Cubs Minor League Wrap: South Bend rolls to a 9-0 win

Center fielder Kevin Alcántara went 2 for 5 and scored one run.

Left fielder Justin Dean was 2 for 4 with a walk and one run scored.

Knoxville Smokies

The Knoxville Smokies were canned by the Columbus Clingstones (Braves), 6-5.

Starter Brooks Caple allowed four runs on six hits over six innings. Caple struck out six and walked one.

Marino Santy was called from the bullpen to get the save in the bottom of the ninth. Unfortunately, he allowed a two-out, two-run single and took the loss. The final line on Santy was two runs on two hits and a walk over two-thirds of an inning. Santy had one strikeout.

DH Carter Trice stayed red-hot with his third-straight game with a home run and fourth in five. Trice’s home run came with two on in the fifth inning and was his sixth overall. Trice was 1 for 3 with three walks.

Right fielder Alex Ramírez was 2 for 4 with a walk and a stolen base. He scored twice.

South Bend Cubs

The South Bend Cubs defanged the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Brewers), 9-0. After scoring 25 runs last night, they’re slipping.

Cole Reynolds started and got the win with five innings and allowing just one hit. He struck out five, walked two and also hit a batter.

After Ethan Bell pitched a scoreless sixth inning, Adam Stone took it home and picked up a three-inning save. Stone allowed just one baserunner, a single with two outs in the seventh. He struck out four.

The Cubs jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning, thanks in large part because of a three-run home run by left fielder Leonel Espinoza. It was his third home run of the year. Espinoza went 2 for 3 with a walk. He scored twice in addition to the three RBI.

In the fifth inning, first baseman Cameron Sisneros hit South Bend’s second three-run home run of the night. It was Sisneros’ fifth home run this year. Sisneros went 1 for 3 with two walks and two runs scored.

DH Kane Kepley was 3 for 6 with a double. He scored twice and had one run batted in. Kepley is hitting .388 with a .523 OBP in May so far.

Espinoza’s home run.

We don’t have distances in High-A, but Sisneros’ home run went quite a long ways.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans scored seven runs in the seventh inning and swatted the Augusta Green Jackets (Braves), 7-6.

It was a good start for Braylon Myers, who gave the Birds four scoreless innings. Myers surrendered just two hits and no walks. He struck out five.

Connor Knox pitched the next three innings and allowed two runs in the fifth and one in the seventh, but he got the win after the Pelicans’ huge bottom of the seventh. Knox’s final line was three runs on three hits over three innings. One of the three runs was unearned. He walked two and struck out two.

Right fielder Josiah Hartshorn was 2 for 4 with a double and a two-run single.

Left fielder Eli Lovich went 2 for 3 with an RBI double and a walk. He scored once.

Highlights.

ACL Cubs

Lost to the Angels, 14-1.