MINOR LEAGUE REPORT GAMES OF AUGUST 16, 2018 | MINOR LEAGUE CLUBS: 4-3 YESTERDAY / 292-341 OVERALL

IOWA CUBS-AAA (45-76, 4th Place, 18.5 GB) Yesterday: Win vs. Colorado Springs, 9-3 TOP PERFORMERS

Iowa cruised to a 9-3 victory vs. Colorado Springs. TODAY: at Oklahoma City RHP Michael Rucker (AA-Tenn.) Starting IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 SO RHP Trevor Clifton (ND) 4.2 5 3 3 3 2 0 3-2 3.86 TBD SS Zack Short (AA-Tenn.) Homers — Vosler (8) 2-for-5, GS HR, BB, 5 RBI RHP Paul Richan (A-Eugene) ©© 3B Jason Vosler (.280) went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer and a walk. 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 R, 5 SO ©© 2B Stephen Bruno (.236) went 3-for-4 with a walk, two doubles, two runs scored and two RBI. ©© SS Ryan Court (.279) reached three times, going 1-for-3 with two walks, one run and two RBI ... has a nine-game hitting streak. ©© LHP earned the win, striking out five batters in 3.1-scoreless innings. TOP PROSPECT RANKINGS MLB PIPELINE 1. RHP Adbert Alzolay 2. INF Aramis Ademan 3. RHP Oscar De La Cruz 4. RHP Jose Albertos -AA (25-26, 2nd Place, 6.0 GB) Yesterday: Win at Birmingham, 11-1 5. RHP Tennessee cruised to an 11-1 victory at Birmingham. TODAY: at Birmingham 6. LHP Brendon Little 7. RHP Thomas Hatch Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: 8. OF DJ Wilson RHP Michael Rucker (W) 6.0 3 1 1 2 6 0 9-5 3.49 RHP (5-1, 2.62) 9. OF Nelson Velazquez Homers — Short (15), Martinez (11) 10. C Miguel Amaya ©© SS Zack Short (.237) went 2-for-5 with a grand slam, walk and a season-high five RBI. 11. RHP Jen-Ho Tseng ©© RF Eddy Martinez (.219) went 2-for-5 with a double, and four RBI. 12. RHP ©© 3B Vimael Machin (.248) went 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and a RBI. 13. OF Mark Zagunis ©© RHP Michael Rucker recorded his third-straight scoreless outing ... has allowed four runs in 23.0 innings in his last four starts. 14. INF 15. LHP 16. RHP Jeremiah Estrada 17. RHP Erich Uelmen 18. RHP Keegan Thompson 19. RHP Erling Moreno -A (20-32, 4th Place, 12.5 GB) Yesterday: Loss at Potomac, 3-2 20. RHP Michael Rucker Myrtle Beach collected just three hits in a 3-2 walk-off loss at Potomac. TODAY: vs. Buies Creek 21. RHP Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: 22. INF Zack Short RHP Erich Uelmen (ND) 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 1 3-2 4.62 RHP (3-5, 3.31) 23. RHP Javier Assad 24. LHP Bryan Hudson Homers — Cruz (1) 25. INF Wladimir Galindo ©© C Michael Cruz (.105) went 1-for-3 with a game-tying two-run homer in the seventh inning, his first homer of the season with 26. LHP Brailyn Marquez Myrtle Beach. 27. RHP Trevor Clifton ©© RHP Erick Leal (3.1 IP, H, 3 BB, 5 SO) and LHP Yapson Gomez (3.0 IP, H, SO) combined for 6.1-scoreless innings of relief. 28. RHP Cory Abbott 29. RHP Duane Underwood Jr. 30. INF Jason Vosler AMERICA 1. INF Aramis Ademan 2. RHP Adbert Alzolay 3. RHP Jose Albertos 4. C Victor Caratini -A (22-30, 6th Place, 8.5 GB) Yesterday: Loss at Fort Wayne, 5-1 5. RHP Alex Lange South Bend lost 5-1 at Fort Wayne ... was a seven-inning contest as part of a double- TODAY: at Fort Wayne (DH) 6. RHP Oscar De La Cruz header, but the second game was postponed due to rain. SCHEDULED STARTER: 7. LHP Brendon Little 8. RHP Thomas Hatch Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA RHP Javier Assad (5-6, 3.83) 9. RHP Jen-Ho Tseng LHP Brendon Little (L) 4.0 5 5 5 3 2 1 4-10 5.08 RHP Ryan Williams (0-2, 5.56) 10. OF Nelson Velazquez Homers — Herron (2) ©© LF Jimmy Herron (.274) went 2-for-3 with a solo homer ... he has hit safely in eight-straight games.

