicans scoring. It was his fourth home run this year. Poteet was 1 for 4.
Geuri’s triple.
ACL Cubs
Off day.
