The Iowa Cubs plucked the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 3-1.
Jordan Wicks had his best Triple-A start and his third Triple-A win. Wicks allowed just one run on one hit over five innings. He walked two and struck out three. He also hit a batter.
With Manuel Rodríguez off to Durham and the Rays, Cam Sanders got called on to pitch the ninth and get the save. Sanders’ only blemish was a two-out infield single. He struck out the other three batters he faced swinging.
Center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong got his first Triple-A hit in the fifth inning, a solo home run over the left-center field wall.