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Cubs Edge Dragons on Pagan Homer

May 23, 2023 - Midwest League (MWL)
South Bend Cubs News Release


SOUTH BEND, IN - James Triantos picked up two more hits, as did Bryce Ball, plus Richard Gallardo impresses again at home in hard fought 3-2 victory over Dayton.

Triantos (2-3, R, BB) made it three-straight games with multiple hits for the 20-year-old and through just over two weeks is now batting .375 with just one strikeout. He singled in the third inning with two outs and moved into scoring position on a balk by Hunter Parks (4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K). Bryce Ball followed with a grounder to second that Tyler Callihan booted, and Triantos came around to score on. Callihan picked up two error on the play with his throw home getting to the backstop, allowing Ball to move up to second.

The next inning Yohendrick Pinango (0-2, 2 BB, 2 SB, R) walked to start the frame, drawing his 24th walk of the season after walking 30 times all of last year. A disengagement violation (a third pickoff attempt that saw Pinango safe at first) advanced him to third and just mere moments the 21-year-old from Venezuela swiped third base. He scored on a Casey Opitz (0-1, 2 BB, RBI) sac-fly to left.

Richard Gallardo (6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 5 K) started the day with a 3.00 ERA at Four Winds Field and exited with that number staying exactly the same. After four scoreless innings of work for the right-hander he gave up a solo-homer to Tyler Callahan to start the fifth innings. Mat Nelson smoked a double down the line in left on the next pitch and Dayton seemed like they had finally found their footing offensively. After moving up on a ground out, Nelson scored on a Michael Trautwein sac-fly to left field.

All knotted up at two runs apiece, Ezequiel Pagan (1-4, HR, RBI, R) started the Cubs half of the fifth inning with a solo blast of his own. Pagan sent a towering fly ball down the line in right that just barely appeared to clear the yellow line and just barely stay fair. The home run came on the second pitch thrown by Owen Holt, the first man used out of the Dragons bullpen.

The Cubs would lead the rest of the game with Adam Laskey and Frankie Scalzo Jr. combining for three scoreless innings in relief to shut the door. South Bend is 6-2 in their last eight games.

Wednesday morning South Bend and Dayton meet for game two at 11:05 a.m.

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