CHICAGO CUBS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT GAMES OF AUGUST 9, 2018 | MINOR LEAGUE CLUBS: 1-4 YESTERDAY / 270-321 OVERALL IOWA CUBS-AAA (42-73, 4th Place, 20.0 GB) Yesterday: Loss at New Orleans, 1-0 TOP PERFORMERS Despite a stellar all-around pitching performance, the I-Cubs could not plate a run in a TODAY: at New Orleans 1B Jake Slaughter (A-Eugene) 1-0 setback at New Orleans. SCHEDULED STARTER: 3-for-5, HR, 2B, 6 RBI, R Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA RHP Trevor Clifton (2-2, 3.94) CF-LF Nelson Velazquez (A-Eugene) RHP Luke Farrell (L) 5.0 4 1 1 3 4 0 0-4 4.05 2-for-5, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R Homers — None RHP Luke Farrell (AAA-Iowa) 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 3 BB, 4 SO © SS Ryan Court (.275) went 1-for-3 with a walk. © RHP Luke Farrell has a 0.73 ERA (1 ER/12.1 IP) in his last three road outings. © RHP Dakota Mekkes (1.0 IP, H, BB, 2 SO), LHP Alberto Baldonado (1.2 IP), and RHP Dillon Maples (0.1 IP, 2 SO) combined to allow TOP PROSPECT RANKINGS just one hit in 3.0 scoreless innings of relief. MLB PIPELINE 1. RHP Adbert Alzolay 2. INF Aramis Ademan 3. RHP Oscar De La Cruz 4. RHP Jose Albertos TENNESSEE SMOKIES-AA (21-24, 4th Place, 5.5 GB) Yesterday: Loss vs. Biloxi, 5-0 5. RHP Alex Lange Tennessee allowed four runs in the first inning and could not recover in a 5-0 setback vs. TODAY: vs. Biloxi 6. LHP Brendon Little Biloxi. SCHEDULED STARTER: 7. RHP Thomas Hatch 8. OF DJ Wilson Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA RHP Michael Rucker (8-5, 3.71) 9. OF Nelson Velazquez RHP Thomas Hatch (L) 6.0 7 4 4 0 6 1 6-5 3.93 10. C Miguel Amaya Homers — None 11. RHP Jen-Ho Tseng © LF Wynton Bernard (.333) went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. 12. RHP Dillon Maples © CF Connor Myers (.260) went 2-for-4 and has hit safely in his last five games. 13. OF Mark Zagunis © 1B Yasiel Balaguert (.228) extended his hitting streak to six games, going 1-for-4 with a double. 14. INF David Bote 15. LHP Justin Steele 16. RHP Jeremiah Estrada 17. RHP Erich Uelmen 18. RHP Keegan Thompson 19. RHP Erling Moreno MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS-A (16-29, 4th Place, 12.0 GB) Yesterday: Off Day 20. RHP Michael Rucker Myrtle Beach was off yesterday but will be back in action tonight to open a three-game TODAY: vs. Wilmington 21. RHP Alec Mills series vs. Wilmington. SCHEDULED STARTER: 22. INF Zack Short RHP Erick Leal (1-1, 1.10) 23. RHP Javier Assad 24. LHP Bryan Hudson 25. INF Wladimir Galindo 26. LHP Brailyn Marquez 27. RHP Trevor Clifton 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 (20-26, T-5th Place, 8.0 GB) Yesterday: Loss vs. Great Lakes, 4-3 5. RHP Alex Lange South Bend jumped out to an early lead but allowed two runs in the fifth inning and TODAY: vs. Great Lakes 6. RHP Oscar De La Cruz could not rally in a 4-3 setback vs. Great Lakes. SCHEDULED STARTER: 7. LHP Brendon Little 8. RHP Thomas Hatch Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA LHP Brendon Little (4-9, 4.86) 9. RHP Jen-Ho Tseng RHP Javier Assad (ND) 4.0 4 2 1 1 2 0 5-6 3.83 10. OF Nelson Velazquez Homers — None © LF Christian Donahue (.284) went 1-for-3 with an RBI and has recorded a hit in seven of his last eight games. © CF Jimmy Herron (.196) went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. © RHP Javier Assad has a 1.29 ERA (2 ER/14.0 IP) in his last three starts at home. EUGENE AND MESA ON PAGE 2 EUGENE EMERALDS-A (7-7, 3rd Place, 2.0 GB) Yesterday: Win at Everett, 10-6 FIRST HALF STANDINGS Eugene fell behind early but rallied with five runs in the fifth inning and four runs in the TODAY: at Everett Team Record Place GB seventh en route to a 10-6 victory at Everett. SCHEDULED STARTER: Tennessee 36-34 4th 3.5 Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA RHP Paul Richan (0-1, 1.80) Myrtle Beach 34-36 T-4th 7.0 RHP Zach Mort (ND) 2.0 6 5 5 1 2 3 0-1 6.00 South Bend 34-35 4th 13.0 Homers — Velazquez (7), Slaughter (1) Eugene 14-24 4th 10.0 Mesa 1 18-10 1st -- © 1B Jake Slaughter (.233) went 3-for-5 with a double, a grand slam, a run scored and a career-high six RBI. Mesa 2 14-13 3rd 5.5 © CF-LF Nelson Velazquez (.243) went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, three RBI and three runs scored ... has a team-high seven homers this season, tied for fifth-most in the Northwest League. © 2B Andy Weber (.462) went 1-for-3 with two walks, an RBI and two runs scored. 2018 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS Iowa LHP Alberto Baldonado MESA CUBS 1-R (8-4, T-1st Place, -- GB) Yesterday: Off Day Tennessee INF Jason Vosler Mesa was off yesterday and will face the AZL Athletics tonight beginning at 10:00 PM ET. TODAY: vs. AZL Athletics 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 (6-6, 5th Place, 2.0 GB) Yesterday: Loss vs. AZL Dodgers, 2-1 RHP Javier Assad Mesa outhit the AZL Dodgers, but could not score after the second inning in a 2-1 setback. TODAY: Off Day RHP Brendan King Starting Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA RHP Rollie Lacy RHP Kohl Franklin (ND) 2.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0-1 7.94 Homers — None © LF D.J. Artis (.286) went 2-for-4 with a stolen base. © 3B Fidel Mejia (.343) went 2-for-3 with a walk ... his fourth multi-hit effort in his last seven games. © CF Brennen Davis (.275) went 2-for-4 with a run scored ... has hit safely in his last four games and seven of his last eight games. © RHP Emilio Ferrebus (1.0 IP, SO), LHP Ruben Reyes (1.0 IP), LHP Luis Silva (2.0 IP, H, BB, SO) and RHP Nathan Sweeney (1.0 IP, H, SO) allowed just two combined hits and no runs while striking out three in the final 5.0 innings of relief. 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.