Right-hander Tyler Beede was activated off the Development List and assigned to Triple-A Iowa. Beede takes the place of Connor Noland, who went on the injured list after getting hit in the leg with a line drive last night.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs clipped the wings of the Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals), 3-2. The win snaps an eight-game losing streak for Iowa.
Iowa went with an opener today and Gabe Klobosits got the mound for the first two innings. He kept Memphis off the board, allowing no runs on just one hit. Klobosits struck out four and walked no one.
Doug Nikhazy then pitched the next five innings, keeping Memphis scoreless. Nikhazy also allowed just one hit while walking two and striking out five.
Christian Roa then pitched the eighth inning and had a successful Iowa Cubs debut. He allowed a two-out infield single, but no other baserunners in his inning of work. Roa struck out one.
With Iowa clinging to a 2-0 lead in the top of the ninth, manager Marty Pevey called upon Colin Snider to get the save. Snider did not, giving up two runs on three hits and a walk. He struck out one.
Snider got the win, however, because the I-Cubs walked it off in the bottom of the ninth without the benefit of a hit. DH Justin Dean walked and third baseman BJ Murray reached on an error. After a Jonathon Long sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third, right fielder Kevin Alcántara hit a high chopper to third and Dean beat the throw home for the winning run.
Alcántara also drove in a run in the seventh inning on his 15th home run of the season. The Jaguar hit a slider 393 feet the other way. He finished the day 1 for 4 with the two RBI.
Iowa only managed three hits in this game. Dean was o for 2 with the walk. Murray was 0 for 4. Long was o for 3.
Left fielder Chas McCormick doubled in the sixth inning and later scored on a Brett Bateman sacrifice fly. McCormick was 1 for 3 and Bateman 0 for 2.
Alcántara’s home run.
The Jaguar drives in the winning run.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies were battered by the Montgomery Biscuits (Rays), 6-5.
Grant Kipp turned in a solid start for the Smokies, giving up one run on our hits over 4.2 innings. Kipp walked three and struck out six.
The loss went to Luis Rujano, who got knocked around for four runs on five hits over 1.2 innings. He walked one and struck out two.
Catcher Owen Ayers hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning, his fifth on the year. Ayers went 1 for 4.
Shortstop Ed Howard was 2 for 3 with a RBI double in the seventh inning. He later scored that inning to give Knoxville a temporary 5-4 lead.
Ayers’ home run.
Howard’s double and a triple by Karson Simas that scored him. Simas went 1 for 4.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs held back the West Michigan Whitecaps (Tigers), 3-1.
Starter Alfredo Romero allowed just one run on three hits over 3.2 innings. Romero walked two and struck out six.
Nate Williams threw the next 2.1 innings without allowing a run. Williams surrendered one hit, walked no one and struck out four.
Jackson Brockett went the rest of the way, getting the win with three scoreless innings. Brockett allowed one hit. He walked no one while striking out two.
South Bend did not have a hit in this game until the fifth inning and Alex Madera got picked off first immediately after his single. They didn’t have another hit until the eighth inning when catcher Miguel Useche gave South Bend the lead with an RBI single in which a second runner scored on an outfield error. Useche was 1 for 2 with a walk.
South Bend added an insurance run in the top of the ninth on single by first baseman Cameron Sisneros. He was 1 for 4.
Madera was 1 for 3 with a walk. He scored on the single and error by Useche.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were blasted by the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (White Sox), 7-0.
Dominick Reid started and took the loss. Reid gave up four runs on eight hits over four innings. He walked two and struck out two.
Center fielder Josiah Hartshorn was 2 for 4 with a double.
First baseman Yahil Melendez went 2 for 4.
ACL Cubs
Losing to the Diamondbacks 9-8 in the ninth.
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