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The Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-1 on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019.
It was a tough day for the former Missions. Keston Hiura started at second but suffered a hamstring strain and went on the injured list the next day.
Hernan Perez started at third base. Trent Grisham and Cory Spangenberg both got in the game late.
Former Missions pitchers Ray Black and Jay Jackson each threw one scoreless inning in relief.
Game photos taken from my seat in Section 225.
On Friday, that earned him a promotion back to the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Brewers also announced infielder Travis Shaw is being sent back down to the Missions and pitcher Burch Smith was designated for assignment.
The Brewers sent Perez to the Triple-A Missions after he hit .235 in 59 games in the majors this season.
Perez joined the Missions on July 5. He got off to a slow start in San Antonio, hitting .250 with no home runs in his first 10 games.
More recently, things have turned around. The 28-year-old infielder is hitting .313 with five home runs in his last 17 games.
Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported Perez is returning to the Brewers.
And for the second staight night the Missions came through in extra innings for the victory.
The Missions scored once in the 10th inning and twice in the 12th to beat the Fresno Grizzlies 3-2 on Saturday at Wolff Stadium.
Cory Spangenberg singled and drove in Blake Allemand to tie the game 2-2 with two outs in the bottom of the 12th. David Freitas walked to put runners on first and second.
Hernan Perez singled to left to score Spangenberg and win the game.
Missions starting pitcher Zack Brown went six scoreless innings and gave up four hits with seven strikeouts and one walk. Relievers Ray Black and Jake Faria both pitched one scoreless inning each.
The Missions’ Deolis Guerra (3-0) pitched the 11th and 12th innings to earn the win.
Trent Grisham homered twice and hit for the cycle and Hernan Perez had two hits including a home run. Grisham has 13 home runs since moving up from Double-A on June 20. Perez had five home runs in the last eight games.
David Freitas had two hits, walked once and scored twice.
Corbin Burnes started on the mound for the Missions and went two innings. The plan is for him to get reliever type innings, so the short was expected.
Thomas Jankins, usually a starter, had the longest stint on the mound. Jankins (10-3) went five innings and allowed three runs on five hits with four strikeouts and two walks to earn the win.
Alex Wilson and Angel Perdomo pitched one inning each to finish the game.
The Missions got the job done in the final inning without a longball or extra-base hit. They put together two singles, a walk, a sacrifice fly and a run-scoring ground ball.
(Cubs lead 3-1 going into bottom of the 9th)
– Nate Orf singles.
– Troy Stokes Jr. walks. Orf goes to second.
– Jacob Nottingham singles. Orf scores. Stokes goes to second. (Cubs lead 3-2)
– Lucas Erceg pinch-hits.
– Wild pitch. Stokes goes to third. Nottingham goes to second.
– Erceg sacrifice flies to right field. Stokes scores. Nottingham goes to third. (score tied 3-3)
– Trent Grisham chops a grounder to first. Nottingham slides and beats the throw at the plate for the winning run (Missions win 4-3).
The Missions’ other run scored on a solo home run by Hernan Perez in the fourth inning.
The 28-year-old from Venezuela made his MLB debut in 2012 with Detroit Tigers. He has spent all or part of the last five seasons in the majors with the Brewers.
Perez hit .235 with 5 home runs and 11 RBIs in 59 games this season with the Brewers before being sent down to Triple-A San Antonio.
Perez has played second base and left field in the first three games of the Missions’ current homestand and has hits in his last four games overall. He went hitless in his first two games after being sent down. He is currently batting .154 with no home runs and one RBI in his six games with the Missions.
