The Iowa Cubs made the Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals) blue, 5-4 in ten innings.
Jordan Wicks turned in a very good start, allowing just one run on two hits over five innings. Wicks walked two and struck out six.
Paul Campbell bailed out the I-Cubs after Antoine Kelly loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. Campbell got the final out of that inning, pitched a scoreless ninth and then got the win after Iowa scored four runs in the top of the tenth and Campbell only allowed three in the bottom of the inning. The final line on Campbell was three runs, two earned, on three hits over 2.1 innings. He struck out four and walked no one.
First baseman Jonathan Long had an RBI single in the tenth. He was 3 for 5.
Long later scored in the tenth on a two-run double by DH Moisés Ballesteros. Ballesteros was 1 for 4.
Left fielder Chas McCormick went 1 for 3 with a walk and a stolen base. He also scored two runs.
A great catch by Brett Bateman in center. Bateman was 1 for 4 with a walk and an RBI.
Mo Baller’s big double.
The Knoxville Smokies were fried by the Montgomery Biscuits (Rays), 2-1.
Starter Brooks Caple gave the Smokies four scoreless innings, permitting just two hits. Caple struck out six and walked one.
Tyler Santana came on to pitch the bottom of the ninth with the score tied 1-1. He loaded the bases with two outs on two singles and an intentional walk. Santana then got a strikeout for the first out, but a sac fly to center field ended the game.
The Smokies managed just two hits. One of those hits was an RBI double by third baseman Jefferson Rojas in the fifth inning. Rojas had both Smokies hits, going 2 for 4.
The Smokies did draw six walks and were hit by a pitch once.
The South Bend Cubs fired the Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals), 10-4.
Starter Alfredo Romero gave South Bend four scoreless innings on just three hits. He walked one and struck out four.
Adam Stone then pitched the fifth inning and retired the side in order. But for some reason, the official scorer gave the win to Cole Reynolds, who surrendered four runs on five hits over 2.2 innings. All four of the runs scored in the eighth inning. Reynolds struck out two, walked one and hit one batter.
Ethan Bell stranded two runners in the eighth and then retired the side in order in the ninth. He retired all four batters he faced, striking out two of them, while picking up the save.
Second baseman Michael Hallquist hit a two-run home run in the fourth, his second on the season. Hallquist was 2 for 3 with a sac fly, giving him three total RBI. He scored twice.
Right fielder Christian Olivo went 2 for 5 with an RBI double in the sixth and a two-run triple in the ninth. He scored one run.
Third baseman Matt Halbach went 2 for 4 and scored once.
Catcher Logan Poteet was 2 for 4 with a double. He scored two runs.
Olivo’s triple was a bit of a gift.
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were knocked over by the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (White Sox), 6-2.
Braylon Myers turned in a good start, but got the loss anyways. Myers gave up just one run on two hits over four innings. Myers struck out three, walked one and hit one batter.
DH Alexey Lumpuy went 1 for 3 with a double and he was hit by a pitch. He scored in the top of the ninth when the Pelicans plated both of their runs and three of their five hits.
Here’s shortstop Derniche Valdez singling home Lumpuy. Valdez went 1 for 4.
Lost to the Diamondbacks, 7-3.