CHICAGO CUBS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT GAMES OF JULY 8, 2017 | MINOR LEAGUE CLUBS: 4-2 YESTERDAY / 199-183 OVERALL IOWA CUBS-AAA (41-48, T-3rd Place, 14.5 GB) Yesterday: Loss vs. Omaha, 5-1 TOP PERFORMERS Iowa fell to the Omaha Storm Chasers at home, 5-1. TODAY: vs. Omaha 1B Austin Upshaw (A-South Bend) STARTING PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: 3-for-5, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R RHP Jen-Ho Tseng (0-0, 0.00) RHP Aaron Brooks (L) 7.0 6 4 4 0 9 1 5-7 5.96 LF Kevonte Mitchell (A-South Bend) 3-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R, 2 SB Homers — None DH Jhonny Bethencourt (A-Eugene) 2-for-4, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R © 1B Chris Dominguez (.330) was 2-for-4 with Iowa's lone RBI ... has 14 multi-hit games in his last 16 starts ... ranks first in the RHP Manuel Rodriguez (A-Eugene) PCL with 33 hits since June 24 and second in the league with a .493 (33-for-67) average in that span. 3.0 IP, 5 SO © 2B Chesny Young (.278) was 2-for-5 ... his second multi-hit game in his last three contests. © RHP Pierce Johnson (1.0 IP, 3 SO) fanned the side in the ninth inning. © Brooks took his seventh loss despite tying a season-high with 7.0 IP and whiffing a 2017-best nine batters. REHAB ASSIGNMENTS LHP Brett Anderson (AA-Tennessee) TENNESSEE SMOKIES-AA (9-7, T-2nd Place, 4.0 GB) Yesterday: Win at Chattanooga, 5-4 3 GS - 13.0 IP, 17 H, 7 ER Tennessee scored a run in the 8th and 9th to sneak by the Lookouts, 5-4. TODAY: vs. Montgomery STARTING PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: TEAM LEADERS TBD RHP Zach Hedges (ND) 6.0 8 4 0 1 3 0 6-5 3.74 AAA-Iowa Average: Victor Caratini (.341) Homers — Brockmeyer (5), Cornelius (1) Homers: Mark Zagunis (11) © C Cael Brockmeyer (.180) hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the fourth inning ... was 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored. RBI: Victor Caratini (54) © 1B Kevin Cornelius (.206) tied the game in the eighth inning with a solo shot, his first home run this season ... was 1-for-3 with OPS: Victor Caratini (.919) a walk. ERA: Seth Frankoff (4.15) © RF Yasiel Balaguert (.233) and DH Ian Rice (.246) each notched a pair of hits ... Balaguert doubled and scored two runs ... Rice Wins: Three players tied (5) crossed the plate once. Saves: Pierce Johnson (8) © 3B Andrew Ely (.258) drove in the game-winning run with a single in the ninth ... finished 1-for-4. Strikeouts: Seth Frankoff (79) MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS-A (6-10, 5th Place, 4.5 GB) Yesterday: Win vs. Frederick, 9-5 AA-Tennessee Myrtle Beach's five-run 9th lifted the Pelicans to a 9-5 win over Frederick. TODAY: at Frederick Average: Charcer Burks (.296) Homers: Jason Vosler (15) STARTING PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: LHP Ryan Kellogg (3-6, 5.37) RBI: Jason Vosler (60) RHP Thomas Hatch (W) 5.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 4-7 3.33 OPS: Jason Vosler (.877) ERA: Jen-Ho Tseng (2.99) Homers — Rose (14), Hodges (8), Giambrone (10), Martinez (9) Wins: JH Tseng/D. Underwood Jr. (7) © Hatch was named the Cubs organization's June Pitcher of the Month prior to the game ... tossed 5.0 innings of one-run ball ... is Saves: Dillon Maples (5) 4-2 with a 1.19 ERA (5 ER/37.2 IP) since the start of June. Strikeouts: Jen-Ho Tseng (83) © RF Eddy Martinez (.241) went 2-for-5 with home run ... has homered in consecutive games ... batted .362 (21-for-58) since June 17. A-Myrtle Beach © 1B Matt Rose (.231) and 3B Jesse Hodges (.257) each went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and two runs scored. Average: Bryant Flete (.311) © LF Trent Giambrone (.259) was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in the ninth. Homers: Matt Rose (14) © The Pelicans belted back-to-back homers twice in the victory ... Rose and Hodges turned the trick in the second inning and RBI: Eddy Martinez (39) Giambrone and Martinez followed suit in the ninth. OPS: Daniel Spingola (.802) © RHP Dakota Mekkes (2.0 IP, 4 SO) tossed 2.0-perfect innings and fanned four batters ... has tossed 15.2-scoreless innings with ERA: Justin Steele (2.40) Myrtle Beach. Wins: Adbert Alzolay (7) Saves: James Norwood (6) SOUTH BEND CUBS-A (7-10, 6th Place, 