Left-hander Ty Blach has elected free agency.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs mauled the Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals), 18-4.
It was a Sunday bullpen game for Iowa today as Gabe Klobosits started and allowed three runs in the top of the first inning. Memphis didn’t score again until the ninth. The final line on Klobosits was three runs on four hits over two innings. He walked one and struck out four.
Ryan Jensen threw the next two innings and got the win, retiring all six batters he faced. Jensen struck out one.
Iowa took the lead for good with a nine-run second inning, highlighted by a grand slam by shortstop Ben Cowles. It was Cowles third home run of the season. He also had a two-run double in the eighth, giving him six total RBI on the game. Cowles final line was 4 for 6 with two doubles and the grand slam. He also walked once and scored three runs.
DH Chase McCormick clubbed a solo home run in the fourth inning, his fifth one the season. McCormick went 2 for 4 with a double, the home run and a walk. He scored three runs and drove in two.
Right fielder Justin Dean was 2 for 5 with a walk and three RBI. He scored two runs.
Third baseman Owen Miller went 3 for 5 with an RBI double. Miller had two total runs batted in and scored twice.
Second baseman Scott Kingery was 2 for 5 with two runs scored.
Catcher Eric Yang was 1 for 3 with two walks and three runs scored.
Center fielder Brett Bateman was 2 for 3 with a walk and a sacrifice fly. Bateman scored once and drove in two.
Every Iowa batter had at least one hit.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies got burnt by the Montgomery Biscuits (Rays), 7-3.
Dawson Netz was activated off the injured list to make this start, which unfortunately did not last long. Netz struck out the side in order in the first, but he got knocked around in the second and didn’t finish the inning. He took the loss after giving up three runs on three hits over 1.1 innings. Netz struck out three and walked one.
Jace Beck tossed two scoreless innings of relief. He gave up just one hit and issued one walk while striking out four.
DH Edgar Alvarez was 2 for 4 with a double and two runs scored.
Catcher Ariel Armas doubled in a run in the fifth inning. Armas went 1 for 3 with two overall RBI.
A Netz strikeout to close out the first.
A nice catch in center field by Andy Garriola.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs’s protective seawall held against the West Michigan Whitecaps (Tigers), 5-4.
Koen Moreno gave South Bend a great start to the game with four scoreless innings. Moreno only allowed one hit and one walk while striking out four.
Nazier Mulé kept the shutout going in the fifth and sixth innings, but he got hammered in the seventh to cough up the lead. Mulé’s final line was four runs on two hits and three walks over 2.1 innings. He also had two wild pitches. Mulé struck out three.
Grayson Moore let two runners inherited from Mulé score, but finished out the inning and got the win after the Cubs retook the lead in the top of the eighth. The final line on Moore was no runs on one hit over two-thirds of an inning. He struck out one and did not walk anyone.
Eli Jerzembeck went the rest of the way for a two-inning save. The only baserunner Jerzembeck allowed was a one-out walk in the eighth. He struck out three.
Center fielder Christian Olivo hit a two-run single in the top of the eighth that ended up being the winning hit. Olivo went 2 for 4 with the two runs batted in. He also stole a base.
Third baseman Alex Madera was 2 for 3 with a walk and one run scored.
Shortstop Ty Southisene went 1 for 2 with three walks and two steals. He scored one run.
A two-run single in the first inning by first baseman Cole Mathis, who was 1 for 5.
An RBI double by left fielder Cameron Sisneros. He was 1 for 4 with a walk.
Olivo’s bloop single that scored two.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans dropped their eighth-straight game, 5-0 to the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (White Sox).
Starter Mason McGwire gave up three runs on five hits over four innings. The good news was that he struck out seven and walked just one.
Catcher Jairo Diaz went 2 for 2 with a walk.
First baseman Michael Carico was 1 for 4 with a double.
The Birds only had five hits today.
ACL Cubs
Off day.
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