Cubs Minor League Wrap: Pedro Ramírez walks it off for Iowa

Knoxville Smokies

The Knoxville Smokies were rained out. They’ll try to play a doubleheader on Friday.

South Bend Cubs

The South Bend Cubs turned the screws on the Lansing Lugnuts (Athletics), 3-1. **Koen Moreno** allowed just two hits over four scoreless innings to start the game. Moreno struck out five and walked two. **Jackson Brockett** pitched the next two innings and got the win. Brockett was outstanding and retired all six batters he faced, striking out five of them. The other one grounded out on an 0-2 pitch. **JP Wheat** retired the side in order in the seventh. He then came out to pitch the eighth and after retiring the first batter on a foul pop, put two men on with a single and a hit batter. At that point **Ethan Bell** relieved Wheat and while he allowed one runner inherited from Wheat to score, he went the rest of the way for the save. The final line on Bell was no runs on two hits over 1.2 innings. He struck out four and walked one. South Bend scored all three runs in the sixth inning and two of them came on a home run by DH **Cole Mathis**. It was Mathis’ second home run for South Bend and ninth overall. Mathis was 1 for 3 with a walk. Right fielder **Kade Snell** singled right after Mathis’ home run. He then stole second and scored on a **Drew Bowser** double. Snell’s final line was 2 for 4 with a steal. Bowser went 2 for 4 with the double. Highlights.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were pinched by the Hickory Crawdads (Rangers), 4-2. **Pierce Coppola** dominated the Crawdads in his first appearance of the year. He threw four scoreless innings and allowed just two hits. Coppola struck out five and walked no one. **Edwardo Melendez** relieved Coppola got the loss after giving up two runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth. Melendez’s final line was four runs on four hits over two innings. Two of the four hits were solo home runs. Melendez walked two, hit two batters and struck out one. Left fielder **Geuri Lubo** tripled home **Michael Carico** in the fourth inning for the first run of the game. Lubo went 2 for 4 and Carico was 0 for 2 with two walks. Catcher **Logan Poteet** hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth to close out the Pelicans scoring. It was his fourth home run this year. Poteet was 1 for 4. Geuri’s triple.

ACL Cubs

Off day.