April 26 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs at Louisville Bats
April 26, 2025 - International League (IL)
Iowa Cubs News Release
IOWA CUBS (11-9) at LOUISVILLE BATS (13-10)
April 26 - 4:05 PM CT - Louisville Slugger Field - Louisville, KY
Game 1: LHP Jordan Wicks (0-0, 3.55) vs. RHP Aaron Wilkerson (2-1, 5.89)
Game 2: RHP Chris Flexen (3-0, 0.40) vs. RHP Randy Wynne (0-2, 3.06)
TODAY'S GAMES: The Iowa Cubs take on the Louisville Bats in the third and fourth of a six-game series...left-hander Jordan Wicks is slated to make his third start in four appearances with Iowa vs. right-hander Aaron Wilkerson for Louisville in game one...right-hander Chris Flexen is slated to make his fifth start of the season and will face right-hander Randy Wynne who will make his fifth start for Louisville game two of the doubleheader.
WEDNESDAY MORNING: Iowa dropped the second game of this week's series with a 1-0 loss in extras to Louisville... Cade Horton had another stellar outing, racking up 4.2 innings, allowing no runs on two hits and striking out five in the process... Brandon Hughes, Tyson Miller and Jack Neely combined for 4.1 scoreless innings in relief... Moises Ballesteros, Owen Caissie, Kevin Alcántara and Reese McGuire each had a hit for the I-Cubs.
BALLY, BALLY: Moises Ballesteros extended his career-long hit streak to 11 games yesterday morning, during which he is hitting .465 (20-for-43) with six extra-base hits...Bally became the first I-Cub to hit in at least 11 straight games since Alexander Canario did so from Aug. 8-24, 2023 (12 games)...Bally ranks among IL leaders in hits (1st, 29), batting average (2nd, .377), total bases (T-5th, 43), OPS (6th, .988), and slugging percentage (9th, .558).
DROPPIN' DIMES: I-Cubs pitching staff have been one of the most dominant when it comes to striking out opponents...currently the pitching staff is on a seven-game streak with 10+ strikeouts or more dating back to April 15 vs. St. Paul...it marks the longest active streak in the International League and the longest by the I-Cubs staff since May 2-14, 2024 (11 games).
WELL, THAT WAS FUN: The Iowa Cubs defeated the St. Paul Saints by a 20-6 score on April 16 at Principal Park...the 20 runs were the most scored by the I-Cubs since Aug. 9, 2023 at Omaha (20) and the most by an International League team since Gwinnett scored 21 at St. Paul on July 3, 2024... Moises Ballesteros and Kevin Alcántara each tallied four hits and Cade Horton pitched 5.0 innings of one-run ball to earn the win.
GOING, GOING, GONE: Iowa clubbed eight home runs on April 16 to match a franchise record set on Aug. 9, 2008 at Round Rock...the I-Cubs became the first International League team to hit eight homers in a game since St. Paul at Louisville on June 13, 2024 (8).
THE BIG O: Owen Caissie hit his fourth home run of the season Tuesday night...it marked the second straight game in which Owen homered and first time he has homered in back-to-back games since Aug. 4-6 vs. STP and at Omaha...Caissie is the second I-Cub to homered in consecutive games this year following Chase Strumpf on April 17-18 vs. St Paul...last season, Owen did not hit his fourth homer until June 1.
SOME DAYS IT RAINS: The Iowa Cubs and Louisville Bats were postponed for the second straight day (Thursday and Friday...it marked the eighth game this season in which weather has impacted an I-Cubs game this season...just two of those games have been at home, including March 30 vs. Omaha and April 20 vs. St. Paul.
VS. LOUISVILLE: Iowa and Louisville are set to play another 12 times during the year (18 total including this series) in June at Principal Park...the other six games will be played at Louisville Slugger Field in July.
BIG DAY FOR BALLY: Moises Ballesteros went 4-for-5 with five runs scored, two home runs, three RBI and a double Wednesday (4/16)...the five runs scored matched a franchise record done nine times and the last by Anthony Rizzo on May 22, 2012 vs. Tacoma...Bally tallied his second multi-homer game, last done on July 1, 2022 vs. ACL Padres...marked his first four-hit game at the Triple-A level and his first since June 14, 2024 at Double-A Biloxi.
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