Iowa Cubs Game Notes Saturday, April 14 • 6:35 PM CT • Autozone Park • Memphis, TN Triple-A Affiliate of the Chicago Cubs Since 1981 RHP Duane Underwood Jr
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IOWA CUBS (2-5) AT MEMPHIS REDBIRDS (8-1) IOWA CUBS GAME NOTES Saturday, April 14 • 6:35 PM CT • AutoZone Park • Memphis, TN Triple-A Affiliate of the Chicago Cubs since 1981 RHP Duane Underwood Jr. (0-0, 6.00) MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT vs. Shelby Cravens • [email protected] RHP Daniel Poncedeleon (0-0, 0.00) Sunday, April 15 • 2:05 @ Memphis LAST GAMES April 15 @ Memphis 2:05 RHP Alec Mills (0-1, 8.31) vs. RHP John Gant (2-0, 0.69) April 5 vs. Oklahoma City G1 L, 1-2 April 16 @ Memphis 11:05 April 5 vs. Oklahoma City G2 W, 3-2 (8) April 17 vs. Nashville 6:38 Monday, April 16 • 11:05 @ Memphis April 7 vs. Oklahoma City L, 6-5 (11) April 18 vs. Nashville 12:08 RHP Jen-Ho Tseng (0-2, 6.10) vs. RHP Dakota Hudson (2-0, 4.35) April 10 @ Nashville L, 7-0 April 19 vs. Nashville 6:38 April 11 @ Nashville L, 6-0 April 20 vs. Nashville 7:08 Tuesday, April 17 • 6:38 vs. Nashville April 12 @ Nashville W, 6-3 (11) April 21 vs. Nashville 7:08 LHP Michael Roth (0-0, 0.00) vs. TBD April 13 @ Memphis L, 3-9 April 22 vs. Nashville 1:08 April 23 vs. Nashville 12:08 April 25 @ Oklahoma City 7:05 Wednesday, April 18 • 12:08 vs. Nashville NEXT GAMES April 26 @ Oklahoma City 7:05 RHP Luke Farrell (0-1, 5.91) vs. TBD April 14 @ Memphis 6:35 TONIGHT’S GAME: Iowa and Memphis clash for the AGAINST MEMPHIS: Iowa finished 5-10 against QUIcK FAcTS second game of this four-game set. Iowa has dropped Memphis in 2017, its worst mark against any PCL 2018 vs. MEM.................................. 0-1 four of its last five, capturing victories on Opening Day American Division team. The I-Cubs have dropped 2018 vs. MEM at home.................... 0-0 and on Thursday against Nashville. Memphis tops six-straight contests to the Redbirds, their longest 2018 at MEM .................................. 0-1 All-time vs. MEM ...................... 133-154 the PCL with an 8-1 record. losing streak against the team since they lost seven- All-time vs. MEM at home............ 84-60 straight July 25, 2014-April 10, 2015. Stephen Bruno All-time at MEM ........................... 49-94 Streak vs. MEM ............................... L-6 THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: Iowa has hit just one carried the I-Cubs in the matchup last season, batting home run this season, coming off the bat of David .391 (9-for-23) through 13 games. Home ............................................... 1-3 Road ................................................ 1-2 Bote on Opening Day. At a pace of one long ball per Day .................................................. 0-1 eight games, Iowa is slated for just 20 homers on TAKE A HIKE: Iowa drew 10 walks Thursday, Night ................................................ 2-4 vs. LHP ............................................ 1-0 the season. At this time last season, the I-Cubs had matching its team high from 2017 (9/2 vs. OMA). vs. RHP ........................................... 1-5 blasted seven homers, including a grand slam from Mark Zagunis tallied three of the 10. Zagunis led Win / Loss streak ............................. L-1 Jeimer Candelario. the team in walks with 70 last season and also held Longest win streak...............................1 the single-game high with four on Aug. 4 vs. Fresno. Longest losing streak...........................3 THE RUNDOWN: Nine of Iowa’s 18 runs this season Extra innings .................................... 2-1 have scored in extras with the help of a runner at After going 0-for-7 through the first Shutouts .......................................... 0-1 FREED MIKE: Quality Starts ................................... 1-0 second to begin the inning. Five of the 18 runs (28%) three games of the season, Mike Freeman has One-run games................................ 1-2 were unearned. snapped back. Through his last three contests, Lead after 7 ..................................... 1-0 Tied after 7 ...................................... 1-1 Freeman is 5-for-9 with a triple and an RBI. He has Trail after 7 ...................................... 0-4 Michael Roth tabbed Iowa’s boosted his season average to .313 and holds a Lead after 8 ..................................... 2-0 STRONG AND STEADY: Tied after 8 ...................................... 0-1 first quality start of the season with 6.0 scoreless .421 OBP. Trail after 8 ...................................... 0-3 frames against Nashville Thursday. He became the Cubs score first................................ 2-2 first pitcher on either side in Iowa’s games to make ON THIS DATE IN IOWA HISTORY...Iowa was no-hit Opp. scores first .............................. 0-3 by the New Orleans Baby Cakes at Principal Park Score 4 or more runs ....................... 