April 6 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs at Indianapolis Indians
April 6, 2025 - International League (IL)
Iowa Cubs News Release
IOWA CUBS (3-2) at INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (1-3)
April 6 - 11:15 AM CT - Victory Field - Indianapolis, IN
RHP Connor Noland (0-0, 2.25) vs. RHP Mike Burrows (0-0, 0.00)
TODAY'S GAMES: The Iowa Cubs and Indianapolis Indians are slated to finish Friday night's suspended game and play their regularly scheduled game after the conclusion of the suspended game...Friday night's game was suspended with the score tied at 3-3 in the 10th inning...right-hander Connor Noland is slated to start tonight's game for Iowa vs. right-hander Mike Burrows for Indianapolis.
ROSTER NEWS: Iowa Cubs starting pitcher Caleb Kilian was placed on the injured list yesterday and right-hander Connor Noland came off the development list and will start the regularly scheduled game.
BANANA SPLIT: The Iowa Cubs split Thursday's doubleheader at Indianapolis, dropping the first game 7-6 in eight innings and winning the second game 6-1...Iowa scored five runs in sixth inning and another in the seven in game one to tie the game at six, but Indy scored in the eighth on a walk-off fielder's choice... Owen Caissie and Jonathon Long each tallied three hits to lead Iowa's offense in the game two win.
STREAKING: Infielder Ben Cowles extended his hit streak to six games Friday night in the suspended game in which he is slashing .409/.458/.682 (9- for-22) with three extra-base hits and four RBI...he is one of 10 players in the International League this season to have a hit streak of at least six games.
CADE'S FIRST OUTING: I-Cubs starter Cade Horton made his first outing Thursday since May 29, 2024 at Louisville and worked 3.1 scoreless innings, allowed just one hit and struck out six...the six strikeouts matched his Triple-A career high and marked the fourth time he has reached six strikeouts (last - 5/22/24 vs. IND).
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: The I-Cubs and Indianapolis were postponed Wednesday, had Friday's game suspended and Saturday's game canceled...it marked the fourth time weather has altered the I-Cubs schedule after Sunday in which Iowa and Omaha were postponed due to weather conditions...the game will be made up during the June 3-8 series at Omaha.
CLOSE CALLS: Iowa's squeaked out a 2-1 win Tuesday night at Indianapolis...it marked the first win for the I-Cubs in which they scored two runs or less since the club won 1-0 over Indianapolis on June 20, 2024.
ROSTER RUNDOWN: In conjunction with the Chicago Cubs, the Iowa Cubs announced their Opening Day roster on Friday...eighteen players who have past suited up for Iowa...additionally, the roster features nine players on the Cubs' Top 30 Prospects List according to MLB. com, including RHP Cade Horton (No. 2), OF Owen Caissie (No. 3), C Moises Ballesteros (No. 4), INF James Triantos (No. 5), OF Kevin Alcántara (No. 6), INF Jonathon Long (No. 13), RHP Jack Neely (No. 16), INF Ben Cowles (No. 22) and OF Christian Franklin (No. 25).
AWARD TOUR: The 2024 Buck O'Neil Cubs Minor League Player of the Year Moises Ballesteros made his first Triple-A Opening Day roster...it marked the second straight year Bally has won the award...the Venezuela native joined Iowa on June 18, 2024 and hit .281 (73-for-260).
RUNNIN' WILD: James Triantos, the No. 72 prospect in baseball (MLB.com), has hit safely in four of his five games this season and has stolen three bases...James is coming off a season in which he batted .300 (133-for-443) with 36 extra-base hits and 47 stolen bases...James became the first Cubs farmhand with at least 130 hits and 45 stolen last season since 2010.
VS. INDIANAPOLIS: Iowa and Indianapolis are set to face each other 18 times this season...after this series, the two teams will not see each other until July 29-Aug. 3...Iowa struggled against Indy last season, going 5-13.
MARCH ON: The I-Cubs got off to a strong start last season as they posted a 15-12 record through March/April...Iowa tallied a four-game win streak from April 6-10 vs. Toledo and at St. Paul which marked their longest such streak of the season...Iowa hit .259 (28-for-108) with 10 extra-base hits with 12 walks during the three games in March and the pitching staff posted a 3.10 ERA (10 ER in 29.0 IP).
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