Man, last night was an absolute mess in the Cubs minor league system. The Myrtle Beach Pelicans got absolutely hammered, losing 19-1 to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, but that was not even the wildest part. Their game saw a 32-minute delay in the eighth inning after a medical emergency in their dugout, with someone needing to be taken away in an ambulance. It wasn’t anyone in the lineup, thankfully, as they all returned to the field.
Just an Absolute Carnage of a Night
That Pelicans game was something else. Starter Jubrayker Salaya couldn’t find the plate, getting blasted for four runs on two hits and five walks over just 1.1 innings. Dude walked five-straight batters in the first inning and then hit the sixth one. Yikes. Pelicans pitchers walked a mind-boggling 17 batters and hit two. And no, they did not even use a position player to eat innings! Left fielder Caden Sorrell did manage to triple in a run with two outs in the ninth to avoid the shutout, going 2 for 5.
It wasn’t much better for the South Bend Cubs, who crashed 9-0 against the West Michigan Whitecaps. Starter Braylon Myers took the loss after getting rocked for six runs on six hits over four innings, with two of those hits being home runs. Lance Alwood made his South Bend debut and allowed two runs in an inning. Edwardo Melendez was better in his debut, giving up just one solo home run over three innings with five strikeouts. Offensively, South Bend managed just three hits total, with DH Kade Snell picking up two of them, including a triple, and Brennan Hudson adding a single and a walk. Brutal.
Iowa’s Heartbreak and a Promising Rehab
The Triple-A Iowa Cubs faced a tough 2-1 loss to the Toledo Mud Hens. Kohl Franklin had another strong start, pitching five innings and allowing just one run on five hits, striking out four. The Iowa broadcaster even thought that one run shouldn’t have counted! Hoby Milner pitched the sixth, giving up a leadoff single but then retiring the next two, with the runner on first getting thrown out trying to steal. Jaxon Wiggins cruised through a 1-2-3 seventh, striking out two. But then Ethan Roberts came on for the ninth and took the loss, allowing a two-out, walk-off double. That’s a tough way to end it.
On the brighter side, Matt Shaw started at second base and played five innings in a rehab assignment, going 1 for 3. Catcher Owen Ayers had a monster night, going 3 for 4 with an RBI single in the first inning, and he was 2 for 2 throwing out runners trying to steal. And the Cubs also signed shortstop Jackson Cluff to a minor league deal, assigning him to Iowa.
What a wild, rough night for the system. Maybe the Knoxville Smokies can turn things around when they finally get their suspended game played on Thursday, followed by a regularly scheduled seven-inning contest. Let’s hope for some better news from the farm!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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