Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs were chicken against the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 8-4.
Rough start for Jordan Wicks, who took the loss after allowing six runs on seven hits over 4.2 innings. Two of the hits were home runs. Wicks walked two and struck out five.
Left fielder Chas McCormick hit a solo home run in the second inning, his seventh on the year. McCormick was 1 for 4.
First baseman Jonathon Long cranked a solo home run in the seventh inning, his third on the year. He was 1 for 4 with a walk.
Third baseman James
Triantos tied the game 3-3 with a two-run double in the bottom of the third. Triantos went 2 for 4.
Matt Shaw played the whole game in center field and went 1 for 4 with a walk. He also scored on Triantos’ double.
Triantos’ home run.
Triantos’s two-run double.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies usurped the Birmingham Barons (White Sox), 8-7 in 11 innings.
Starter Dawson Netz threw the first three innings and allowed one run on three hits. Netz walked four and struck out two.
Marino Santy had 2.2 innings and allowed just one unearned run—the automatic runner in the tenth—on no hits. Santy walked three (one intentionally) and struck out three.
Tyler Santana relieved Santy in the bottom of the tenth with the bases loaded and two outs. He got a fly out to end that threat and then went on to pitch the eleventh, where he gave up one run. But the Smokies scored twice in the bottom of the eleventh and got the win. Santana’s final line was one run (which was earned) on one hit over 1.1 innings. Santana struck out one and walked no one.
Third baseman Jefferson Rojas doubled in the winning run in the bottom of the eleventh. Rojas was 2 for 6 in this game with a double and a steal. He scored three times.
Catcher Owen Ayers hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning, his eighth of the season. Ayers went 3 for 4 with a double and the home run. He also walked and stole a base. Ayers had five total RBI tonight.
Shortstop Karson Simas was 3 for 5. He scored once and drove in one.
An automatic double for Ayers.
Ayers’ three-run home run.
An RBI triple for Hayden Cantrelle, who went 1 for 4 with a walk.
Ayers’ fifth RBI of the night came in the tenth.
Rojas’ walk-off.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs split a doubleheader with the Quad Cities River Bandits (Royals), losing game one 13-8 and winning the second one 4-3.
The River Bandits hammered South Bend’s Jostin Florentino for four runs in the first inning. Florentino was finished after only one inning having allowed the four runs on six hits. He walked none and struck out one.
Brayden Spears then gave up five runs in the second inning to put the game out of reach. Spears allowed five runs on seven hits over 2.2 innings. Spears struck out two, walked two and hit one.
South Bend trailed 9-0 after two innings and almost tied it up with an eight-run third inning. DH Kane Kepley went 1 for 3 with a walk and a double. He scored once and had one run batted on.
Second baseman Alex Madera tripled home two in the third. He was 1 for 4 and scored one run.
Here are the highlights of the eight-run third.
Mason McGwire made his first start for South Bend in game two and got his first Midwest League win. McGwire pitched five innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on three hits. McGwire struck out four and walked one.
Kenyi Perez pitched the final two innings without allowing a run for the save. Perez did not give up a hit, but he walked one and hit one batter. Perez struck out five.
Catcher Miguel Useche hit a two-run home run in the second inning. It was his fifth of the season. Useche went 1 for 3.
Left fielder Jose Escobar was 2 for 3 with a double and one run scored.
Center fielder Miguel Olivo was 2 for 2.
Useche’s home run.
A diving catch for center fielder Olivo.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans got kenneled by the Charleston RiverDogs (Rays), 9-8.
The Pelicans wasted a strong start from Noah Edders, who gave the Birds five scoreless innings on just two hits. He walked one and struck out three.
Jordan Henriquez got called upon for the two-inning save. The eight inning went fine when he retired the side in order. But he went in the ninth with an 8-5 lead and he gave up four runs to take the loss. The final line on Henriquez was four runs on four hits over 1.2 innings. He walked two and struck out two.
Catcher Logan Poteet hit a solo home run in the third, his eighth on the year. Poteet went 2 for 4 with the home run, a walk. and a stolen base. He scored twice.
Right fielder Eli Lovich cracked a two-run home run in the seventh, also his eighth of the year. Lovich was 2 for 4 and scored twice.
Shortstop Alexis Hernandez was 2 for 4 with a double and a walk. He scored one run.
