I was following the farm system action while watching the big league Cubs game, and here I thought the Brennen Davis homer was going to be the big highlight from the High-A South Bend Cubs game. Or the fact that the Cubs came back from a 7-0 deficit to ultimately win the game.
Nope. It was the benches-clearing brawl – actual brawling occurred – that just went down. It’s rare enough to see any kind of on-field fighting in the minors, but this was on another level.
This is madness, with punches thrown, guys tossed to the dirt, mini doggy piles happening. Heck, you can even see at one point someone from Fort Wayne throws a baseball that hits a South Bend player in the head (after ricocheting off his own teammate?):
LP: Johnnie Schneider (0-1, 6.75 ERA)
SV: Eury Ramos (2/2, 2.25 ERA)
For the second time this series, a South Bend Cub went yard in the third inning.
South Bend was down 2-0, after Juan Martinez took an 0-1 Chris Kachmar fastball over the left-center field wall. South Bend started the inning with the top of their order, following a Delvin Zinn single and a fielder’s choice by Cole Roederer. An error on the catch by Miguel Hernandez kept Zinn on base, and it brought up the Cubs number two prospect with two runners on and no one out.
Brennen Davis came up to the plate, after going 0-3 in his season debut last night and he had already walked in the first inning. One swing changed all of that.
WP: Samuel Reyes (1-1, 7.27 ERA)
LP: Johnnie Schneider (0-1, 6.75 ERA)
SV: Eury Ramos (2/2, 2.25 ERA)
For the second time this series, a South Bend Cub went yard in the third inning.
South Bend was down 2-0, after Juan Martinez took an 0-1 Chris Kachmar fastball over the left-center field wall. South Bend started the inning with the top of their order, following a Delvin Zinn single and a fielder’s choice by Cole Roederer. An error on the catch by Miguel Hernandez kept Zinn on base, and it brought up the Cubs number two prospect with two runners on and no one out.
Cubs minor leagues: Three up, three down and hard schedules
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Rikk Carlson
I’ve popped in very briefly recently on Fredricksburg Nationals and Kannapolis Cannonballers games. They are two of the teams that, in the new MiLB arrangement, have gotten off to horrible starts. As much as anyone wants to deny it, pitchers who are more polished, precise, and experienced tend to pitch better at any specific level than those without control or command. If a team loads up against teams with weaker talent, their statistics are generally going to be reflective of said lack of quality opposition. Per the Myrtle Beach Pelicans schedule, they’re scheduled to play neither the Cannonballers nor the Nationals this season. That’s likely a blessing in disguise.