Riding the Bus: April 23, 2015 (Cubs Minor League Reports)

THURSDAY • APRIL 23, 2015

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This one was over before the fans could even get into their seats as New Orleans scored six times in the first en route to a 9-2 victory.

At the Plate:

• Arismendy Alcantara was 1-for-4 with a run scored, that is his first AAA hit this year, hopefully that gets him going.
• Chris Valaika supplied the only offense, he was 1-for-3 with a diner, two RBI’s, a walk, and a run scored.
• Christian Villanueva made a couple of costly mistakes in the field (2 errors), and was 1-for-4.
• Taylor Teagarden, and Taylor Davis each had one walk, and one hit in the loss.

On the Mound:

• Jeffry Antigua got the start, and wasn’t so great, he worked 3.2 innings, giving up nine runs, four earned, on seven hits while walking four, and striking out two.
• Andres Santiago did a solid job in relief, he worked 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits while walking two, and striking out two.
• Michael Wagner, and Armando Rivero each worked a scoreless inning in garbage time.

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It was all Daury Torrez in this one as the Pelicans starter was outstanding in shutting down Winston-Salem.  The Pelicans built a 6-0 lead by the fourth inning, and it was smooth sailing the rest of the way as Myrtle Beach improved to 9-4 on the season.

At the Plate:

• Jacob Hannemann had quite the day from the lead-off spot, he was 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a stolen base, and two runs scored.
• Billy McKinney has been on a roll of late, he was 2-for-4 tonight, and is now hitting .325 on the season.
• Jeimer Candelario had a solid game, he was 1-for-3 with a walk, and a run scored.
• Ben Carhart provided some production, he was 1-for-3 with a double, two RBI’s, a walk, and a run scored.

On the Mound:

• Daury Torrez got the start and the win tonight, he was outstanding.  Torrez worked seven scoreless innings, giving up four hits while striking out one.
• Both Michael Heesch, and Jasvir Rakkar tossed a scoreless inning out of the bullpen.

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 The South Bend Cubs have had issues with blowing leads early in the season, but they figured out a way to resolve that, slaughter their opponent.  After scoring sixteen times last night, the Cubs tallied ten times tonight and only allowed Great Lakes to record four hits in the win.

At the Plate:

• Trey Martin was in the middle of things again, he was 2-for-5 with two runs scored.
• Chesny Young continued his hot start, he was 2-for-5 with a stolen base, and a run scored.
• Gioskar Amaya has a solid night, he was 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.
• Cael Brockmeyer provided some production, he was 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI’s, a walk, and two runs scored.
• Gleyber Torres had another impressive game, he was 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two RBI’s, and a run scored.
• Yasiel Balaguert is getting back into games, and was solid tonight, he went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, three RBI’s, and a run scored.

On the Mound:

• Erick Leal got the start, and was stellar, he worked five scoreless innings, giving up three hits while walking one, and striking out six.
• Tyler Ihrig might have been better, he tossed four scoreless innings to pick up his first save of the year.  Ihrig only surrendered one hit, didn’t walk anyone, and struck out five.

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After falling behind early 1-o, the Smokies outscored Jackson 9-1 the rest of the way en route to a 9-2 victory.  A much needed victory for the Smokies as the last two nights they watch late inning leads disappear in horrible fashion.

At the Plate:

• Kyle Schwarber had a monster game, he went 3-for-6 with his second dinger of the season, two RBI’s, and two runs scored.
• Dan Vogelbach was 1-for-3 with a double, three walks(!), and two runs scored.
• Willson Contreras had a solid game, he was 2-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI, two walks, and two runs scored.
• Ryan Dent was great, he went 3-for-4 with three RBI’s.

On the Mound:

• Felix Pena got the start and picked up his second win of the season, he worked 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits while walking two, and striking out eight.
• Matt Brazis was solid, he worked a scoreless inning, giving up one hit while walking two, and striking out one.
• P.J. Francescon, and Michael Jensen each had a scoreless appearance out of the pen.