CHICAGO CUBS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT GAMES OF JUNE 29, 2018 | MINOR LEAGUE CLUBS: 2-4 YESTERDAY / 157-191 OVERALL IOWA CUBS-AAA (29-50, 4th Place, 15.5 GB) Yesterday: Loss vs. Memphis, 6-2 TOP PERFORMERS The I-Cubs fell behind early and were unable to rally in a 6-2 setback vs. Memphis. TODAY: vs. Memphis 2B Trent Giambrone (AA-Tenn) Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, R RHP Alec Mills (L) 6.2 7 6 6 1 5 0 3-8 4.81 LHP Kyle Ryan (0-2, 2.70) RHP Rollie Lacy (A-SB) Homers — None 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R/ER, 4 BB, 7 SO LF Grant Fennell (A-Mesa 2) © C Taylor Davis (.296) went 2-for-4 with a run scored. 4-for-5, 2 2B, 2 RB, R © CF Lane Adams (.136) went 2-for-4 with a double. © 1B Victor Caratini (.324) went 1-for-4 with an RBI ... is batting .326 (30-for-92) with 16 RBI in June. © RHP Carl Edwards Jr. made a rehab appearance and allowed one hit and a walk while striking out two in 0.2 innings. TOP PROSPECT RANKINGS MLB PIPELINE 1. RHP Adbert Alzolay 2. INF Aramis Ademan 3. RHP Oscar De La Cruz 4. RHP Jose Albertos TENNESSEE SMOKIES-AA (4-4, T-2nd Place, 1.0 GB) Yesterday: Loss vs. Chattanooga, 7-2 5. RHP Alex Lange Tennessee matched Chattanooga with eight total hits, but left 10 runners on base in a TODAY: vs. Chattanooga 6. LHP Brendon Little 7-2 loss in the second of a six-game series. SCHEDULED STARTER: 7. RHP Thomas Hatch 8. OF DJ Wilson Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA RHP Keegan Thompson (0-1, 24.00) 9. OF Nelson Velazquez RHP Oscar De La Cruz (L) 3.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 5-7 5.47 10. C Miguel Amaya Homers — Giambrone (11) 11. RHP Jen-Ho Tseng © 2B Trent Giambrone (.256) went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run ... his second-straight game with a homer. 12. RHP Dillon Maples © RF Jeffrey Baez (.296) went 2-for-4 with a double. 13. OF Mark Zagunis © LF-P Daniel Spingola (.267) went 1-for-3 at the plate and retired all three batters he faced while pitching in the ninth inning. 14. INF David Bote 15. LHP Justin Steele 16. RHP Jeremiah Estrada 17. RHP Erich Uelmen 18. RHP Keegan Thompson 19. RHP Erling Moreno 20. RHP Michael Rucker MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS-A (1-8, 5th Place, 6.0 GB) Yesterday: Loss vs. Buies Creek, 2-0 21. RHP Alec Mills Myrtle Beach totaled four hits and was shutout, 2-0, vs. Buies Creek. TODAY: vs. Potomac 22. INF Zack Short Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: 23. RHP Javier Assad RHP Cory Abbott (L) 6.0 3 1 1 3 7 1 1-3 4.74 RHP Erich Uelmen (1-0, 5.06) 24. LHP Bryan Hudson 25. INF Wladimir Galindo Homers — None 26. LHP Brailyn Marquez © CF Connor Myers (.262) went 1-for-4 and has recorded a hit in five-straight games. 27. RHP Trevor Clifton © RHP Cory Abbott pitched 5.1 scoreless innings and allowed just two hits after surrendering a solo home run in the first inning. 28. RHP Cory Abbott 29. RHP Duane Underwood Jr. 30. INF Jason Vosler BASEBALL AMERICA 1. INF Aramis Ademan 2. RHP Adbert Alzolay 3. RHP Jose Albertos 4. C Victor Caratini SOUTH BEND CUBS-A (5-4, T-3rd Place, 3.0 GB) Yesterday: Win vs. Dayton, 4-1 5. RHP Alex Lange Four runs in the eighth inning was all South Bend needed in a 4-1 win over Dayton. TODAY: vs. Dayton 6. RHP Oscar De La Cruz 7. LHP Brendon Little Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: 8. RHP Thomas Hatch RHP Rollie Lacy (ND) 5.0 3 0 0 4 7 0 3-1 2.17 RHP Erling Moreno (0-0, 6.75) 9. RHP Jen-Ho Tseng Homers — None 10. OF Nelson Velazquez © SS Rafael Narea (.250) went 2-for-4 with an RBI. © RF Brandon Hughes (.250) went 1-for-4 and drove in the game-winnng run with a two-run double in the eighth inning ... has recorded a hit in 17 of his last 19 games. © 2B Delvin Zinn (.277) went 2-for-3 with a run scored. © LF-1B Jared Young (.302) went 1-for-4 with an RBI ... is batting .347 (33-for-95) with 25 RBI in June. © RHP Rollie Lacy has pitched at least 5.0 innings and allowed one or zero runs in each of his last four starts. EUGENE AND MESA ON PAGE 2 EUGENE EMERALDS-A (5-10, 4th Place, 5.0 GB) Yesterday: Loss vs. Everett, 4-3 (10) FIRST HALF STANDINGS The Emeralds jumped out to an early lead but could not hold on in a 4-3 extra-innings loss TODAY: Off Day Team Record Place GB vs. Everett. Tennessee 36-34 4th 3.5 Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA Myrtle Beach 34-36 T-4th 7.0 RHP Jeffrey Passantino (ND) 4.0 2 0 0 4 1 0 1-0 2.63 South Bend 34-35 4th 13.0 Homers — None Eugene In Progress Mesa 1 In Progress © LF Tyler Durna (.500) went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Mesa 2 In Progress © C Jonathan Soto (.167) went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and two RBI. © 3B Jake Slaughter (.333) went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. 2018 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS Iowa LHP Alberto Baldonado MESA CUBS 1-R (5-4, 3rd Place, 2.5 GB) Yesterday: Off Day Tennessee INF Jason Vosler Mesa Cubs 1 were off on Friday and will be back in action today against the AZL White Sox. TODAY: vs. AZL White Sox RHP Craig Brooks RHP Trevor Clifton RHP Thomas Hatch RHP Dakota Mekkes OF Jeffrey Baez Myrtle Beach C Jhonny Pereda RHP Tyler Peyton INF Aramis Ademan South Bend C Miguel Amaya INF Jared Young MESA CUBS 2-R (4-6, 5th Place, 3.5 GB) Yesterday: Win vs. AZL Brewers, 7-1 RHP Javier Assad Mesa Cubs 2 held the AZL Brewers to just three hits in a 7-1 victory. TODAY: Off Day RHP Brendan King Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA RHP Rollie Lacy RHP Blake Whitney (ND) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0-0 0.00 Homers — None © LF Grant Fennell (.306) went 4-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI and a run scored. © SS Levi Jordan (.250) went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored ... also stole his first base of the season. © CF Ezequiel Pagan (.333) went 1-for-3 with two RBI, a walk and a stolen base. © RF Jose Alejandro Gonzalez (.258) went 1-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. 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.