Right-hander Koen Moreno was promoted from High-A South Bend to Double-A Knoxville.
Right-hander Luis Rujano was promoted from rookie ball ACL Cubs to South Bend.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs were stampeded by the Buffalo Bison (Blue Jays), 11-10 in ten innings.
Paul Campbell pitched the first five innings and gave up four runs on four hits. Campbell walked two and struck out five.
Corbin Martin pitched the top of the tenth, gave up three runs and took the loss when Iowa only scored two runs in the bottom of the inning. Martin’s final line was three runs, two earned, on three hits. He struck out one and walked no one.
DH BJ Murray tied the game 1-1 with a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning. It was his ninth home run on the year. Murray went 3 for 5 with a triple and the home run. He also walked once. Murray scored two runs and drove home two.
Third baseman Owen Miller hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, his fourth home run of the year. Miller went 2 for 5.
Catcher Moisés Ballesteros was 2 for 4 with a double, a walk and a sacrifice fly. He had three RBI.
Murray’s home run.
Miller’s slam.
An RBI double for Mo Baller.
Ballesteros gets the I-Cubs to within a run in the tenth.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies toppled the Birmingham Barons (White Sox), 5-3.
Starter Connor Schultz pitched 3.1 innings and gave up three runs on two hits. He had some control issues as he walked six. Schultz struck out five.
Erian Rodriguez handled the next 2.2 innings and collected the win after not allowing a run. Rodriguez gave up just one hit. He walked two and struck out three.
Tyler Schlaffer pitched the final three innings and got just his second career save. Schlaffer retired the first eight batters he faced and then allowed a two-out double in the ninth. He then ended the game by getting the next batter to pop out. Schlaffer struck out three.
In the second inning, left fielder Andy Garriola cracked his team-high 14th home run with the bases empty. Garriola was 3 for 4 with a double, the home run and a walk. He had two total runs batted in.
Catcher Owen Ayers connected for his 19th home run on the year with the bases empty in the seventh. It was his 13th home run with the Smokies. Ayers was 1 for 4 with a walk.
Second baseman Ed Howard was 2 for 4 and scored once.
Garriola’s home run.
The Ayers home run.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs arrested the Quad Cities River Bandits (Royals), 6-2.
Kevin Valdez started and allowed two runs on two hits over 4.1 innings. Both runs came on a home run in the fifth inning. Valdez walked three and struck out a career-high nine batters.
Ben Johnson threw the next 1.2 innings, did not give up a run on one hit, and got the win. He struck out one and walked no one.
Left fielder Jose Escobar had a huge night. He went 4 for 4 with two doubles and a two-run home run in the fourth inning. It was Escobar’s second home run with South Bend and fourth overall. He finished the night with three runs batted in.
Shortstop Ty Southisene was 2 for 4 with a double and two steals. He scored one run.
Third baseman Matt Halbach went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI single in the first inning. Halbach also scored once.
Second baseman Angel Cepeda was 2 for 4. He drove in one and scored one run.
Escobar’s home run.
RBI single for Cepeda.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans herded up the Salem RidgeYaks (Red Sox), 7-2.
Starting pitcher Yoendris Gonzalez did not allow a hit or a run over the first three innings. Gonzalez walked two and struck out four.
Riely Huntsaker pitched the next four innings and got the win. Huntsaker allowed just one unearned run on three hits. He struck out three and walked no one.
Jhon Rosario threw the final two innings in a non-save situation. He gave up just one hit, but it was a solo home run to the first batter he faced in the eighth. Rosario allowed one run on one hit and one walk. He struck out two.
For the fourth straight game, catcher Logan Poteet homered. This one came with a man on in the seventh inning and was his 14th home run overall. Poteet came a double shy of the cycle, as he was 3 for 5 with a triple and the home run. He scored twice and had two runs batted in.
Center fielder Alexey Lumpuy went 3 for 5 with a stolen base. He singled home two in the fourth inning.
Third baseman Yahil Melendez was 2 for 5 with a double.
Lumpuy’s two-run single.
Poteet’s home run.