Second baseman Hayden Cantrelle was promoted to Triple-A Iowa from Double-A Knoxville.
Shortstop Alex Madera was promoted to Knoxville from High-A South Bend.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs egged the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 6-4.
Andrew Wentz started and was touched for three runs on three hits over 3.2 innings. The real issue is that Wentz walked five while striking out three.
Antoine Kelly relieved Corbin Martin with runners on the corners and no outs. He retired the first two batters he faced without allowing the run from
third to score, but an infield single off shortstop Scott Kingery’s glove allowed a run to score. But Kelly went on to pitch two innings with no runs of his own and got the win. He gave up two hits. Kelly walked one and struck out one.
Eduarniel Núñez threw the final two innings and got the save. Núnez surrendered no runs on one hit and no walks. He struck out three.
Left fielder Jonathon Long is heating up. In the eighth inning, he tacked on an insurance run with a 419-foot home run, his eighth of the season. Long went 2 for 5 with the double and the home run. He scored twice.
Center fielder Brett Bateman had a double and a triple in a 2 for 5 night.
Second baseman Owen Miller was a perfect 3 for 3 with two walks. He drove in two runs and scored once.
First baseman BJ Murray went 3 for 5 and scored twice.
Here’s the second of Miller’s two RBI singles.
Jonny Long’s long one.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies picked the Columbus Clingstones (Braves) clean, 1-0.
Three Smokies pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout. Starter Nick Dean allowed four hits and walked one over six innings. He struck out seven.
Erian Rodriguez threw the seventh and eighth innings. He gave up two hit and walked one while striking out three.
Evan Taylor pitched the top of the ninth and got the win. Taylor walked two batters after two were out, but gave up no hits and got out of it. Taylor struck out two.
The game was still scoreless heading to the bottom of the ninth. Right fielder Alex Ramírez came to the plate with one out and the bases loaded and singled home pinch runner Alex Madera with the winning run. Ramírez was 1 for 4.
Second baseman Drew Bowser singled to lead off the bottom of the ninth in his first game in Double-A. Bowser was 1 for 3.
The Smokies won despite only getting four hits.
Here’s the walk-off single by Ramírez.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs were caught hibernating by the Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins), 13-5.
Starter Nazier Mulé gave up four runs on five hits over just three innings. Mulé walked three, hit one batter and struck out four.
Jackson Brockett pitched the next 3.2 innings and took the loss after he was hit for four runs on three hits. One of the four runs was unearned. Brockett struck out four and walked three.
Third baseman Matt Halbach was 2 for 3 with a walk. He scored once and drove home two.
Left fielder Jose Escobar was 2 for 5 and scored one run.
Right fielder Josiah Hartshorn went 0 for 2 with three walks. He scored once.
Here are highlights from a four-run top of the third.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans boiled the Hickory Crawdads (Rangers), 5-2.
Pierce Coppola allowed two runs on four hits over the first four innings. Coppola struck out six, walked two and hit one batter.
Edwardo Melendez pitched the next 3.2 inning, did not allow a run or a hit and got the win. Melendez did walk two while striking out four.
Jordan Henriquez got the save. He pitched 1.1 innings, giving up no runs on one hit. Henriquez struck out one and walked no one.
Right fielder Eli Lovich was the hero of the game, going 3 for 3 with a double and a walk. He also stole a base. Lovich scored twice.
Shortstop Derniche Valdez went 2 for 4 with an RBI triple in the sixth inning. Valdez also scored after the triple on a wild pitch.
Third baseman Yahil Melendez was a perfect 1 for 1 with three walks and a stolen base. Melendez scored one run.
Here’s Valdez’s triple and Melendez’s single.
ACL Cubs
Beating the Reds, 4-1 in the sixth.
