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Damn. I hope it's not too serious an injury. Bryan Smith didn’t think so:

Hopefully José Lopez will join Gallardo, Machado and Heredia soon.

https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/1116846897359196161

He also ended last year with 28.1 IP, 24 H, 34/7 K/BB, 3 HR in his last 5 starts. I vaguely remember reading a story last year that he made some mechanical changes that seemed to line up with his end-of-season hot streak. Would be nice if this was a real thing and not just something based on a fluff piece.

Scheduled Games (All Times Central): Iowa lost game one 3-0 (7 innings) Box Score Iowa won game two 2-1 (7 innings) Box Score Tennessee lost 4-2 Box Score Myrtle Beach lost 6-4 Box Score South Bend won 6-0 Box Score

Cory Abbott: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K Paul Richan: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K Eury Ramos: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

Chris Morel was promoted to South Bend to replace the injured Fidel Mejía.

So Hatch’s start to the season is intriguing: 10 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 11 K

Box Scores: Iowa PPD - Cold Tennessee won 7-2 Box Score SS N. Hoerner 0/5, K 1B J. Young 1/4, R, 2 RBI DH I. Rice 2/4, RBI, 2B (1) C PJ Higgins 1/4 2B C. Donahue 1/3,2 R, BB SP C. Abbott 5.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 5-1 GO-FO, 85-61 pitches-strikes RP W. Short 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-3 GO-FO RP B. Clark 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO Myrtle Beach won 6-1 Box Score CF J. Herron 1/5, 2 RBI, K, 2B (1) RF DJ Wilson 0/4, R, BB, SB (3) C M. Amaya 1/3, R, RBI, BB, K 1B L. Reynolds 1/2, 2 R, 2 BB DH C. Sepulveda 1/3, RBI, BB, K, CS (1) SS A. Ademan 0/1, R, 3 BB, SB (1) SP P. Richan 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 6-2 GO-FO, 75-42 pitches-strikes RP T. Peyton 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 0-2 GO-FO South Bend won 5-4 Box Score DH DJ Artis 1/2, R, BB, K, HBP CF C. Roederer 2/5, K SS A. Weber 2/5, R, 2 RBI, K, 3B (1) RF J. Sierra 2/4, RBI LF N. Velázquez 1/4, R, 2 K, 2B (2) 3B C. Morel 1/4, RBI, K, 3B (1) - 2019 season debut 2B R. Narea 1/3, K, 2B (1), E (2, fielding) SP E. Ramos 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 8-1 GO-FO, 81-49 pitches-strikes RP Z. Mort 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3-0 GO-FO, 48-30 pitches-strikes

BA has a mock draft out:

Box Scores: Iowa won 5-4 Box Score CF I. Happ 0/4, K SS D. Machado 3/4, 2 R, HR (1), 2 RBI, K - walk-off home run 2B T. Giambrone 1/2, R, HR (2), 3 RBI SP D. Underwood Jr 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 5-2 GO-FO, 84-46 pitches-strikes RP A. Baldanado 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO RP C. Edwards Jr 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GO-FO RP B. Duensing 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO RP J. Norwood 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 0-2 GO-FO Tennessee lost 5-1 Box Score 2B C. Donahue 0/4, 2 K SS N. Hoerner 1/3, BB 1B J. Young 1/4, R, HR (3), RBI, 3 K DH I. Rice 1/4, K C J. Pereda 1/2, 2 BB, E (1, throw) 3B PJ Higgins 0/2, 2 BB SP T. Hatch 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 7-3 GO-FO, 59-36 pitches-strikes RP M. Rondón 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 2-0 GO-FO, 39-24 pitches-strikes Myrtle Beach lost 3-2 Box Score CF DJ Wilson 0/3, BB, 2 K 3B Y. Peguero 0/3, BB, 2 K C M. Amaya 0/4 1B L. Reynolds 1/4, 2 K RF K. Mitchell 1/4 2B C. Sepulveda 1/3, BB, K SS A. Ademan 1/3, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, HR (1) SP B. Hudson 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 5-3 GO-FO, 86-50 pitches-strikes RP M. Rodriguez 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 2-0 GO-FO South Bend won 2-1 Box Score CF DJ Artis 0/4, 2 K SS A. Weber 0/4, 2 K RF J. Sierra 1/3, RBI, HBP LF N. Velázquez 0/4, 2 K C R. Lorenzo 1/3 SP C. Sanders 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 3 K, 10-1 GO-FO, 72-42 pitches-strikes RP E. Roberts 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-0 GO-FO

Tyson Miller had himself a night.

