Minor Details: Games of August 4

IOWA CUBS 10, ST. PAUL SAINTS 9 IN IOWA (11 INNINGS)

Payton Eeles homered in the ninth to tie it 4-4.  Each team scored four in the tenth.  St. Paul scored one in the eleventh, but Caleb Knight hit a two-run homer to win it for Iowa.

Multi-hit games:  Eeles was 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs.  Diego Castillo was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs.  Wynton Bernard was 2-for-5 with a triple, a walk, and two runs.  Edouard Julien was 2-for-5 with a double.

Home runs:  Eeles (3).

Multi-RBI games:  Eeles 4 (7); Alex Isola 2 (29).

Stolen basesJulien (6).

Pitching prowess:  Justin Topa pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.  Ronny Henriquez struck out two in a perfect inning.  Jeff Brigham gave up one hit in a scoreless inning.

Loss:  Hobie Harris (3-5).

Opposition standout:  Chase Strumpf was 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs.

Record:  St. Paul is 16-17, tied for fifth with Gwinnett and Toledo, 6.5 games behind Columbus.

WICHITA WIND SURGE 3, NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NATURALS 2 IN WICHITA

Trailing 2-0, Wichita scored two in the eighth and won it in the ninth on a walkoff walk.

Multi-hit games:  Jake Rucker was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Home runs:  None.

Multi-RBI games:  Rucker 2 (52).

Stolen bases:  None.

Pitching prowess:  Travis Adams pitched six innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and a walk and striking out four.  Regi Grace pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.  Jarret Whorff pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

Win:  Whorff (2-2).

Opposition standout:  Tyson Guerrero struck out seven in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

Record:  Wichita is 12-21, in fifth (last) place, eight games behind Springfield.

GREAT LAKES LOONS 3, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Great Lakes took a 3-1 lead in the fourth, scoring all of their runs in that inning.

Multi-hit games:  None.  Cedar Rapids had five hits.

Home runs:  None.

Multi-RBI games:  None.

Stolen bases:  None.

Pitching prowess:  Ty Langenberg pitched six innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on six hits and striking out five.  Spencer Bengard pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out one.

Loss:  Langenberg (3-1).

Opposition standout:  Jacob Meador struck out five in 4.2 innings, giving up one run on one hit and four walks.

Record:  Cedar Rapids is 18-18, tied for second with Peoria, 5.5 games behind Wisconsin.

ST. LUCIE AT FORT MYERS (2)

A doubleheader was rained out.  Fort Myers is 20-12, in first place, one game ahead of Lakeland.

TODAY'S TILT

10:00  DSL Rangers Blue at DSL Twins

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