Pete Crow-Armstrong singled, doubled, tripled, reached base on an HBP, scored a run, and drove-in another, Jordan Nwogu tripled, singled twice, and drove-in a run, Pablo Aliendo laced a two-run triple, scored a run, and drew a walk, Luis Vazquez drilled a two-run single, walked, and scored a run, Owen Caissie ripped an RBI double, walked, and scored a run, and Zach Davis singled twice, scored two runs, and stole a base, as the Tennessee Smokies (AA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) rallied to overcome an early 4-0 deficit and defeated the Hartford Yard Goats (AA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies) 9-5 on Field #5, and the Albuquerque Isotopes rallied for four runs in the 9th and defeated the Iowa Cubs (AAA affiliate of the Cubs) 6-4 on Field #6, in Cactus League minor league game action Saturday afternoon at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.
Nelson Velazquez belted a solo HR and Matt Mervis singled twice, walked, and collected an RBI on a sacrifice fly for the I-Cubs in a losing cause.
Iowa catcher Dom Nunez left the game in the top of the 2nd inning after being struck by a batter's back-swing, and I-Cubs Yonathan Perlaza injured his left shoulder in the top of the 9th after crashing into the RF wall while attempting to catch one of two run-scoring doubles in that inning (he left the field under his own power). As the result of the Nunez injury and with I-Cubs back-up catcher Caleb Knight having traveled to Tempe with the Cubs MLB squad, Jake Washer had to be "drafted" from the Tennessee squad to catch the AAA game (Tennessee was playing on an adjacent backfield, so he didn't have to go very far), and he had two hits, scored a run, and threw out a runner attempting to steal.
Miguel Amaya caught the first seven innings of the AA game on Field #5, and threw out a runner trying to steal.
All three of the pitchers who worked for AA Tennessee were temporarily moved-up from lower levels (Richard Gallardo and Sheldon Reed from South Bend and Grant Kipp from Myrtle Beach), and Riley Martin was temporarily moved-up to AAA Iowa from AA Tennessee (and Martin blew the save on Field #6).
In minor league camp roster news, OF Pete Crow-Armstrong, infielders Chase Strumpf and Andy Weber, 1B Bryce Ball, catchers Miguel Amaya and Bryce Windham, and RHPs Samuel Reyes and Joe Nahas have been moved-down from the AAA Iowa squad to the AA Tennessee squad, OFs Yohendrick Pinango and Brad Beesley, catcher Ethan Hearn, and RHP Jarod Wright have been moved down from the AA Tennessee squad to the Hi-A South Bend squad, OF Christian Franklin, C Malcom Quintero, 1B-C Miguel Fabrizio, INF Rafael Morel, LHP Chase Watkins, and RHP Gregori Montano have been moved-down from the Hi-A South Bend squad to the Lo-A Myrtle Beach squad, LHP Christian Winston and RHP Mathew Peters were moved-down from the South Bend squad to the Extended Spring Training (Mesa) group, and LHPs Jose Aquino and Joel Machado, RHPs Gleiber Morales, Starlyn Pichardo, Cristian Rojas, Jose Romero, and Tomy Sanchez, C Adan Sanchez, INF Jefferson Rojas, and OF Ismael Mena have been moved-down from the Myrtle Beach squad to the EXST (Mesa) group.
Also, because of the injury to INF James Triantos (knee surgery - torn meniscus), INF Juan Mora has been moved up to Hi-A South Bend from Lo-A Myrtle Beach.
Updated minor league camp assignments & organizational depth chart (updated 3/25): https://www.thecubreporter.com/cubs-organizational-depth-chart
Here are the abridged box scores from the two minor league games played on the Riverview backfields Saturday afternoon (Cubs players only):
Recent comments
Finwe Noldaran 06/02/2023 - 06:09 am (view)
Thanks Phil!
Do you see Suriel getting promoted to Myrtle Beach at the start of ACL play, with Stevens being moved up to South Bend?
crunch 06/01/2023 - 06:44 pm (view)
steele's MRI still not known, but evidently he may only miss 1 start if things check out.
crunch 06/01/2023 - 06:25 pm (view)
vinny nittoli and tyler duffey opt-out of their minor league contracts. nothing of value was lost and both guys would probably benefit from a change of clubs to "start over."
Finwe Noldaran 05/31/2023 - 05:18 pm (view)
So, after riding great pitching and defense in taking the first 2 games, the only way we could lose against the best team in the MLB would be through mismanagement by David Ross? Oh, right; that actually totally tracks............
crunch 05/31/2023 - 05:14 pm (view)
no hero...
crunch 05/31/2023 - 05:05 pm (view)
need a hero with a bat right now...what's left at wrigley is trying to get into it. 2 on, 1 out...
crunch 05/31/2023 - 05:04 pm (view)
they removed him with 59 pitches, 2 outs, and a man on 1st. unless he was on a 60-ish pitch limit i'm not a fan of the move. wesn wasn't missing by much when he was missing and looked pretty good.
crunch 05/31/2023 - 05:57 pm (view)
4 pitch K! nice.
crunch 05/31/2023 - 05:55 pm (view)
bases loaded, it's fulmer time!
Childersb3 05/31/2023 - 05:51 pm (view)
I'm with you Crunch
I thought Wesneski deserved a chance to get out of the 7th.
But the real mistake Ross made was keeping Leiter in after giving up the 1st 2run bomb. He walks the next guy to start the 8th, and still gets to stay in. He could've come out since he finished the 7th (I believe). He didn't have it. It happens. But Ross let him stay. That's on David.
And then Dansby and Happ strikeout with men RISP. Happ going down looking was rough.
He just wasn't aggressive.