July 30 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs vs. Indianapolis Indians

July 30, 2025 – International League (IL)
Iowa Cubs News Release

IOWA CUBS (51-51, 12-16) vs. INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (62-40, 20-8)

Wednesday, July 30 – 12:08 PM CT – Principal Park – Des Moines, IA

RHP Javier Assad (0-0, 3.68) vs. RHP Bubba Chandler (5-5, 3.27)

TODAY’S GAME: The Iowa Cubs play the second of a six-game series vs. the Indianapolis today…right-hander Javier Assad is slated to start for Iowa on Major League rehab assignment…right-hander Bubba Chandler will start for Indianapolis.

COULDN’T HOLD ON: The I-Cubs dropped the series opener last night to the Indianapolis Indians by a 5-3 score…the I-Cubs tallied just five hits in the contest including a home run from Jonathon Long … Miguel Amaya played in his first game on Major League rehab assignment with Iowa and went 1-for-2…right-hander Kenta Maeda worked 6.0 innings and allowed one run on four hits with seven strikeouts… Ethan Roberts worked a scoreless frame in relief with a strikeout.

HIT PARADE: Iowa’s 16 hits on Saturday were the third-most the club has had all season, trailing a 24 hit game on April 16 vs. St. Paul and a 18 hit effort on May 16 vs. St. Paul…last season, the I-Cubs only reached 16 hits on two occasions with the season high being 18 on Sept. 15 vs. Louisville…last night marked the 13th time this season Iowa has reached the 10 run mark and first since July 3 vs. Omaha.

CINCO DE HIT-O: Tuesday night, Owen Caissie tallied the team’s first five-hit game of the season…he went 5-for-5 with two doubles, and a two-run homer (20)…the last time an I-Cub had a five-hit game was when P.J. Higgins did it against the Omaha Storm Chasers on September 5, 2023…he is one of eight players in the International League this season with a five-hit game.

DO NOT PASS: Last Wednesday night, Iowa recorded their seventh shutout of the season with a 9-0 win over Louisville…marked their first shutout since a 3-0 win on June 15 also vs. Louisville…the Iowa Cubs recorded six shutouts all of last season.

VS. INDIANAPOLIS: Iowa and Indianapolis have played six games this season with five being April 1-6 at Victory Field in Indianapolis…each team has won three game…the I-Cubs have outscored Indianapolis by a 25-20 margin.

LONG BALL: Cubs’ No. 6 prospect Jonathon Long hit his 16th home run of the season last night…it marked his seventh home run since July 1 which ranks tied for fifth-most in the International League during that span.

EVEN FLOW: With Iowa’s loss last night, they…