Right-hander Kenta Maeda joins the Iowa Cubs. Left-hander Brandon Hughes goes to the developmental list.
Catcher David Avita was demoted to Low-A Myrtle Beach from High-A South Bend. Carter Trice hit the injured list for the Pelicans.
Iowa Cubs
The Iowa Cubs cast out the St. Paul Saints (Twins), 12-7.
Starter Peter Solomon lasted three innings and surrendered three runs on six hits. He walked three and struck out eight, which is pretty impressive over just three innings were it not for all those baserunners.
Michael Fulmer allowed four runs in the one inning he threw, allowing the Saints to tie the game up at 7-7 after three and a half innings.
The win went to Brooks Kriske, who calmed things down with two scoreless innings in the fifth and sixth. Kriske allowed one hit, walked one and hit one batter. He struck out two.
The wind was howling out to right field at 24 miles per hour in the early innings. It looked like it calmed down in the later innings, but it was definitely a game that prepared players for playing with the wind out at Wrigley.
Third baseman Matt Shaw, for the second night in a row, hit two home runs. The first one led off the bottom of the first inning and the second one came with a man on in the fifth. Shaw now has six home runs for Iowa this year and four in the last two games. Shaw went 3 for 5 with a walk, the three RBI and three runs scored.
Great note via @IowaCubs media relations man Peter Brooks: Matt Shaw is the first Iowa Cubs player since Kyle Schwarber (6/30-7/1, 2017) to hit at least two home runs in back-to-back games.
That’s some good company.
— Tommy Birch (@TommyBirch) May 17, 2025
First baseman Jonathon Long came a double shy of the cycle as he was 3 for 5 with a triple and a solo home run in the seventh inning. It was Long’s fourth home run. Long scored twice and drove in two as he raised his batting average to .372. Long’s triple left the bat at 94.2 miles per hour, which was the slowest of all five ball he put into play tonight. The other four were over 100 mph.
DH Chase Strumpf hit a solo home run in the sixth inning, his eighth on the season. Strumpf went 3 for 5 with two runs scored and two runs batted in.
Right fielder Owen Caissie went 3 for 5. He had two RBI and scored once.
Shortstop Dixon Machado was 3 for 5 with an RBI double in the eighth inning. Machado scored twice.
Second baseman James Triantos went 2 for 5 with a steal and one run scored.
Shaw’s first home run.
Long’s triple did get a little help from the wind, but it was still good.
Owen Caissie empties the bases with a single and an error.
Shaw’s second home run.
Knoxville Smokies
The Knoxville Smokies were just peachy against the Columbus Clingstones (Braves), 4-3.
Starter Grant Kipp allowed three runs on four hits over five innings. He struck out seven and walked just one.
Tyler Santana kept the Clingstones scoreless over the next three innings, giving up just three hits. Santana struck out three and walked no one.
A.J. Puckett retired the side in order in the top of the ninth and got the win. Puckett struck out two.
With the Smokies trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, shortstop Hayden Cantrelle and and left fielder Parker Chavers both singled to start the inning. Catcher Casey Opitz was called upon to lay down a bunt, which Clingstones pitcher Blaney Abeyta fielded and threw into the right field corner, scoring both runners.
Cantrelle went 1 for 1 with three waks and a stolen base. Chavers was 2 for 4 with an RBI. Opitz went 0 for 3 with a very big sacrifice bunt.
DH BJ Murray Jr. was 3 for 4 with a double. He scored the other two Knoxville runs.
Here’s that crazy play that ended the game.
Another bunt. This one for a hit by Murray. It was a pretty one against the shift.
Darius Hill throws out a runner at the plate from right field.
South Bend Cubs
The South Bend Cubs fell behind 5-0, but rallied to hammer the Lansing Lugnuts (Athletics), 12-8 in ten innings.
Starter Nick Dean put South Bend in a hole after allowing five runs on nine hits over 4.2 innings. Dean walked two and struck out five.
Evan Taylor pitched 2.2 innings and got his first win in the Cubs organization after South Bend scored two runs in the sixth, one in the seventh, two more in the eighth and one in the ninth to send the game to extras. Then South Bend exploded for six runs in the top of the tenth.
Taylor allowed two runs, one earned, on one hit and one walk. Both runs scored in the bottom of the tenth after he had been relieved by Joe Nahas Taylor struck out three and walked one.
It’s been a rough season so far for left fielder Rafael Morel, but he led the comeback today with a two-run home run in the sixth inning and a second two run home run in the tenth. Morel went 2 for 4 with the two home runs and four RBI. Morel now has three home runs this season.
Center fielder Andy Garriola chipped in a two-run home run of his own in the eighth inning, his sixth on the season. Garriola went 1 for 5.
Third baseman Reginald Preciado doubled three times in a 3 for 5 night. He also scored three times.
Right fielder Ivan Brethowr went 2 for 4 with a walk and a stolen base. He scored twice.
DH Edgar Alvarez was 2 for 5 with a double and a two-run single in the tenth inning. He scored once.
Catcher Ariel Armas was 2 for 5 with three runs batted in.
Morel’s second home run.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans did not have nine lives against the Lynchburg Hillcats (Guardians), 12-4.
Rough start tonight for Nazier Mulé, who allowed two runs in the first, three in the second and hit the first batter of the third before leaving the game. Mulé’s final line was six runs on six hits over 2+ innings. He struck out two, walked two and hit two batters. Actually, he his the same batter twice.
First baseman Cameron Sisneros went 2 for 4 with an RBI single in the first inning.
Right fielder Anderson Suriel was 2 for 4 with an RBI single in the seventh.
Third baseman Christian Olivo was 2 for 3 with a walk and one run scored.
ACL Cubs
After going 0-9 to start the season, the ACL Cubs won their first game.