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Javy Baez loves his parents.

Wladimir Galindo home run.

33 pitches in the first on a warm evening isn't bad.

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Why yes, Ken Rosenthal. It's crazy that noted Cubs fan Bill Murray would want to hang out with the Cubs.

The Pirates also have outfielder Austin Meadows at AAA. If they go this route, it might be easier to trade McCutcheon in the offseason, move Marte to center and call up Meadows when he's ready.

South Bend made the playoffs.

Cardinals went 0-5 on their homestand. I say they leave Chicago on an 8-game losing streak.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/carriemuskat/status/744627731925590016[/tweet] I wonder if she's just confused with Baez or something.

Guys, Javy hashtags himself: [tweet] [/tweet]

Aww, that's cute.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 4-3 Box Score CF J. Andreoli 0/3, R, BB, 2 K SS M. Kawasaki 2/3, 2B (8), RBI, BB, K, CS (4) 1B D. Vogelbach 0/4 3B J. Candelario 0/4 SP P. Johnson 3.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 5-3 GO-FO, 64-37 pitches-strikes, E (1, throw) - left game due to blister RP G. Concepcion 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-1 GO-FO RP D. Beeler 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO RP C. Black 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 4-0 Box Score 1B B. Rademacher 0/4, E (5, fielding) 2B C. Young 0/3, BB C V. Caratini 1/4, 2 K RF B. McKinney 1/3 SS C. Penalver 0/3, K SP JH Tseng 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 8-7 GO-FO, 97-64 pitches-strikes Myrtle Beach lost 4-3 (11 innings) Box Score CF R. Crawford 1/6, R SS G. Torres 1/5, 3 K DH I. Happ 3/4, R, 2B (16), HR (7), 2 RBI, BB 3B J. Vosler 2/4, 2B (18), BB RF Je. Baez 0/5, 2 K 2B A. Ely 2/5, K, SB (1) LF C. Burks 1/4, BB SP J. Null 5 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 4-2 GO-FO, 90-54 pitches-strikes South Bend won 3-1 to win the first half of their division and clinch a playoff spot Box Score 2B C. Sepulveda 1/4, R, 2B (6), RBI, 2 K DH PJ Higgins 0/4, 2 K C I. Rice 0/3, R, BB, 2 K LF E. Jimenez 2/3, 2 2B (24), 2 RBI CF D. Dewees 0/3 1B T. Alamo 0/3, K RF E. Martinez 0/3, K SP K. Miller 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 7-5 GO-FO, 83-59 pitches-strikes RP P. Araujo 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 1-0 GO-FO Eugene lost 6-4 (13 innings) Box Score CF DJ Wilson 2/6, 3 K, CS (1) SS A. Monasterio 2/6, K, SB (1), E (1, fielding), PB (1) RF K. Mitchell 0/6 1B M. Rose 1/5, 3 K 3B W. Galindo 2/5, 2 R, 2 HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 K 2B Y. Peguero 2/5, R, HR (1), 2 RBI SP J. Paulino 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 6-1 GO-FO RP A. Santana 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 4-1 GO-FO RP E. De Los Rio 2.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2-0 GO-FO The DSL Cubs 1 and 2 had the day off

Carl Edwards Jr struck out the side in his inning of work.

Not surprising. There's a DH till AA across the minors and even then, minor league affiliates of AL teams DH in AA and AAA. Rondon was an Indian throughout his minor league time.

No pressure, Rondon. You have to just prove you deserve to exist in Matt Vasgersian's eyes by getting a 4-out save.

The other thing that sucks about him is that he struck out looking on the previous pitch.

"Zobrist had McCutcheon played perfectly." I thought McCutcheon beat shifts???

Whoomp there it is, indeed.

Two years ago, there's no way that would have meant what just happened.

Oh, look. That shift worked on McCutcheon this time and Smoltz is quiet.

Javy nodding slowly at the ump for getting the call right dot GIF.

I love how Baez cockily shows up umpires asking for the review.

Can't wait for red-ass Hurdle and his team to retaliate for a bases loaded HBP.

Only 3 runs given all that isn't bad. Also this home plate ump sucks.

Ron Coomer legitimately might be better than this crew.