August 16 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs vs. Worcester Red Sox
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August 16 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs vs. Worcester Red Sox

Published on August 16, 2025 under International League (IL)
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IOWA CUBS (57-60, 18-25) vs. Worcester Red Sox (60-57, 19-24)

Saturday, August 16 - 6:08 PM CT - Principal Park - Des Moines, IA

RHP Connor Noland (9-3, 3.73) vs. LHP Payton Tolle (0-1, 9.00)

TONIGHT'S GAME: The Iowa Cubs play the fifth of a six-game series tonight vs. Worcester...right-hander Connor Noland is slated to make his 22nd outing and his 18th start...left-hander Payton Tolle is scheduled to start for Worcester.

BACK WITH A W: The I-Cubs evened up the series last night with a 9-6 win over Worcester... Jonathon Long went 3-for-4 with two runs, a home run and two RBI and Forrest Wall hit a grand slam in the sixth inning... Moises Ballesteros, Kevin Alcántara and Nicky Lopez each had added two hits... Jordan Wicks worked 2.1 scoreless innings and struck out four... Nate Pearson allowed one run across 2.0 innings to pick up the save.

DAY TIME, BEST TIME: Wednesday, Iowa and Worcester matched up for the first of two day games this week...Iowa improved to 25-18 in such games this season which is the most day game wins in the International League this season ahead of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (24-11)...Worcester has gone 20-24 in such games this year.

THE JAGUAR: Outfielder Kevin Alcántara has gone 4-for-5 with three runs, a double, a home run and four RBI in his last two games...the homer marked his 16th home run of the season marked his third in his last seven games...in addition, it marked a career high for him, surpassing the 15 he hit in 2022 with Low-A Myrtle Beach...Kevin ranks among Cubs minor leaguers in RBI (T-3rd, 63), homers (T-4th), and slugging percentage (5th, .476).

GO LONG: Infielder Jonathon Long hit his 18th home run last night and his second in his last five games...the 18 home runs gave Long a career high, surpassing the 17 he hit between Advanced-A South Bend and Double-A Knoxville last season...Long has reached base in 28 straight games, the second-longest active streak in the International League, the longest of his career and the second-longest by an I-Cub this season (Ballesteros, 29)...during this stretch, Long is batting .340 (34-for-100) with 18 runs scored, seven doubles, five home runs and 22 RBI.

HOW GRAND: Last night, Forrest Wall hit a grand slam to put the I-Cubs ahead in the game...it marked the second grand slam of his career and the fifth of the season by Iowa (last - 6/21 at NAS, Pérez)...Wall hit a home run for his first hit as an Iowa player, making him the first I-Cub to do so since Jake Hager on July 3, 2024.

ONE-NIL: Wednesday, the I-Cubs won over Worcester by a 1-0 score...it marked Iowa's first 1-0 game since they were defeated by Nashville on June 22...it was the sixth 1-0 game of the season for the I-Cubs, compared to just one such game in 2024.

TRI: Infielder James Triantos has batted .294 (15-for-51) with four doubles, one home run, eight RBI and five multi-hit games in August...Triantos has also walked in five consecutive games from Aug. 8-14, which marked the longest such streak of his career.

VS. WORCESTER: Iowa and Worcester will play the lone six-game series this week in the 2025 year...this is the first time that the I-Cubs and WooSox will play against each other in franchise history...both teams joined the International League in 2021...in addition, it marks the first match up between the Boston Red Sox Triple-A club and the Chicago Cubs Triple-A club since 1990.

NO FLY ZONE: The I-Cubs tallied their eighth shutout of the season Wednesday and allowed just two hits...it marked the club's first shutout since July 23 at Louisville...the two hits allowed tied a 9.0 inning season-low, done four times and most recently on July 23 at Louisville...the team surrendered just one hit on June 4 vs. Omaha in 7.0 innings.

HOMER HAPPY: Iowa surrendered five home runs Thursday night which is tied for the second-most allowed by the club this season just behind the six they have up at Columbus on May 21.

NASTY NOLAND: Tonight's starter Connor Noland has gone 1-0 with a 0.56 ERA (1 ER in 16.0 IP) and 14 strikeouts in his last four outings (one start).

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