WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016
The Iowa Cubs finally found the offensive explosion that they have been searching for as they scored eight times over the first five innings en route to a 9-5 victory over New Orleans.
At the Plate:
- Arismendy Alcantara ripped his first home run of the season; he went 1-for-4 with a walk, said homer, an RBI, and a run scored.
- Dan Vogelbach has had a great start; he went 1-for-3 with two runs scored, and is now hitting .391 on the season.
- Albert Almora is getting on base quite a bit; he went 1-for-3 with a walk, and three runs scored.
- Juan Perez had a huge day; he went 3-for-3 with two doubles, three RBI’s, and one run scored.
- Logan Watkins couldn’t make an out yesterday; he went 4-for-4 with a double, three RBI’s, and a run scored.
On the Mound:
- Stephen Fife got the start and was brilliant; he worked 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits while walking one, and striking out one.
- Miguel Mejia was torched, but picked up the win (the win stat is horrible); he worked an inning, giving up three runs on four hits while striking out one.
- Armando Rivero turned in another solid outing; he worked 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit while striking out two.
- Carl Edwards Jr. was roughed up a bit; he worked one inning, giving up two runs on two hits while walking two, and striking out two.
- Spencer Patton finished this one off by working a scoreless ninth inning.
All Smokies in this one, Tennessee jumped out to a 7-0 lead en route to a 7-3 victory over Birmingham. The Smokies pounded out 13 hits, and walked six times, nice to see the “Cubs Way” permeating the organization.
At the Plate:
- Big night for Jeimer Candelario; he went 3-for-4 with a walk, and a run scored.
- Taylor Davis has been solid this year; he went 2-for-4 with a walk, and two runs scored to bring his average to .333 on the season.
- Bijan Rademacher doesn’t appear to be bothered by AA pitching; he went 3-for-5 with his second dinger of the year, four RBI’s, and two runs scored.
- Anthony Giansanti went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored in the win.
- Carlos Penalver also chipped in; he went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
On the Mound:
- Paul Blackburn got the start and was brilliant in picking up his first win of the season. Pauly worked six scoreless innings, giving up four hits while walking one, and striking out six.
- David Garner was solid in relief; he worked 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits while walking one, and striking out four.
- Andury Acevedo had a weird, horrible outing; he worked 1.1 innings giving up three runs, on NO HITS while walking FIVE, and striking out two, okay then.
- Starling Peralta closed the door on this one by recording the final out to get out of Acevedo’s trouble, Peralta picked up his first save of the year.
Myrtle Beach came out on the wrong end of a pretty solid game between two teams. After falling behind 2-0 early the Pelicans tied things up in the third and it stayed that way until Winston-Salem scored twice in the ninth.
At the Plate:
- Rashad Crawford has been awesome so far this year; he went 1-for-4 with a double, a walk, and a run scored. He is now hitting .381 on the season from the lead-off spot.
- Shawon Dunston Jr. continues to produce; he went 1-for-4 with a walk, a double, and a run scored.
- I love Ian Happ, deal with it. He went 1-for-3 with a walk, and an RBI in the loss.
- Yasiel Balaguert, Jason Volser, and Jeffrey Baez each finished the night with one hit a piece.
On the Mound:
- Great effort from Jonathan Martinez after a shaky first; he worked seven innings, giving up two runs on five hits while walking one, and striking out three.
- James Pugliese picked up the loss in relief; he worked two innings, giving up two runs on three hits while striking out three.
A huge fourth inning propelled South Bend to a 6-5 victory over Bowling Green. Things got a little uneasy late in this one as the Hot Rods pulled to within one before their rally fizzled out.
At the Plate:
- Remember how much I love Ian Happ? I love Donnie Dewees just as much; he went 3-for-4 with his second double of the year, three RBI’s, and a run scored. He is now hitting .440 on the season, that’s basically unpossible.
- Sutton Whiting had a solid game; he went 2-for-4 with an RBI, and a run scored.
- Bryant Flete has been very good this year as well; he went 1-for-3 with a walk, and two runs scored, he’s now hitting .429 on the season.
- Tyler Alamo chipped in from the nine spot in the order; he went 2-for-3 with an RBI, and a run scored.
On the Mound:
- Preston Morrison struggled a bit with command but was good enough to pick up his first win of the season. Morrison worked six innings, giving up two runs on four hits while walking four, and striking out six.
- James Norwood had a rough go of it out of the pen; he worked 1.2 innings, giving up three runs on five hits while striking out three.
- Greyfer Eregura was solid in picking up his first save of the year; he worked 1.1 scoreless innings while striking out one.
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