Cubs Minor League Wrap: South Bend keeps rolling, beats Ft. Wayne 6-3

Iowa Cubs

The Iowa Cubs were blanked by Indianapolis (Pirates), 3-0.

Javier Assad started and left the game after issuing a one-out walk in the fifth. But Luis Peralta then let that run score and two more of his own, so technically Assad got the loss. The final line on Assad was one run on four hits over 4.1 innings. Assad struck out five and only walked that one. He left after 78 pitches.

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Iowa had seven hits tonight, all singles, and went 0 for 3 with runners in scoring position.

DH BJ Murray was 2 for 3 with a walk.

Knoxville Smokies

The Knoxville Smokies were ratted out by the Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds), 3-2.

Connor Schultz was activated off the injured list and and got the start tonight. He allowed two runs in the first inning, but settled down after that and finished with two runs on five hits over five innings. Schultz struck out eight and walked no one, so that’s awfully nice.

Nick Dean pitched the next two innings, gave up one run on two hits and took the loss. Dean walked two and struck out two.

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Right fielder Alex Ramírez went 3 for 5 with a double. He also stole two bases.

Both Smokies runs scored on errors in the first inning. Shortstop Jefferson Rojas hit an infield single and Ramírez scored on a throwing error in the play. Then Rojas got picked off second base, ran to third and scored when the throw to third went wild. Rojas was 1 for 3 with a steal.

This is Rojas stealing third and scoring. We don’t know what happened. It’s possible that Rojas thought that it was strike three and he was just walking off the field. But why he’d be walking towards the home dugout is unclear.