6.0 GB) Yesterday: Win at Dayton, 7-3 (11) Strikeouts: Thomas Hatch (83) South Bend scored three in the 1st and four in the 11th to bookend their 7-3 win at TODAY: at Dayton Dayton. SCHEDULED STARTER: A-South Bend LHP Bryan Hudson (2-3, 4.21) STARTING PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA Average: Vimael Machin (.306) RHP Tyson Miller (ND) 6.0 4 2 2 0 8 0 9-2 4.69 Homers: V. Machin/K. Mitchell (9) RBI: Vimael Machin (52) Homers — Upshaw (1) OPS: Vimael Machin (.846) © 1B Austin Upshaw (.400) went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer, four RBI and two runs scored ... has multiple hits in seven of his ERA: Duncan Robinson (2.11) 11 games played this season between South Bend and Mesa. Wins: Manuel Rondon (9) © 3B Vimael Machin (.306) went 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored ... has eight multi-hit contests in 14 games since June 25. Saves: Wyatt Short (8) Strikeouts: Dylan Cease (74) © LF Kevonte Mitchell (.238) was 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI, a run scored and two stolen bases ... his first three-hit game in exactly one month. © Miller tossed a quality start but was stuck with a no-decision ... fanned a season-high eight batters and walked none. EUGENE AND MESA RECAP ON BACK EUGENE EMERALDS-A (13-11, T-1st Place, ---) Yesterday: Win vs. Tri-City, 8-4 NEWS AND NOTES The Ems jumped on Tri-City with eight runs in the first three frames ... went on to win, 8-4. TODAY: vs. Tri-City OUR PROSPECTS ARE GOOD: Four of STARTING PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA SCHEDULED STARTER: the Cubs’ top 10 prospects (as rated RHP Jose Albertos (0-0, 0.00) LHP Yapson Gomez (ND) 3.0 4 2 2 1 6 0 3-0 2.08 by Baseball America) have gotten the call to the big leagues already this Homers — Bethencourt (1) season ... OF Albert Almora Jr. made the Northsiders’ Opening Day roster © DH Jhonny Bethencourt (.310) went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, a triple, three RBI and two runs scored. ... INF Jeimer Candelario was called © 2B Jared Young (.500) made his season debut with a 2-for-4 effort ... had two RBI in Eugene's win. up from Iowa to be the club’s 26th © RHP Manuel Rodriguez (3.0 IP, 5 SO) fanned five batters in 3.0-perfect innings of relief ... has 23 punchouts in 15.0 IP this man in a doubleheader at Colorado, season. then remained at the Major League © Eugene pitchers combined to strike out 17 Tri-City hitters. level for six games ... I-Cubs INF/OF Ian Happ made his big league debut MESA CUBS-R (5-7, 4th Place, 4.0 GB) Yesterday: Loss vs. AZL Padres, 14-1 May 13 at St. Louis and homered The Mesa Cubs allowed two five-run innings in their 14-1 setback vs. the Padres. TODAY: at AZL Athletics off Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez for his first-career ML hit ... OF Mark STARTING PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO HR W-L ERA Zagunis collected his an RBI in his LHP Yapson Gomez (ND) 3.0 4 2 2 1 6 0 3-0 2.08 first-career at-bat on June 22. Homers — None FIRST HALF: Tennessee finished in © 3B-2B Fidel Mejia (.200) and SS Delvin Zinn (.286) were both 1-for-3 with a double. fourth place in the Southern League © CF Jose Gutierrez (.147) scored the Cubs' only run of the ballgame ... went 1-for-4. North Division at 36-33 ... Myrtle Beach won the Carolina League Southern Division and clinched a TOP 10 PROSPECTS (Baseball America) playoff berth with a 43-27 record ... 1. Eloy Jimenez, OF (A-Myrtle Beach) 6. Mark Zagunis, OF (AAA-Iowa) South Bend missed securing a spot Made season debut with Myrtle Beach 5/14 after missing 35 Made ML debut 6/22/17 ... has made All-Star teams at AA, A in the postseason by 1.5 games and games with a shoulder injury ... 2017 Carolina League All-Star. (Myrtle Beach, South Bend) and Rookie levels. went 39-30. 2. Ian Happ, 2B/OF (AAA-Iowa/MLB) 7. Jeimer Candelario, INF (AAA-Iowa/MLB) HEY NOW...: Three Iowa Cubs were Called up to Cubs May 13, homered for first major league hit. Hit first ML homer June 29, 2017 at Washington. selected to the PCL All-Star team ... eight Smokies players were named to 3. Albert Almora Jr., OF (MLB) 8. Trevor Clifton, RHP (AA-Tennessee) the Southern League North Division Made Cubs’ Opening Day roster. Was named 2016 Carolina League Pitcher of the Year.