The Cubs claimed right-hander Christian Roa off of waivers from the Orioles and assigned him to Triple-A Iowa. The Cubs are Roa’s fourth team this year already.
Iowa blew a two-one lead in the ninth. Knoxville rallied after trailing by two in the ninth.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs lost their seventh-straight game, 4-3 to the Nashville Sounds (Brewers).
It was the best start to his Cubs’ career for Paul Campbell, who gave the I-Cubs five scoreless innings on just two hits. Campbell walked two and struck out four.
Corbin Martin gave up a game-tying solo home run in the sixth, but then Luis Peralta threw the seventh and eighth innings and retired all six batters he faced. Peralta struck out one.
But with the I-Cubs holding a 3-1 lead going to the bottom of the ninth, Gabe Klobosits came on for the save and he blew it, giving up three runs on two hits and three walks over two-thirds of an inning. He struck out one.
James Triantos was 3 for 4 with three steals today. He scored the first two Iowa runs and he singled home an insurance run in the eighth.
Shortstop Scott Kingery drove home Triantos once with a sacrifice fly and he doubled him home to break a 1-1 tie in the seventh. Kingery was 1 for 3.
Kingery’s double.
Triantos’ RBI single.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies canned the Columbus Clingstones (Braves), 4-3.
It was a bullpen game for the Smokies who started Frankie Scalzo Jr. Scalzo gave the Smokies two innings of no runs and one hit. He struck out three and walked one.
Jackson Kirkpatrick tossed the bottom of the ninth and Columbus tacked on an insurance run on a solo home run. Kirkpatrick would get the win when the Smokies rallied in the ninth. His final line was one run on one hit and one walk over one inning. Naturally enough, he struck out one.
Marino Santy pitched the ninth and while it was shaky, he nailed down his first ever professional save. Santy pitched one inning and allowed a hit and a walk. He struck out two.
First baseman Edgar Alvarez hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the top of the ninth, his fourth on the season. Alvarez went 1 for 3 with a walk.
Right fielder Alex Ramírez had an infield RBI single in the third inning for the first run of the game. Ramírez went 2 for 4.
Here’s Alvarez’s home run.
South Bend Cubs
After South Bend scored 74 runs in the first five games in Appleton against the Timber Rattlers, Sunday’s game was “rained out” and will not be made up. Honestly, I don’t know whether it was raining or not, but it was awfully convenient for a pitching staff that had been battered from pillar to post.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans had an allergic reaction to the Augusta Green Jackets (Braves), 7-4.
David Bracho started this game and allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits over four innings. Bracho walked two and struck out two.
It was a tandem start with Hayden Frank, who didn’t pitch as well and got the loss. Frank went the rest of the way, all five innings, and allowed five runs on six hits. However on the positive side, Frank struck out nine and walked only one.
Second baseman Alexis Hernandez tied the game up 2-2 in the third inning with a two-run home run. Hernandez went 1 for 3 with a walk.
First baseman Edward Vargas was 2 for 3. He scored on Hernandez’s home run and drove in one run with a single in the fifth.
That’s all three hits the Pelicans had this evening.
Here’s Hernandez’s first home run of the year.
ACL Cubs
Off day.