EUGENE AND MESA ON PAGE 2 EUGENE EMERALDS-A (10-11, 3rd Place, 3.0 GB) Yesterday: Win vs. Hillsboro, 2-1 FIRST HALF STANDINGS Eugene allowed just three hits in a 2-1 victory over Hillsboro. TODAY: vs. Boise Team Record Place GB Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: Tennessee 36-34 4th 3.5 RHP Paul Richan (ND) 4.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0-1 1.23 TBD Myrtle Beach 34-36 T-4th 7.0 Homers — None South Bend 34-35 4th 13.0 Eugene 14-24 4th 10.0 ©© RHP Paul Richan tossed 4.0-perfect innings to begin the game ... has not allowed a run in his last four starts (13.0 IP). Mesa 1 18-10 1st -- ©© 2B Levi Jordan (.244) went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and scored both runs. Mesa 2 14-13 3rd 5.5

2018 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS Iowa LHP Alberto Baldonado

MESA CUBS 1-R (12-6, 1st Place, 1.0 GA) Yesterday: Win at AZL D-backs, 8-4 Tennessee INF Jason Vosler Mesa 1 cruised to an 8-4 victory over the AZL D-backs. TODAY: vs. AZL Rangers RHP Craig Brooks Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA RHP Trevor Clifton RHP Yunior Perez (ND) 3.1 3 3 3 2 5 1 2-2 5.04 RHP Thomas Hatch Homers — None RHP Dakota Mekkes OF Jeffrey Baez ©© 1B Rafael Mejia (.310) went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs scored. ©© DH Dalton Hurd (.217) went 1-for-3 with a double, walk and two runs scored. Myrtle Beach C Jhonny Pereda RHP Tyler Peyton INF Aramis Ademan

South Bend C Miguel Amaya INF Jared Young MESA CUBS 2-R (9-8, T-4th Place, 2.0 GB) Yesterday: Loss at AZL Indians 2, 5-4 RHP Javier Assad Mesa 2 led 4-1 in the fifth inning but dropped a 5-4 decision against the Indians. TODAY: vs. AZL Indians 2 RHP Brendan King Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA RHP Rollie Lacy RHP Kohl Franklin (ND) 4.0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0-1 5.59 Homers — None ©© C Henderson Perez (.269) went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs.

TROPHY CASE Player (Team) Award Notes/Stats Jeffrey Baez (Tenn.) April Cubs Minor League Player of the Month .411 (23-for-56), 7 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 15 R, 7 R Matt Swarmer (MB) April Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Month 2-2, 1.74 ERA (4 ER/20.2 IP), 26 SO, 3 BB Keegan Thompson (MB) Carolina League Pitcher of the Week (May 21-27) 1-0, 0.00 ERA (0 ER/6.0 IP), 1 H, 0 BB, 8 SO Jhonny Pereda (MB) May Cubs Minor League Player of the Month .287 (25-for-87), 6 2B, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 14 BB Cory Abbott (SB) May Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Month 3-1, 2.67 ERA (9 ER/30.1 IP), 41 SO, 11 BB Keegan Thompson (MB) Carolina League Pitcher of the Week (June 11-17) 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0 ER/7.0 IP), 0 H, 0 BB, 8 SO Jared Young (SB) June Cubs Minor League Player of the Month .340 (34-for-100), 4 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 27 RBI, 15 R Duncan Robinson (Tenn.) June Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Month 2-0, 1.57 ERA (4 ER/23.0 IP), 26 SO, 0 BB Miguel Amaya (SB) 2018 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game Selection Trent Giambrone (Tenn.) Southern League Player of the Week (July 2-8) .346 (9-for-26), 3 2B, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 5 R Erick Leal (MB) Carolina League Pitcher of the Week (July 23-29) 1-0, 0.00 ERA (0 ER/8.1 IP), 0 BB, 11 SO Jared Young (SB/MB) July Cubs Minor League Player of the Month .350 (35-for-100), 4 2B, 4 HR, 17 RBI, 9 R Erick Leal (MB) July Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Month 1-0, 0.00 ERA (0 ER/22.2 IP), 25 SO, 1 BB