IOW 8, LOU 6 | Apr 4, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, April 4, 2026•Louisville Slugger Field•81°F, Partly Cloudy

IOW

Cubs

LOU

Bats

Completed Early: Rain

WIN

Luke Little

LOSS

Darren McCaughan

The Cubs defeated the Bats 8-6.

Key Moment

Top 3: Pedro Ramírez homers (3) on a line drive to right center field. Jonathon Long scores.

Weather: 81°F, Partly CloudyWind: 19 mph, Out To RFFirst pitch: 5:05 PM UTCT: 1:49Att: 4,319Venue: Louisville Slugger Field

Ump Audit

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94.3%B

7 missed calls

+6.6% IOW

+0.25 runs IOW

Win Probability

LOU WinIOW Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IOW	0	1	3	4	0	0	x	x	x	8	9	0
LOU	2	1	1	0	2

Game 816296 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Iowa Cubs

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Justin DeanLF	4	1	1	1	0	1	.214/.333/.429
Jonathon Long1B	3	1	2	2	1	0	.281/.395/.438
James Triantos2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.400/.419/.600
Pedro Ramírez3B	3	1	1	2	0	0	.387/.457/.774
Kevin AlcántaraCF	3	1	1	1	0	1	.240/.345/.680
BJ MurrayDH	3	1	1	1	0	0	.227/.320/.636
Ben CowlesSS	2	1	1	0	0	0	.111/.360/.167
Eric YangC	3	1	1	0	0	2	.400/.500/.400
Brett BatemanRF	2	1	0	0	1	1	.167/.375/.222
Bench
Jaxon WigginsP							.000/.000/.000
Luke LittleP							.000/.000/.000
Totals	27	8	9	8	2	5	-

HR:Murray (2nd off McCaughan, 0 on, 1 out); Ramírez (3rd off McCaughan, 1 on, 2 out); Alcántara (3rd off McCaughan, 0 on, 2 out)

TB:18

RBI:Ramírez 2; Long 2; Dean; Alcántara; Triantos; Murray

SB:Cowles; Ramírez; Alcántara

GIDP:Triantos

Team LOB:4

Louisville Bats

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Blake DunnLF	4	0	1	1	0	0	.414/.541/.517
Edwin ArroyoSS	3	1

Pitching

Iowa Cubs

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jaxon Wiggins	4.0	5	4	4	3	4	1	69-42	90.9	5.63
Luke LittleW	1.2	1	2	2	3	3	0	36-19	91.6	5.79
Gabe Klobosits	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-.--
Totals	5.2	6	6	6	6	7	1	105-61	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Wiggins 69-42; Little 36-19

Groundouts-flyouts:Wiggins 4-4; Little 1-1; Klobosits 0-0

Louisville Bats

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Darren McCaughanL	3.0	8	8	8	1	2	3	72-45	86.9	13.50

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • LOU

0-2

JJ Bleday doubles (4) on a fly ball to left fielder Justin Dean. Edwin Arroyo scores. Héctor Rodríguez scores.

EV: 88.2 mph294 ftLA: 29°

Top 2 • IOW

1-2

BJ Murray homers (3) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 97.9 mph💣 345 ftLA: 36°

Bot 2 • LOU

1-3

Blake Dunn singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kevin Alcántara. Michael Toglia scores.

EV: 95.9 mph58 ftLA: 1°

Top 3 • IOW

4-3

Kevin Alcántara homers (3) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 110.2 mph💣 440 ftLA: 26°

3-3

Pedro Ramírez homers (3) on a line drive to right center field. Jonathon Long scores.

EV: 105.2 mph💣 396 ftLA: 21°

Bot 3 • LOU

4-4

Rece Hinds homers (4) on a line drive to right center field.

EV: 106.5 mph💣 405 ftLA: 20°

Top 4 • IOW

8-4

James Triantos reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Edwin Arroyo. Justin Dean scores. Jonathon Long to 2nd.

EV: 99.9 mph107 ftLA: 4°

7-4

Jonathon Long singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder JJ Bleday. Eric Yang scores. Brett Bateman scores. Justin Dean to 3rd.

EV: 104.9 mph22 ftLA: -4°

5-4

Justin Dean singles on a soft fly ball to right fielder JJ Bleday. Ben Cowles scores. Eric Yang to 3rd. Brett Bateman to 2nd.

EV: 61.1 mph190 ftLA: 38°

Bot 5 • LOU

8-5

Christian Encarnacion-Strand walks. Héctor Rodríguez scores. Rece Hinds to 3rd. JJ Bleday to 2nd.

8-6

P.J. Higgins out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kevin Alcántara. Rece Hinds scores.

EV: 92.9 mph310 ftLA: 17°

Bench
Darren McCaughanP							.000/.000/.000
Lyon RichardsonP							.000/.000/.000
Kyle NicolasP							.000/.000/.000

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Win Probability

Batting

Iowa Cubs

Louisville Bats

Pitching

Iowa Cubs

Louisville Bats

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