Chicago Cubs Minor League Report: Wiggins Returns to the Mound for South Bend, Poteet Homers in Third-Straight Game for Myrtle Beach

Chicago Cubs Minor League Report

Affiliate Overview

Triple-A Iowa Cubs
Series vs. Indianapolis Indians (Pittsburgh Pirates): Tied, 3-3
Season Record: 30–42-1

Double-A Knoxville Smokies
Series vs. Chattanooga Lookouts (Cincinnati Reds): Tied, 3-3
Season Record: 38–31

High-A South Bend Cubs
Series at Fort Wayne TinCaps (San Diego Padres): TinCaps win, 4-2
Season Record: 40–25

Single-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Series at Delmarva Shorebirds (Baltimore Orioles): Pelicans win, 4-2
Season Record: 28–39

Triple-A: Iowa Cubs

Season Record: 30–42-1
Series Opponent: Indianapolis Indians (31-44)
Series Standing: Tied, 2-2

The Iowa Cubs split their series with the Indianapolis Indians following a 3-1 defeat on Sunday at Principal Park. The Indians scratched a run across in the second and eventually doubled their lead in the fifth with another run. Cubs starter Jordan Wicks turned in a solid outing but was handed the loss, falling to 0-5 on the season. Wicks allowed two runs on five hits over five innings of work, walking two and striking out two. Indianapolis plated another run in the seventh to make it 3-0 before Iowa was finally able to get on the board in the ninth. Chas McCormick (1-for-3) and Christian Bethancourt (2-for-4) hit back-to-back to doubles to get a run in with two outs in the frame but the tying run would go down at the plate to end the game. The I-Cubs offense went just 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position in the contest, leaving eight runners on base. Vince Reilly turned in 1 1/3 scoreless frames out of the bullpen, allowing just one hit while whiffing three batters.

Double-A: Knoxville Smokies

Season Record: 38–31
Series Opponent: Chattanooga Lookouts (37–32)
Series Standing: Tied, 3-3

The Knoxville Smokies split their series with the Chattanooga Lookouts following an 11-4 defeat on Sunday at Covenant Health Park. The Smokies clinched the Southern League North Division on Saturday and ended up finishing the first half of the season with the best record in the league. The Lookouts took the lead in their first trip to the plate with four runs and never relinquished the lead. Knoxville got on the board in the second thanks to an RBI-double from Carter Trice (2-for-3) but Chattanooga restored their four-run advantage with a run in the fourth. The Smokies made it a 5-4 ballgame with three in the fifth, with all the runs coming off the bat of Devin Ortiz (1-for-4), who slugged his third homer of the season. That would be as close as Knoxville would get in the contest as the Lookouts would score two in the seventh, three in the eighth and one in the ninth to cruise to the 11-4 victory. Brooks Caple got the start for the Smokies and took the loss, falling to 2-1 on the season. Caple allowed five runs on six hits over four innings of work, walking three batters while striking out five. Kenyi Perez turned in two shutout frames out of the bullpen, allowing no hits to go along with two walks and four strikeouts.

High-A: South Bend Cubs

Season Record: 40–25
Series Opponent: Fort Fayne TinCaps (29–40)
Series Standing: Lose, 4-2

The South Bend Cubs suffered a rare series loss after falling to the Fort Wayne TinCaps, 6-2, on Sunday at Parkview Field. Both teams traded runs in the second, with the Cubs eventually breaking the deadlock in the fifth through Kane Kepley’s (2-for-2) RBI-double. Cubs No. 2 prospect (North Side Baseball) Jaxon Wiggins, on a rehab assignment with the club, got the start and did not factor into the decision. Wiggins allowed one run on one hit over 2 2/3 innings of work, walking two and striking out three. South Bend bats would go quiet and Fort Wayne would go on to score three in the seventh to make it 4-2 and plate two in the eighth, making it 6-2, to put the game out of reach. The Cubs offense was held to just five hits on the day and would go 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position, leaving five on base.

Single-A: Myrtle Beach Pelicans

Season Record: 28–39
Series Opponent: Delmarva Shorebirds (25–44)
Series Standing: Win, 4-2

June 21: The Myrtle Beach Pelicans earned a series win over the Delmarva Shorebirds following a 7-2 victory on Sunday at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium. Both teams would go scoreless through the first three innings of the ballgame before trading two runs each in the fourth. The Pelicans got on the board thanks to a solo blast from Logan Poteet (2-for-4), his 13th of the season, and an RBI-single from Darlyn De Leon (2-for-4). Poteet has now homered in three-straight games. Two more runs from Myrtle Beach in the fifth put the visitors back in front, with Edward Vargas (2-for-4) picking up the RBI-single and another run scoring on an error on the play. Braylon Myers got the start for the Pelicans and earned the win to improve to 3-1 on the season. Myers allowed two runs on five hits over five innings of work, striking out five batters without issuing a walk. Myrtle Beach would get three stellar innings of work from Daniel Avitia (3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 3 BB, 4 SO) in relief, which allowed the team to expand its lead. Michael Carico (1-for-4) hit a two-run homer in the seventh to make it 6-2 and the Pelicans would add its final tally in the eighth on a missed catch error to make it 7-2.

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