Cubs Minor League Wrap: Trice HR gives Smokies a 1-0 win

The Ramírez double.

An RBI double for Hayden Cantrelle. He was 1 for 4.

The Ramírez RBI single.

This one went 426 feet.

Knoxville Smokies

The Knoxville Smokies shut out the Rocket City Trash Pandas (Angels), 1-0.

Frankie Scalzo Jr. went two innings as the opener. He allowed two hits but no walks and he struck out three.

Nick Dean threw the next 4.2 innings and got the win. Dean surrendered four hits. He struck out six and walked no one.

Marino Santy relieved Dean after he gave up back-to-back two out singles in the seventh. Santy got out of that jam with a strikeout and then retired the side in order in the eighth.

Luis Rujano pitched the ninth inning and got the save. He allowed a leadoff single, but nothing else. He did not strike anyone out.

Right fielder Carter Trice led off the game with a solo home run. The Smokies only managed one more hit the rest of the game, but that was enough. It was Trice’s second home run this year. He was 1 for 4.

South Bend Cubs

The South Bend Cubs were cooked by the Ft. Wayne TinCaps (Padres), 11-10.

The wind was howling out in South Bend today, but starter Jackson Brockett was only around for part of the first inning of it. Brockett allowed two home runs in the first inning and was pulled after giving up five runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning. The saving grace there for Brockett was that only one of the five runs was earned.

The loss, however, went to Nate Spears, who gave up three runs on four hits over the next 3.1 innings. Just one of the four hits was a home run. Spears walked two and struck out five.

Right fielder Kade Snell connected in the third inning with a man on for his second home run of the season. Snell went 2 for 5 with three total runs batted in.

Third baseman Cole Mathis then went back-to-back with Snell for his first South Bend home run and his eighth overall. Mathis went 2 for 5. He scored twice and drove in two.

In the sixth inning, first baseman Cameron Sisneros hit a two-run home run that I think still hasn’t landed. Sisneros went 1 for 4 with a walk. He now has four home runs this season.

Shortstop Ty Southisene went 3 for 6 with a two-run double in his High-A debut. Southisene scored one run and had three total RBI.

Southisene’s double.

Snell’s home run.

Cole Mathis goes back-to-back.

I don’t think this one landed.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans got plucked by the Columbia Fireflies (Royals), 7-3.

Birds starter Luis A. Reyes failed to retire a batter. He allowed one hit, walked three and hit one batter. All five runners came around to score, three after he left the game.

Noah Edders relieved Reyes with the bases loaded and no outs in the first. He let all three runners in, but he steadied the ship by going 4.2 innings and allowing no runs of his own. Edders surrendered two hits and issued three walks. He struck out five.

Third baseman Derniche Valdez got the Pelicans on the board with a solo home run in the third inning. It was his third of the season. Valdez went 1 for 4.

First baseman Michael Carico went 2 for 4 with a walk and a two-run double.

Shortstop Alexis Hernandez was 2 for 5 and scored on the Carico double.

Valdez’s solo home run.