Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs beat Indianapolis (Pirates), 11-7.
Starter Vince Velazquez gave the I-Cubs three innings and gave Indianapolis three runs on six hits. Velazquez walked three more and struck out four.
Andrew Wantz threw the next four innings, surrendered three runs on four hits, and got the win. Wantz struck out three, hit one batter and walked one.
Vince Reilly was summoned from the bullpen with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the ninth. The first batter he faced hit an RBI single, but the second one struck out and Reilly got the save.
In the fourth inning, first baseman Jonathon Long hit a grand slam, his sixth home run on the year. Long went 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored.
DH BJ Murray added on two more runs with his eighth home run of the year n the fifth. Murray went 3 for 5 with a double, the home run and a walk. Murray scored three times.
Catcher Christian Bethancourt was 3 for 4 with a walk and a stolen base. He scored two runs and drove in one.
Shortstop Owen Miller went 2 for 6 with an RBI double in the fifth inning. He scored on Murray’s home run.
Center fielder Brett Bateman was 2 for 6. He scored one run and had one RBI.
Left fielder Chas McCormick went 2 for 3 with a walk and a hit by pitch.
Second baseman Ben Cowles was 2 for 5.
Everyone in the lineup for Iowa had at least one hit and reached base twice.
RBI single for Bateman gives him a ten-game hit streak.
RBI double for James Triantos, who was 1 for 4 and was hit by a pitch.
Nice catch by Bateman.
Long’s grand slam.
Murray’s home run was 416 feet.
Vince Reilly with the save.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies smoked out the Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds), 2-0. The win gives the Smokies a one-game lead over Chattanooga in the first-half standings with two games to play.
Three Knoxville pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout. Jace Beck got the start and allowed two runs over five innings. But what really stands out is that Beck struck out a career-hight ten and walked just one. He did hit one batter.
Yenrri Rojas pitched the next two innings and retired all six batters he faced. He struck out one of them and got the win.
Tyler Ras was on the mound for the final two innings and got the save. He allowed a leadoff double in the ninth, but no other baserunners. Ras struck out two.
The Smokies scored both runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on back-to-back singles by left fielder Carter Trice and catcher Ariel Armas. Both players were 1 for 3.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs dented the Ft. Wayne TinCaps (Padres), 7-6 in 11 innings.
South Bend starter Koen Moreno put the Cubs down early when he gave up five runs in the first inning. One of the runs was an inside-the-park home run. However, four of the five runs Moreno allowed were unearned and he stayed in the game afterwards and gave the Cubs five innings. The final line on Moreno was five runs, one earned, on five hits over five innings. Moreno walked two and struck out two.
Jackson Brockett entered the game with the bases loaded and just one out in the sixth inning. He stranded all three runners and went on to pitch 4.1 innings of relief without allowing a run. He gave up two hits, walked no one and struck out three.
Ethan Bell did not allow a run or a hit over the final 2.1 innings and got the win, stranding the automatic runner in both the tenth and the eleventh. Bell walked three, one intentionally, and struck out four.
DH Ty Southisene singled home automatic runner Alex Madera in the top of the eleventh with what turned out to be the winning run. Southisene went 2 for 5 with a walk and three total RBI.
Center fielder Kane Kepley was 2 for 4 with a double, two walks and a stolen base. Kepley scored twice.
Shortstop Angel Cepeda came off the injured list and in his first game for South Bend since April, went 2 for 5 with a double and a walk.
First baseman Josiah Hartshorn was 1 for 4 with an RBI double, a walk and a sacrifice fly. Hartshorn scored one run and had the two runs batted in.
Hartshorn’s double.
Southisene drives home two.
Southisene’s go-ahead single in the 11th.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were egged by the Delmarva Shorebirds (Orioles), 8-4.
Kaleb Wing started this game and allowed one run on three hits over 2.2 innings. Wing walked four and struck out three.
Sam Mettert got tagged for four runs in the bottom of the eighth and took the loss. However, all four runs were unearned after two Pelicans errors. Mettert’s final line was four runs, all unearned, on three hits over two innings of relief. Mettert struck out two and walked no one.
Catcher Logan Poteet hit a solo home run in the eighth inning. It was his 11th on the season. Poteet was 2 for 3 with a double, the home run and two walks.
Right fielder Alexey Lumpuy went 3 for 4 with a walk and a stolen base. He drove home two.
Center fielder Darlyn De Leon was 2 for 4 with a triple and one run scored. He also stole one base.
Poteet’s home run.
ACL Cubs
Off day.