1-1 it through six. Score fewer than 4 runs .................. 1-4 in 2017. It was the ninth time in the team’s Triple-A Score 10+ runs ................................ 0-0 Opp. score 10+ runs ........................ 0-0 HEY, BATTER BATTER: Iowa’s average of six hits era (since 1969) that Iowa had been no-hit and the Comeback wins ............................... 0-0 per game (42H/7G) is tied with Omaha (48H/8G) for first time since May 25, 2002 when Calgary’s Jamie Walkoff wins.........................................1 Opp. walkoff wins .................................. last in the league. Albuquerque leads the group with Arnold bested the I-Cubs 12-1. Last season, Scott 11.77 hits per game (106H/9G). Iowa’s high of eight Copeland (7.0), former I-Cub Hunter Cervenka (1.0) Iowa homers .................................... 1-0 Iowa 10+ hits ................................... 0-0 hits in a game this season also ranks last. and Brandon Cunniff (1.0) collaborated for the no- Opponent 10+ hits ........................... 1-1 hitter. Out-hit opponent .............................. 0-0 Equal hit total ................................... 0-1 DOUBLE TROUBLE: Memphis tagged Iowa pitchers Out-hit by opponent ......................... 2-4 with six doubles last night, matching a high allowed KO’d: Jacob Hannemann was set down on strikes Most hits in a game .............................8 Fewest hits in a game (9 Inn.) .............4 by Iowa in 2017. The last time an opponent roped six four times Thursday for the first time since May 12, Fewest hits in a game (7 Inn.) .............6 doubles against Iowa was July 2 against Round Rock. 2017 while with Double-A Tennessee. Iowa totaled a No errors.......................................... 1-0 Memphis also snagged a triple and a home run for a season-high 13 strikeouts as a team, its most since With 1 error ...................................... 1-4 total of eight extra-base hits. In 2017, opponents only Aug. 8. 2017 against Sacramento (14). Last season, With 2 errors .................................... 0-1 With 3+ errors .................................. 0-0 matched this mark twice and exceeded it twice (9). Iowa batters individually whiffed four times in a game six times. Mark Zagunis was the last to do it on July Travel days ...................................... 1-1 First game of series ......................... 0-3 GETTING IT DONE: The I-Cubs collected just four 19 at Nashville. Vs. NL affiliates ................................ 1-3 hits Thursday night – two from David Bote and one Vs. AL affiliates ................................ 1-2 Largest home crowd .....................5,155 from both Chris Gimenez and Stephen Bruno. The SHORT HOPS: Michael Roth is one of six qualifying Largest road crowd .......................8,771 last time the I-Cubs won a game with four or fewer PCL pitchers with a 0.00 ERA...Jen-Ho Tseng leads M. Pevey Iowa Record ............ 356-365 hits was July 25, 2017 when they collected three the league with 19 hits allowed...Iowa has not M. Pevey Career Record ...... 1,000-992 knocks in a 2-1 victory at El Paso. collected more than two extra-base hits in a game. TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: #32 RHP Duane Underwood Jr. (0-0, 6.00) Height: 6-2 • Weight: 210 • Throws: Right • Bats: Right • Born: July 20, 1994 • Opening Day Age: 23 • Resides: St. Petersburg, FL 2018: Entering the season, rated as the Cubs No. 19 and No. 30 prospect by Baseball America and MLB.com, respectively...Made his Triple-A debut as a pinch-runner in extra innings on Opening Day; scored the winning run on a walk-off single from Efren Navarro...made his pitching debut on April 10 at Nashville, allowing three runs, two earned, through 3.0 innings. cAREER NOTES: Selected by the Cubs in the second round of the 2012 draft... added to the Cubs 40-man roster in November of 2015 as protection from the Rule 5 Draft...on the DL with a right elbow strain June 27-Aug. 28, 2015...suffered a right forearm strain that landed him on the DL July 6-Aug. 16, 2016. 2017: Rated the No. 15 prospect in the Cubs’ system by Baseball America and the No. 16 prospect in the organization by MLB.com...set career marks with 13 wins, 98 strikeouts, 50 walks, 13 home runs and 138.0 innings pitched for Double-A Tennessee...led the Southern League in wins...logged his first injury-free season since 2013...went 5-for-26 with a double and two RBI batting; notched a two-hit game on Aug. 4 against Pensacola BAcKGROUND: Duane Lee Underwood Jr...signed by Keith Lockhart...graduated from Pope High School (GA)....committed to play collegiately at the University of Georgia before signing with the Cubs awards AND HONORS 2015 Carolina League mid-season All-Star 2012 Midwest League Player of the Week, 7/7 CAREER statistics YEAR TEAM W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG 2012 Mesa 0 1 5.19 5 5 0 0 0 0 8.2 7 6 5 1