June 29 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs vs. St. Paul Saints
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Iowa Cubs and the St. Paul Saints play the fifth of a six- game series tonight...the two clubs met in St. Paul from April 9-14 with the I-Cubs winning four of the six games in the series... left-hander Thomas Pannone is slated to make his league-leading 17th
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Iowa Cubs and the St. Paul Saints play the fifth of a six- game series tonight...the two clubs met in St. Paul from April 9-14 with the I-Cubs winning four of the six games in the series... left-hander
FRIDAY FIREWORKS: The I-Cubs pitching staff allowed just two hits and scored six runs in the eighth inning to lead them to an 8-1 victory over St. Paul last night...starting pitcher
THE EIGHTH IS GREAT: The exclamation point for Iowa’s offense came in the eighth inning in which the club scored six runs on five hits, highlighted a two-run homer from
COLE WORLD: Iowa outfielder
BIGGE SMALLS: Reliever
START ME UP: Last night’s starter Riley Thompson earned his fourth win and tossed a career-high 6.2 innings last night, after carrying a no-hitter through 6.1 frames...in seven starts this season, Thompson has gone 2-1 with a 2.32 ERA (8 ER in 31.0 IP) vs. going 2-0 with a 8.54 ERA (25 ER in 26.1 IP) in 15 relief appearances.
PACK THE PARK: Last night’s paid attendance of 11,430 was the largest crowd at Principal Park since Aug. 23, 2019 vs. Nashville in which 13,138 was the announced attendance.
VS. ST PAUL: Iowa and St. Paul are matching up for the second time this season and first since April 9-14 in which the I-Cubs won four of the six games and outscored the Saints 36-29...each team has won two games this series with Iowa outscoring St. Paul 31-25...during the 2023 campaign, the I-Cubs went 14-10 against St. Paul, including 8-4 at Principal Park.
MO BALLER: Moises Ballesteros went hitless last night but drew two walks and has reached base in eight of his nine games with Iowa...since joining Iowa on June 18, Bally is batting .361 (13-for-36) with four doubles, one home run and two RBI...he is one of three position players aged 20-or- younger to have appeared in a game in the International League this season, along with
KEEPING IT IN THE PARK: Iowa shortstop
ALL THE SMALL THINGS: With their 11-9 win Thursday night, Iowa improved to 7-14 in two-run games, which is the most such games in the International League this season...the I-Cubs 6-5 loss Tuesday night vs. St. Paul dropped them to 14-12 this season in one-run games... Iowa has played 26 one-run contests this season which is the most such games in the IL this season.