Left-hander Drew Pomeranz joined Triple-A Iowa.
Right-hander Kenten Egbert moves from High-A South Bend to Iowa.
We’ve all heard of players on the Des Moines/Chicago Shuttle. Egbert may be the first player ever on the Des Moines/South Bend shuttle.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs were grazed on by the Buffalo Bison (Blue Jays), 8-5.
Kenten Egbert got the start today and it did not go well. Egbert got hammered for eight runs, five earned, on eight hits over 2.2 innings. Egbert walked five and struck out two.
Drew Pomeranz pitched the fourth inning in his Iowa debut. Pomeranz gave up a two-out walk, but nothing else. He struck out two.
Cobin Martin threw three scoreless innings of relief. The only baserunner he allowed was a leadoff walk in the seventh. Martin struck out one.
Catcher Christian Bethancourt pitched two scoreless innings to close out the game.
Scott Kingery hit a solo home run in the third inning, his second of the season. He also finished the top of the third inning for Egbert, getting a groundout on a 36 mile per hour curve ball. So technically, Kingery hit that home run as a pitcher. Kingery was 1 for 4 at the plate.
Left fielder Owen Miller was 2 for 5 with one run scored.
Third baseman James Triantos went 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs batted in.
Kingery’s home run.
RBI single for Triantos.
Christian Bethancourt bringing the heat.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies were harried by the Birmingham Barons (White Sox), 10-5.
Starter Koen Moreno went the first four innings and was touched for three runs on four hits. One of the three runs was unearned. Moreno walked two and struck out four.
Erian Rodriguez got the loss after he was banged up for five runs on three hits and three walks over 1.2 innings. Rodriguez also hit a batter. Rodriguez did not strike anyone out.
Third baseman Edgar Alvarez blasted his eighth home run on the year in the fifth inning with two men on. Alvarez went 2 for 5.
Catcher Owen Ayers was a perfect 4 for 4 with a double and a walk. He scored three times.
Center fielder Alex Ramírez went 2 for 5 with an RBI double in the first inning. He also stole a base.
Left fielder Andy Garriola was 2 for 4 with an RBI double and a walk. Garriola also scored a run.
The Alvarez home run.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs were kidnapped by the Quad Cities River Bandits (Royals), 7-2.
South Bend got a great start from Alfredo Romero, who pitched five innings and allowed no runs on just one hit. Romero struck out five and walked no one.
South Bend were leading 2-0 going into the top of the ninth, but reliever Ethan Bell and Grayson Moore got rocked for a seven-run inning. Bell took the loss, giving up five runs on four walks and one hit over one-third of an inning. Bell had one strikeout.
Center fielder Kane Kepley cranked a solo home run in the sixth inning, his fourth on the campaign. Kepley was 1 for 3 with a walk.
South Bend had just four hits this afternoon.
Kepley’s home run.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans lost to the Salem RidgeYaks (Red Sox), 7-6.
Brody McCullough started this game on a rehab assignment. He went three innings and allowed one run on two hits. McCullough struck out four and walked one.
The Pelicans tied the game back up in the top of the ninth, but Aiden Moffat was summoned out of the bullpen to pitch the bottom of the ninth. Moffat faced three batters and walked all three of them. That meant that Edwardo Melendez came in with the bases loaded and no one out. Melendez gave up a walk-off single to the only batter he faced.
The game was tied in the ninth because third baseman Yahil Melendez hit a two-run home run in the top of the ninth. It was Melendez’s second of the year. He was 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored.
Left fielder Edward Vargas went 2 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
The Melendez home run.
ACL Cubs
Off day.
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