August 2 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs vs. Indianapolis Indians
Published on August 2, 2025 under International League (IL)
Iowa Cubs News Release
IOWA CUBS (53-52, 14-17) vs. INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (63-42, 21-10)
Saturday, August 2 - 6:08 PM CT - Principal Park - Des Moines, IA
RHP Spencer Turnbull (0-3, 12.54) vs. LHP Randy Labaut (4-1, 4.64)
TONIGHT'S GAME: The Iowa Cubs play the fourth of a six-game series vs. Indianapolis tonight...right-hander Spencer Turnbull is slated to start for Iowa...left-hander Randy Labaut will start for Indianapolis.
FELL SHORT: The I-Cubs fell short in game three to the Indians with an 8-5 score in extras...despite James Triantos going 2-for-4 with a two-run shot, the offense altogether were fanned for a season-high 19 times in the game...starter Will Sanders earned his third quality start of the season (second with Iowa) as he worked an efficient 6.0 innings and fanned eight batters in the process...eight strikeouts tied for the most strikeouts this season when he fanned eight against Columbus on July 19.
19 TOO MANY: Last night, the Iowa Cubs were fanned 19 times in the game which is a season-high...Iowa's 19 strikeouts in yesterday's game were tied for the second-most strikeouts in the International League behind Rochester who had been fanned 22 times against Scranton on July 23...the last time Iowa, as a team, were fanned at least 19 times was against the Memphis Redbirds during the 2018 season.
THE JAG: Outfielder and Cubs No. 4 prospect Kevin Alcántara recorded his second two-homer game of the season on Wednesday with the other coming on May 21, 2025 at Columbus...he is the sixth I-Cub this season to have at least two multi-homer games this season...since June 18, The Jaguar is batting .318 (28-for-88) with eight doubles, six home runs and 19 RBI in 24 games.
WALK THIS WAY: Jonathon Long snapped his walk streak at eight games Tuesday night...it is tied for the second-longest such streak in the International League and the longest by an I-Cub since Owen Caissie from April 25-May 2 (also 8)...no Iowa Cub has walked in nine straight games since at least 2004 when data was made available.
FIVE GUY: Infielder Hayden Cantrelle went 2-for-3 Thursday night vs. Indianapolis and hit his first home run of the 2025 season...it marked his first home run since Sept. 5, 2024 at St. Paul and has tallied an extra-base hit in back-to-back games for the first time since Sept. 4-5, 2024 at St. Paul.
DEALING: Right-hander Brandon Birdsell earned his first win with Iowa Thursday night since Sept. 21, 2024 at Rochester after 6.0 scoreless frames...it marked his first start of 6.0 scoreless frames since also on Sept. 21 in which he worked 7.0 scoreless...Brandon also allowed just two hits in 6.0 innings for the fourth time in his career and first Sept. 4, 2024 at St. Paul (6.0 IP, 2 H).
HE GET'S ON BASE: Yesterday, the Cubs announced Moises Ballesteros and Gavin Hollowell have been optioned to Iowa...Bally has reached base in 24 straight games, batting .330 (31-for-94) with one home run, 16 RBI and nine walks...it marks the longest on-base streak since Bryce Windham reached in 28 straight games from July 26-Sept. 24, 2024.
CINCO DE HIT-O: Last 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.
LONG BALL: Cubs' No. 6 prospect Jonathon Long hit his 16th home run of the season Tuesday night...it marked his seventh home run since July 1 which ranks tied for fifth-most in the International League during that span.
VS. INDIANAPOLIS: Iowa and Indianapolis have played eight games this season with five being April 1-6 at Victory Field in Indianapolis...the I-Cubs have won five of the eight games this season, including three of the last four.
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