​  Right-hander Kenten Egbert was promoted from High-A South Bend to Triple-A Iowa.The Iowa Cubs hunted down the Buffalo Bison (Blue Jays), 18-11, thanks in large part to an 11-run fifth inning.Will Sanders started and collected the win, improving to 4-0 on the year. Sanders gave up three runs on four hits over five innings. Two of the runs came on a first-inning home run by Jonatan Clase. Sanders struck out four, walked three and hit one batter.Kenten Egbert gave up four runs, two earned, on five hits over 2.1 innings in his Triple-A debut. Egbert walked two and struck out one.Second baseman Owen Miller tied the game 2-2 with a two-run home run in the second inning. It was Miller’s fifth home run on the year. Miller went 3 for 4 with a double and a walk. He scored twice and had three overall RBI.Right fielder Kevin Alcántara turbocharged that 11-run fifth with a grand slam, his 17th home run on the year. Alcántara was 4 for 5 and scored three times.Later on the fifth, third baseman James Triantos hit a two-run home run, his sixth on the year. Triantos went 3 for 4 with a double, the home run and a sacrifice fly. Triantos had the three runs batted in and scored twice.Center fielder Brett Bateman went 3 for 5 with a double, a walk and a steal. He scored three times and drove in two.First baseman BJ Murray was 3 for 4 with a double, a walk and he was hit by a pitch. He scored two runs.Left fielder Jonathon Long was 1 for 3 with a double and two walks. He scored twice and drove home one.Iowa had 19 hits this afternoon.RBI double for Ben Cowles, who was 1 for 4 and was hit by a pitch.Bateman’s RBI double.The Jaguar strikes.The Triantos HR.The Knoxville Smokies usurped the Birmingham Barons (White Sox), 10-4.Nick Dean started after giving up just one run on three hits over five innings. Dean struck out five and walked one.Third baseman Jefferson Rojas homered not once, but twice tonight. The first one came in the top of the first inning with the bases empty. The second one came in the top of the second inning with two men on. The rest of his day wasn’t as good, but Rojas did finish going 3 for 5 with a walk and the two home runs. He now has 13 home runs this year.Center fielder Andy Garriola hit a two-run home run in the third inning, his 15th on the season. Garriola went 2 for 5 with three total runs batted in.Right fielder Alex Ramírez doubled twice in a 3 for 5 game. He scored two runs and drove in one.DH Owen Ayers was 2 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored.Left fielder Carter Trice went 2 for 4 with a walk and two steals.Second baseman Hayden Cantrelle was 1 for 3 with two walks and two steals. Cantrelle scored twice.Home run number one for Rojas.First one was so nice that Rojas decided to do it twice.The South Bend Cubs arrested the Quad Cities River Bandits (Royals), 8-1 in a game tha      ​Read More