Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: April 29

I spent the day with my family today. So I don’t know anything more than what’s in the box scores this time. I guess a little bit from Twitter and the game notes.

Iowa Cubs

Postponed for inclement weather.

Tennessee Smokies

The Smokies downed the Mississippi Braves, 6-3.

Duane Underwood Jr. started tonight and allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings. Underwood struck out five and walked no one.

James Pugliese pitched the bottom of the sixth inning and got the win when the Smokies scored four runs in the top of the seventh. Pugliese allowed one two out single, but nothing else. He did not have a strikeout.

Stephen Perakslis pitched a perfect ninth and got the save. He struck out one.

Center fielder Jacob Hannemann broke open the game with a three-run triple in the sixth inning. Hannemann was 1 for 3 and hit by a pitch.

Third baseman Jason Vosler hit his fifth home run with the bases empty in the top of the second. Vosler went 1 for 3 with a walk.

Catcher Erick Castillo also hit a solo home run in the fifth inning, his first of the season. Castillo went 2 for 4 and scored twice.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans coughed up a furball against the Lynchburg Hillcats (Indians), 11-3.

Starter Justin Steele took the loss after he got roughed up for six runs on ten hits over just 4.1 innings. Steele walked one and struck out one.

Left fielder Daniel Spingola hit a two-run triple in the sixth inning. Spingola was 2 for 4.

Shortstop Bryant Flete was 2 for 4.

South Bend Cubs

The South Bend Cubs split a doubleheader with the Ft. Wayne TinCaps (Padres), losing the first game 7-3 and winning the second one 4-1.

Bryan Hudson took the loss after he surrendered six runs in the fourth inning. The final line on Hudson was seven runs on six hits and four walks over 3.2 innings. Hudson only struck out one.

Right fielder Luis Ayala was 1 for 2 with a walk and a stolen base. He scored once.

Dylan Cease started game two and he didn’t get the win because he didn’t go five innings. But he did allow just one run on two hits over 4.2 innings. Cease struck out ten, which tied a career-high. Cease walked four batters.

Matt Schwarmer pitched the final 2.1 innings without allowing a run to get the win. Schwarmer surrendered three hits. He walked nobody and struck out four.

Left fielder Kevonte Mitchell hit a two-run double in the sixth inning to make the score 4-1. Mitchell was 2 for 3.