Cubs Minor League Wrap: Ethan Roberts rehabs in I-Cubs loss in St. Paul

Knoxville Smokies

Postponed for inclement weather. A makeup date has not been announced.

South Bend Cubs

The South Bend Cubs boiled the Ft. Wayne TinCaps (Padres), 6-4. **Kenton Egbert** started and gave South Bend three scoreless innings, permitting three hits. Egbert struck out one and walked no one, so he kept the ball in play. **Brayden Spears** took over for Egbert in the fourth inning and got the win. Spears allowed a solo home run to the second batter he faced, but that was the only hit and the only run he gave up over three innings. Spears walked one and struck out one. **Jackson Kirkpatrick** had an ugly save in the ninth. First, he loaded the bases with no outs on two hit batsmen and a walk. After getting a strikeout, he walked another batter to force in a run. But with the tying run on second and just one out, Kirkpatrick got a second strikeout and a grounder to second base to end the game. DH **Cameron Sisneros** hit his third home run of the year with the bases empty in the fifth inning. Sisneros went 1 for 2 with three walks and two runs scored. One of the three walks was intentional. First baseman **Cole Mathis** was 2 for 4 with a double and a bases-loaded walk in the fourth inning for the Cubs first run. Mathis also scored once. Shortstop **Miguel Olivo** was 3 for 4 with an RBI double. Some great defense for **Matt Halbach** at third base. He was 1 for 5. The Sisneros home run. Olivio’s RBI double.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans extinguished the Columbia Fireflies (Royals), 7-6. Starter **Noah Edders** went four innings and allowed just two runs, both unearned, on five hits. He struck out two and walked no one. **Daniel Avitia** pitched the next three innings and allowed four runs in the seventh inning, coughing up the Birds 6-2 lead. Avitia’s final line was four runs, three earned, on three hits over three innings. Avitia struck out four, walked one and hit two batters. **Eli Jerzembeck** was activated off the injured list, pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth inning and got the win. Jerzembeck allowed no hits, but he did walk three while striking out five. Shortstop **Ty Southisene** broke up the 6-6 tie with an RBI double in the bottom of the eighth. Southisene went 1 for 4 with a walk and a stolen base. First baseman **Michael Carico** hit a solo home run in the second inning. It was his third of the year. Carico finished the night 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored. Next up, catcher **Logan Poteet** went back-to-back with Carico to make it 2-0. Poteet was 1 for 3 with two walks. In the fifth inning, DH **Eli Lovich** connected with the bases empty for his second home run of the year. Lovich was 2 for 4 with two runs scored. The back-to-back home runs by Carico and Poteet. Lovich’s home run. Southisene’s double.