May 29 Games Notes: Iowa Cubs at Louisville Bats

May 29, 2024 – International League (IL)
Iowa Cubs News Release

IOWA CUBS (23-29) at LOUISVILLE BATS (30-21)

Wednesday, May 29 – 5:35 PM CT – Louisville Slugger Field – Louisville, KY

RHP Cade Horton (1-1, 6.88) vs. RHP Connor Phillips (2-2, 8.53)

TONIGHT’S GAME: The Iowa Cubs and the Louisville Bats play the second of their six-game series tonight at Louisville Slugger Field…Iowa is scheduled to start right-hander Cade Horton…opposite of Horton, Louisville is slated to pitch right-hander Connor Phillips.

IT’S ONLY TUESDAY: Iowa made things interesting late in the first game of the series at Louisville last night, but ultimately fell by a 3-2 score…the Bats scored one run in the first inning on a leadoff home run then added a pair in the sixth to take a 3-0 lead…in the eighth, Miles Mastrobuoni drew a bases-loaded walk and Matt Mervis led off the ninth inning with a solo home run to cut the lead to 3-2, but the comeback attempt fell just short…Jordan Wicks tossed 3.1 innings and gave up just one hit (leadoff homer) in his second appearance on Major League rehab assignment.

A ONE-OFF: With last night’s loss, the I-Cubs fell to 8-10 (.444) this season in one-run games…Iowa has played the second-most one-run games in International League, trailing Omaha who has posted a 13-6 (.684) record in such games…last year, the I-Cubs recorded a 25-13 record in one-run contests.

WELL, THAT WAS FAST: The I-Cubs last two games have been their quickest games of the season with Sunday’s 6-1 loss to Indianapolis lasting two hours and seven minutes and last night’s 3-2 loss lasting two hours and 18 minutes…Iowa’s average game time this season is two hours and 43 minutes which is 18th fastest in Triple-A, trailing leader Gwinnett (two hours and 33 minutes).

HOT STRETCH FOR CANARIO: Iowa outfielder Alexander Canario went 1-for-3 with a double Saturday night and became the first I-Cub to have an extra-base hit in seven consecutive games since Willson Contreras accomplished the feat from May 23-June 4, 2016 (10G)…in his last 11 games, Canario is batting .333 (15-for-45) with 10 extra-base hits, 16 RBI and six multi-hit efforts…on May 14 at Syracuse, Canario hit a grand slam and finished the game with five RBI, his most since Sept. 19, 2023 with the Chicago Cubs.

AWARD TOUR: Iowa Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was tabbed the International League Player of the Week for the period of May 20-26, the league announced yesterday…in six games vs. the Indianapolis…