The two biggest Cubs-related updgrades this offseason were adding Jordan Bastian to Cubs.com and Bryan Smith to BN.

Keegan Thompson to the IL.

Box Scores: Iowa PPD - Inclement Weather Tennessee won 7-3 Box Score SS N. Hoerner 1/5 LF-1B J. Young 1/5, RBI DH I. Rice 2/5, K C J. Pereda 0/2, R, 2 BB 1B-3B PJ Higgins 2/3, R, HR (1), 4 RBI, BB, K 3B V. Machin 1/2, 2B (2), 2 BB, K SP T. Miller 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 3-6 Go-FO, 67-43 pitches-strikes RP M. Rucker 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO, 47-30 pitches-strikes RP B. Clark 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO Myrtle Beach lost 6-1 Box Score CF J. Herron 1/4, K, SB (2) 2B C. Sepulveda 1/4, K DH M. Amaya 1/3, 2B (3) RF K. Mitchell 1/3 1B W. Galindo 0/0 - left game with injury 1B L. Reynolds 0/3, K SS A. Ademan 0/3, K SP A. Lange 1.1 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 1-3 GO-FO, 31-11 pitches-strikes - ejected in the second inning RP R. Kellogg 4.1 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 4-5 GO-FO, 55-39 pitches-strike South Bend lost 9-4 Box Score LF DJ Artis 1/3, R, 2 BB, 2 K, SB (3) SS A. Weber 2/5, RBI, SB (1) CF N. Velázquez 3/5, R, K RF J. Sierra 1/5, R, K, E (1, fielding) C R. Lorenzo 2/5, R, K, 2B (1) 2B R. Narea 0/3, RBI, E (1, fielding) SP D. Casey 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 6-2 GO-FO, 79-44 pitches-strikes

Please don’t get hurt.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 4-3 Box Score LF-2B T. Giamrbone 1/5, R, 2 K CF I. Happ 2/4, R, RBI, BB, 2B (3) 2B Z. Short 0/0, HBP, E (2, fielding) - left game in 4th inning, 2 innings after HBP C T. Davis 0/3 SP D. Robinson 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 7-5 GO-FO, 73-53 pitches-strikes RP D. Maples 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO, 30-10 pitches-strikes RP D. Mekkes 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R,1 BB, 1 K, 3-1 GO-FO Tennessee had the day off Myrtle Beach lost 5-4 Box Score CF DJ Wilson 1/3, RBI, 2 BB, 2B (1) RF J. Herron 0/3, R, 2 BB, K C M. Amaya 1/4, BB, K, 2B (2) DH L. Reynolds 2/4, R, K, HBP LF K. Mitchell 2/5, R, RBI, BB, K 2B A. Ademan 1/2, 2 RBI, BB, HBP SP L. Lugo 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1-5 GO-FO, 74-49 pitches-strikes South Bend won 6-1 Box Score LF DJ Artis 2/4, R, BB, 2 2B (2) DH F. Mejía 1/2, K - left game with injury CF N. Velázquez 1/4, RBI, K, CS (1) RF J. Sierra 1/4, R, K, SB (1) SS R. Narea 1/3, R, BB, K SP B. Márquez 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K, 2 HBP, 1-0 GO-FO, 59-37 pitches-strikes RP J. Passantino 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2-4 GO-FO, 56-41 pitches-strikes RP R. McCauley 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-4 GO-FO

Cole Roederer 2-run double.

Box Scores: Iowa won 6-5 Box Score Tennessee Cancelled - Rain Myrtle Beach lost 12-4 Box Score South Bend lost 3-2 Box Score