MINOR LEAGUE REPORT GAMES OF MAY 31, 2017 | MINOR LEAGUE CLUBS: 0-3 YESTERDAY / 112-95 OVERALL

IOWA CUBS-AAA (23-28, 4th Place, 7.0 GB) Yesterday: Off Day TOP PERFORMERS had the day off ... the Cubs begin a four-game home set vs. Nashville tonight. TODAY: vs. Nashville RHP Jen-Ho Tseng (AA-) SCHEDULED STARTER: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO RHP (3-4, 7.57) 3B Jesse Hodges (A-Myrtle Beach) 3-for-6, RBI C Alberto Mineo (A-South Bend) 3-for-4, 2B, R

REHAB ASSIGNMENTS

No Cubs are currently on a rehab assignment. -AA (29-22, 1st Place, 0.5 GA) Yesterday: Loss at Montgomery, 5-3 TODAY: @ Montgomery Tennessee’s two home runs were not enough in a 5-3 setback at Montgomery. TEAM LEADERS STARTING IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: RHP Preston Morrison (0-4, 3.53) RHP Jen-Ho Tseng (ND) 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 1 5-1 2.48 AAA-Iowa Average: Victor Caratini (.340) Homers — Bote (6), Penalver (1) Homers: (9) RBI: Victor Caratini (33) ©© SS Carlos Penalver (.258) went 1-for-2 with a solo homer, walk and two runs scored ... first homer of the season. OPS: Ian Happ (.977) ©© 2B (.270) went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and walk. ERA: (1.17) ©© Tseng tossed a quality start, allowing just one in 6.0 innings ... his fifth-straight quality start, posting a 1.45 ERA (5 ER/31.0 Wins: Aaron Brooks (3) IP) during that stretch ... was in line for the win before the Smokies allowed four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Saves: (5) : Seth Frankoff (52)

MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS-A (28-25, 3rd Place, 2.0 GB) Yesterday: Loss vs. Down East, 4-3 (14) AA-Tennessee Myrtle Beach suffered a 4-3 loss in 14 innings vs. Down East ... all three runs for the TODAY: vs. Down East Average: (.288) Pelicans came in the fourth inning. SCHEDULED STARTER: Homers: J. Baez/J. Vosler (8) RBI: Jason Vosler (32) IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA LHP Ryan Kellogg (1-3, 5.01) OPS: Jason Vosler (.899) RHP Kyle Miller (ND) 4.0 4 2 2 2 1 0 2-1 4.76 ERA: Trevor Clifton (2.36) Wins: Z. Hedges/J. Tseng (5) Homers — None Saves: Andury Acevedo (3) ©© 3B Jesse Hodges (.269) collected a team-high three hits, going 3-for-6 with a RBI ... his third three-hit game of the season. Strikeouts: Jen-Ho Tseng (47) ©© DH Daniel Spingola (.293) went 2-for-6 with a run scored and RBI. ©© RHP Scott Effross (2.0 IP, H), RHP (1.0 IP, BB, 2 SO) and LHP Jordan Minch (2.0 IP, 2 BB, SO) all posted scoreless A-Myrtle Beach relief outings ... Minch has not allowed a run in five outings (7.1 IP) this season. Average: Daniel Spingola (.293) Homers: Matt Rose (8) RBI: Eddy Martinez (26) -A (32-20, 3rd Place, 3.0 GB) Yesterday: Loss @ Dayton, 9-8 OPS: Daniel Spingola (.854) ERA: (2.55) South Bend fell behind 6-0 after three innings and rallied to within one run, but TODAY: @ Dayton Wins: (5) ultimately fell 9-8 at Dayton. SCHEDULED STARTER: Saves: Three players tied (3) STARTING PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA LHP Bryan Hudson (0-1, 4.19) Strikeouts: (51) LHP Jose Paulino (L) 2.2 8 6 6 1 1 1 2-1 5.49 A-South Bend Homers — Machin (2) Average: Wladimir Galindo (.305) ©© C Alberto Mineo (.280) went 3-for-4 with a and run scored ... second three-hit game of the season. Homers: K. Mitchell/Z. Short (5) ©© CF Luis Ayala (.279) notched his fifth-straight two-hit game, going 2-for-5 with a triple, run scored and two RBI. RBI: I. Paredes/Y. Peguero (23) ©© 1B Vimael Machin (.276) hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning ... finished 1-for-5 with two runs scored. OPS: (.872) ©© RF Roberto Caro (.417) reached three times, going 1-for-3 with two walks and a run scored. ERA: Duncan Robinson (1.35) Wins: Manuel Rondon (6) Saves: Wyatt Short (4) Strikeouts: (54) -A (0-0) Season begins June 15 vs. Vancouver NEWS AND NOTES OUR PROSPECTS ARE GOOD: Three MESA CUBS-R (0-0) Season begins June 24 vs. AZL Athletics of the Cubs’ top 10 prospects (as rat- ed by ) have gotten the call to the big leagues already TOP 10 PROSPECTS (Baseball America) this season ... OF Jr. made the Northsiders’ Opening Day 1. Eloy Jimenez, OF (A-Myrtle Beach) 6. , OF (AAA-Iowa) roster ... INF was Made season debut with Myrtle Beach 5/14 after missing 35 Has made All-Star teams at AA, A (Myrtle Beach, South Bend) called up from Iowa to be the club’s games with a shoulder injury. and Rookie levels. 26th man in a doubleheader at 2. Ian Happ, 2B/OF (AAA-Iowa/MLB) 7. Jeimer Candelario, INF (AAA-Iowa/MLB) Colorado, then remained at the Major Called up to Cubs May 13, homered for first major league hit. Called up May 9, played six games ... made ML Debut 7/3/2016. League level for six games ... I-Cubs INF/OF Ian Happ made his big 3. Albert Almora Jr., OF (MLB) 8. Trevor Clifton, RHP (AA-Tennessee) league debut May 13 at St. Louis and Made Cubs’ Opening Day roster. Was named 2016 Pitcher of the Year homered off Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez for his first-career ML hit. 4. Dylan Cease, RHP (A-South Bend) 9. D.J. Wilson, OF (A-South Bend) Logged a 2.22 ERA (11 ER/44.2 IP) at Eugene last season. Picked in the 4th round of the 2015 Draft. THE I-CUBS ARE MY CUBS: Along with Happ and Candelario, six pitch- 5. Oscar De La Cruz, RHP (A-Myrtle Beach) 10. Jose Albertos, RHP ers have made the jump from Iowa Named Pitcher of the Week 8/14/2016. 4.0 IP, H, 0 R in one start last season with Mesa. to Chicago this season ... RHP Eddie Butler became the first Cubs starter TROPHY CASE since 2006 to go 6.0-scoreless Award Player Notes innings in his team debut ... LHPs and Southern League Player C Ian Rice (AA-Tennessee) Went 8-for-13 with two doubles, three homers (including a and RHPs , Felix Pena of the Week (5/1-5/7) ) and nine RBI. and Pierce Johnson have also seen Cubs Pitcher of the RHP Dylan Cease (A-South Bend) Posted a 1.90 ERA (5 ER/23.2 IP) in five April starts ... action at the major-league level. Month, April allowed one or no runs with seven or more strikeouts in four SOUTH BEND’S UNTOUCHABLES: of his five outings. SB Cubs RHP Dylan Cease has been Cubs Player of the INF Jeimer Candelario (AAA-Iowa) Hit .306/.432/.625 (22-for-72) ... tied for the PCL lead in fanning batters at a rate of 14.29 Month, April doubles while his 15 extra-base hits ranked second ... had SO/9 (54 SO/34.0 IP), tops among three five-RBI games. Midwest League starting ... RHP Dakota Mekkes began the season with 11.0-consecutive hitless innings ... batters are 11-for-79 against the righty, good for a .139 opponent batting average.

RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY: Cubs affiliates have been rained out 19 times this season ... Tennessee leads the way with nine postponed contests in the season’s first two months.

ON AND ON (AND ON...): Iowa C/ INF reached base in his first 18 games this season ... dating to August 10 of last year, that streak lasted 38 games ... during the run, Davis hit .256 (32-for-125) with 15 runs, eight doubles, two homers, 19 RBI, 24 walks and just 13 strikeouts ... was the longest streak by an I-Cub since at least 2009.