Right-hander Erian Rodriguez was promoted to Double-A Knoxville from the rookie ball ACL Cubs
Right-hander Sam Mettert was promoted to Low-A Myrtle Beach from the ACL Cubs.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs were swarmed by the Toledo Mud Hen (Tigers), 10-2.
Javier Assad started this game and pitched just one inning. He retired the side in order, striking out one. He threw just six pitches and all six of them were strikes.
Zac Leigh came on to pitch the second inning and got the loss after he gave up a solo home run in the third
inning. Leigh allowed one run on one hit over two innings. He walked two and struck out one.
Gavin Hollowell, whom I was touting for a major league look, came on to pitch the eighth inning, faced six batters and retired none of them. Hollowell allowed three hits and walked three. Five of those six baserunners came around to score.
The I-Cubs avoided a shutout when left fielder Chas McCormick hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth. It was his sixth home run of the year. McCormick was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Matt Shaw played the entire game at DH and was 2 for 4.
A hit by Shaw.
McCormick’s home run.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies were subjugated by the Birmingham Barons (White Sox), 2-0.
Grant Kipp gave the Smokies four good innings, but not good enough to not take the loss. Kipp allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits over the four innings. One of the four hits was a solo home run Kipp struck out four and walked three.
Tyler Ras had three scoreless innings of relief, allowing just one hit. Ras struck out three and walked no one.
The Smokies managed just five hits, which is actually the same number they allowed. Second baseman Hayden Cantrelle went 2 for 3.
Left fielder Carter Trice was 1 for 4 with a triple.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs brought the Quad Cities River Bandits (Royals) to justice, 4-3.
Kevin Valdez pitched the first five innings and had a solid start by allowing just one run on six hits. The one run came on a solo home run in the fourth. He struck out five and walked one.
Grayson Moore pitched the ninth inning and got the save. He walked a batter with one out, but otherwise gave up nothing. Moore struck out two.
South Bend scored all four runs in the first inning and hung on the rest of the way.
Left fielder Jose Escobar hit a two-run single in the first. He was 1 for 4.
Center fielder Josiah Hartshorn went 1 for 3 with a walk. He scored once.
A great outfield assist by Escobar.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were hunted down by the Charleston RiverDogs (Rays), 9-5.
Good start for Kaleb Wing, who went 3.1 innings and allowed one run on three hits. He still got the loss. Wing struck out six and walked just one.
Sam Mettert’s Pelicans debut didn’t go as well. Mettert gave up three runs, two earned, on one hit and three walks over 1.2 innings.
The Pelicans scored all five runs in the top of the eighth inning. The big blow was a three-run double by third baseman Yahil Melendez. Melendez was 1 for 5.
Catcher Logan Poteet got the Birds on the board with an RBI double earlier in the fifth. Poteet went 2 for 4 with a walk and a double. He scored on Melendez’s double.
Second baseman Darlyn De Leon was 2 for 5.
Melendez’s double.
ACL Cubs
Off day.
