July 19 Game Notes at Memphis

Iowa Cubs (34-61) at Memphis Redbirds (61-35)
Thursday, July 19 • 5:05 p.m. CT • AutoZone Park • Memphis, TN
RHP Eddie Butler (0-2, 11.88) vs. RHP Dakota Hudson (12-2, 2.42)
RHP Casey Coleman (1-1. 4/09) vs. RHP Kevin Herget (6-6, 3.80)

TONIGHT'S GAMES: The Iowa Cubs will look to take their second win on the season vs. Memphis behind the arms of rehabbing RHP Eddie Butler and RHP Casey Coleman. Butler will toe the rubber against RHP Dakota Hudson, who is making his first start since July 8 after being on the temporary inactive list. Coleman will face off against RHP Kevin Herget. 
STREAKING: Ryan Court continues to keep his hitting streak alive, as he increased it to a season-high 12 games after going 1-for-4 Tuesday. During his hitting streak, Court is batting .390 (16-for-41) with four doubles and five RBI. The bat has heated up for Court in the height of summer. Since May 21, he is batting .319 (38-for-119) with 20 RBI through 36 games after hitting .184 (23-for-125) through his first 35 games with Iowa. 
JASON BOSS-LER Along with being just two long balls shy of becoming the active team leader in home runs, Jason Vosler is averaging an RBI per contest with 21 RBI in 21 games played with Iowa. Vosler's 14 July RBI are tied for the sixth-most in the PCL in the month. With his 17 overall homers this season, he is the current leader in home runs across all the Cubs farm system. 
SPEEDY ZAGUNIS: Mark Zagunis was able to steal two bases in Tuesday's loss to Memphis to bring his season total to seven--trailing only Jacob Hannemann with 17 among active I-Cubs. The team has stolen 13 bases since coming back from the All-Star break on July 12 and have stolen at least one base in every game since July 6. The team has 66 stolen bases on the year and sits in the middle of the pack in this category in the PCL. 
FINDING THE NEXT MAN UP: After going 2-for-12 with RISP in Tuesday's game, Iowa is now 212-for-796 (.266) with runners in scoring position, and 87-for-362 (.240) in production with RISP with two outs. Ryan Court paces the team in production with RISP with two outs, hitting .400 (14-for-35) with a home run and 17 RBI, while also leading the squad with most RBI (33) with runners in scoring position. Jason Vosler paces the I-Cubs in average (.500) with runners in scoring position. Overall, Salt Lake paces the PCL with a .302 average in both RISP (282-for-935) and RISP with two outs (137-for-454) with 422 RBI. Memphis sits near the top with a .281 in both respective categories. 
AGAINST MEMPHIS: Iowa's record against Memphis has fallen to 1-13 after dropping their 11th-straight game to the Redbirds Tuesday. Mark Zagunis leads Iowa's offense at a scorching .400 (16-for-40) clip. Over 13 games, Zagunis has scored eight runs and hit five doubles, a home run and seven RBI vs. Memphis. 
FREE PASS: Both Iowa and Memphis rank in the bottom-half of the PCL in drawing walks. Iowa's 303 free passes drawn are good for 10th in the league, while Memphis ranks 14th at 273. On the other side of the ball, Iowa has issued the fifth most walks (345) in the PCL, despite holding Memphis walk-less over 8.0 innings Tuesday.
RADEMACHER RIDING THE WAVE: Over his last 10 games, Bijan Rademacher has gone 10-for-32 with three runs and three RBI for a .313 average. Over his last five games, he is only second to Court's .438 average on the team, going 6-for-16 (.375) with two runs and an RBI--including notching the only multi-hit effort of the night (2-for-3). In his previous 12 games, he went 9-for-35 (.257) with two doubles, two RBI and three walks and strikeouts apiece.
TWO-FER: Two runs or fewer runs have decided each of Iowa's last six games with Iowa going 3-3. This season, two or fewer runs have decided 54 of Iowa's games with Iowa going 21-33. 
COMFORT ON THE ROAD:Taylor Davis' 18-game road on-base streak dating back to May 22 came to an end Tuesday. The catcher went 0-for-5 with a strikeout after batting .355 (22-for-62) in enemy territory over the stretch, while boasting a .452 on-base percentage with 10 walks, five doubles and eight RBI.  
ONE FOR THE RECORD: The 2018 I-Cubs now own the worst all-time W/L record against Memphis at home at 0-8 its worst overall season series record with Memphis (2014, 4-12) in franchise history. The I-Cubs are now on pace to match their worst series record against any time, which was set against Round Rock in 2016, going 2-14. Iowa is also well past it's longest losing streak to Memphis (7 games) which dated back to 2003.
Short Hops: Jason Vosler has been able to tally a hit in 18 of 20 games played with Iowa this season.