August 12 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs vs. St. Paul Saints
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August 12 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs vs. St. Paul Saints

Published on August 12, 2026 under International League (IL)
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IOWA CUBS (16-24, 46-66) vs. St. Paul Saints (24-16, 66-48)

August 12 - 6:38 PM CT - Principal Park - Des Moines, IA

LHP Braxton Garrett (4-4, 2.90) vs. RHP Ryan Gallagher (5-5, 5.99)

TONIGHT'S GAME: The Iowa Cubs and the St. Paul Saints are set to play the second of a six-game series at Principal Park...left-hander Braxton Garrett is slated to make his Cubs organization debut when he takes the mound tonight for Iowa...St. Paul is scheduled to start right-hander Ryan Gallagher.

FIELD OF VICTORIES: The Iowa Cubs defeated the St. Paul Saints on Tuesday night at the MiLB at Field of Dreams Game in Dyersville, IA... Greg Jones, Ben Cowles, Jordan Nwogu, and B.J. Murray hit four home runs for the I-Cubs..down 2-1 in the fifth inning, Cowles and Nwogu hit-back-to-back home runs to tie the game and take the lead before Murray hit a three-run blast to blow the game open for Iowa... Jordan Wicks earned his second win of the season, pitching 5.0 innings and allowing just one earned run on two hits... Jaxon Wiggins (1.0 IP), Ethan Roberts (1.0 IP) and Gabe Klobosits (1.0 IP) threw three combined scoreless innings, allowing no hits and just two walks...Klobosits earned his third save of the season.

THE BIG INNING: The I-Cubs scored five runs in the fifth inning at Field of Dreams last night to take the lead for good...it was the second five-run inning they have had in the past week, doing so on Friday at Indianapolis in the seventh inning of a 9-3 victory...prior to last Friday, Iowa had not scored more than three runs in a single inning since July 19 at Memphis, when they scored four runs in the third inning...they had not scored five or more runs in a single inning since July 9th when they scored six runs in the fourth inning against St. Paul.

GOING LONG!: Iowa hit four home runs last night, including three home runs in the fifth inning...the three home runs in the fifth inning matched their season high for most home runs hit in a single inning, last done in the sixth inning on June 18 against Indianapolis...the four home runs were the most they have hit in a single game since also hitting four on July 9 against St. Paul... Jordan Nwogu hit his first Triple-A home run to tie the game in the fifth inning, before Ben Cowles made it back-to-back home runs to give Iowa the lead for good...it is the fourth time this season Iowa has hit back-to-back home runs, last done by Christian Bethancourt and Scott Kingery on July 9 against St. Paul in the fourth inning.

ERROR MESSAGE: Over their last seven games, Iowa has committed 11 errors, including two games with four errors on August 4 and August 8...including last night, they have three games where they have committed multiple errors...over the last seven games, they have the most errors in all of Triple-A (11)...they rank 17th in the International League with 95 errors on the season.

THE JAGUAR: Outfielder Kevin Alcántara saw his on-base of 42 games come to an end Sunday as he went 0-for-3...it was the longest active on-base streak in affiliated professional baseball...Kevin broke the Iowa Cubs franchise record for the longest on-base streak in franchise history on July 26 at Gwinnett, previously held by Jonathon Long at 35 games that he set from July 9-Aug. 24, 2025...it is the longest streak in the International League this season and second longest streak this year in all of Triple-A, trailing Albuquerque's Chad Stevens' 51-game on-base streak from March 27-July 3...Kevin hit his 18th home run of the season on Saturday night, setting a new career high for home runs in a single season, surpassing his season total of 17 home runs last year with Iowa.

WALK THIS WAY: The I-Cubs matched their season high for walks in a game after walking 13 Indianapolis hitters last Tuesday night...they last allowed 13 walks in a game on May 19 versus Memphis...Iowa currently leads the International League in walks allowed (577).

WICKS: Jordan Wicks earned his second win of the season last night, pitching five innings and allowing one run on two hits...in his two August outings (one start and one relief appearance), Wicks has a 2-0 record and 1.08 ERA, allowing just one earned run on three hits across 8.1 innings pitched with five strikeouts and three walks...last night marked the sixth time this year he has pitched five or more innings in a game...in those outings, he has not allowed more than two earned runs.

VS. ST. PAUL: The Iowa Cubs and St. Paul Saints are matching up for the their third six-game series of the season...each club has won six games... Owen

Miller is batting .432 (16-for-37) with seven doubles vs. St. Paul and Kevin Alcántara is hitting .416 (10-for-24).

AYE-RS!: Chicago Cubs' No. 2 overall prospect and catcher Owen Ayers recorded his fifth multi-hit game last Wednesday since being promoted to Iowa...Ayers is batting .290 (20-for-69) with four doubles, one home run, 10 RBI, 13 walks and four stolen bases in 20 appearances...Ayers played in 65 games in Double-A Knoxville, batting .304 with 16 home runs and 48 RBI...since being promoted to Iowa on the 17th of July, Owen is batting .285 (6-for-21) with four RBI...at the time of his promotion, Ayers ranked first in the Southern League in on-base percentage (.417), slugging percentage (.591), and OPS (1.008), second in batting average, third in extra-base hits (33), fifth in total bases (136), and sixth in home runs.

WELCOME TO IOWA: Left-handed pitcher Braxton Garrett is set to make his Cubs organization debut when he takes the mound for Iowa tonight...Garrett has appeared in parts of six MLB seasons, posting a 16-20 across 67 appearances...Braxton missed the entire 2025 season recovering from right elbow (UCL) surgery...he was acquired at the trade deadline from the Miami Marlins in exchange for infielder Jonathon Long and right-handed pitcher Jace Beck ...the 29 year old was drafted in the first round (seventh overall) by the Miami Marlins in the 2016 MLB Draft out of Florence High School in Florence, AL.

CONGRATS BRETT AND JONNY!: Former I-Cubs outfielder Brett Bateman made his Major League debut with Toronto last week, and is batting .273 with two doubles and three RBI in his first five big leagues games...in 82 games this year with Iowa, he slashed .312/.430/.421 with three home runs, 33 RBI, 60 walks, and 20 stolen bases...Brett was traded at the deadline to Toronto in exchange for right-handed pitcher Kevin Gausman ...former Iowa infielder Jonathon Long was named the International League Player of the Month for July...he joins Pedro Ramirez as the second player to win the award with the I-Cubs this season...in the month of July, he hit .371 (33-for-89) with 13 doubles, four home runs and 14 RBI in 22 games...Long was dealt at the trade deadline alongside right-handed pitcher Jace Beck to the Miami Marlins in exchange for left-handed pitcher Braxton Garrett.

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