June 20 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs @ Indianapolis Indians
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Iowa Cubs and the Indianapolis Indians play the third of a six-game series tonight at Victory Field...it marks the second time the two clubs will meet this season, with the first being from May 21-26 at Principal Park...Iowa is slated to start right-hander Trey Supak who will
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Iowa Cubs and the Indianapolis Indians play the third of a six-game series tonight at Victory Field...it marks the second time the two clubs will meet this season, with the first being from May 21-26 at Principal Park...Iowa is slated to start right-hander
BLANKED: Iowa dropped the second game of the series at Indianapolis last night by a 2-0 score...it marked the third time this season the I-Cubs have been shutout following April 27 (2-0) at Buffalo and April 28 (2-0) at Buffalo...additionally, it was the just the second time Iowa was blanked in a nine inning game as the April 28 shutout was five innings due to inclement weather...right-hander
CLOSE CALLS: Iowa’s 2-0 loss last night at Indianapolis dropped them to 6-12 in two- run games this season...Iowa has played the most two-run games in the International League West Division and second-most in the International League trailing Buffalo (10-9)...the I-Cubs have played 23 one-run games which is tied the for second-most in the IL, trailing Toledo (13-11).
CALL IN RELIEF: Reliever Frankie Scalzo Jr. joined Iowa’s roster prior to Tuesday night’s game and tossed 1.1 scoreless innings...he is the only player in the minor leagues to have pitched at least 27.0 innings without allowing a run and is one of four to have at least nine saves and have converted them all.
PUNCHOUTS: Iowa ranks second in the International League in strikeouts with 707, trailing leaders Norfolk (712)...the I-Cubs are on pace to break the franchise record for most strikeouts in a season, which was set by the 2023 club as they posted 1,395 strikeouts.
FIRST IMPRESSION: Cubs No. 6 prospect Moises Ballesteros is batting .625 (5-for-8) with one double in his first eight at-bats with the I-Cubs...he joined Iowa’s roster prior to Tuesday night’s game from Double-A Tennessee where he was slashing .299/.372/.495 (58-for- 194) with nine doubles, nine home runs and 43 RBI.
THE BIG O: I-Cubs outfielder
VS. INDIANAPOLIS: Iowa and Indianapolis are facing off for their second series of the season following May 21-26 in which each club won three games and Indianapolis outscoring Iowa 46-41...Indianapolis has won the first two games of the current series, outscoring the I-Cubs 6-2...Iowa went 14-10 vs. the Indians last season and 5-7 against the club at Victory Field.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Iowa began a road trip last Tuesday at Columbus in which they will play 12 games over 14 days...Iowa has gone 2-6 on the current trip and is 13-22 on the road this season...the club has lost seven of their last nine games away from Principal Park dating back to the series finale on June 2 at Louisville.
ROBERTS IN RELIEF: Iowa reliever