Latest Cubs News/Notes/Fun In Bullets (6/21)

The Cubs beat the Mets last night 7-4 in Adbert Alzolay’s stellar debut.  Here is some of the latest Cubs news/notes/fun in bullet points.

• Here is more on Alzolay’s Debut:

Adbert Alzolay became the first Cub to earn the win in his major league debut since Ryan O’Malley in 2006.

He’s the first #Cubs ???????? to win his debut since Marc Pisciotta in 1997. pic.twitter.com/D5mbmuLHUN

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 21, 2019

The @MLB debut for @adbert29:

4 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K.

1 standing ovation.
1 W.#EverybodyIn pic.twitter.com/BQZZsF9FIN

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 21, 2019

• Adbert was also very excited to finally get the call:

Adbert Alzolay after throwing four-plus innings and allowing one run in his big-league debut at Wrigley Field: “The best thing that ever happened to me. All the people were cheering my name and all that. I did my job. I did my part. We got the game. It was just amazing.”

— Patrick Mooney (@PJ_Mooney) June 21, 2019

• The Cubs NL Central lead is growing:

More good news: Brewers lose so Cubs have a 1.5 game lead in the division.

— Cubs Talk (@NBCSCubs) June 21, 2019

• The Cubs had a pretty good/interesting 3rd inning:

Cubs’ third inning:

50 pitches
10 batters
6 runs
5 hits
3 singles
2 walks
2 strikeouts
1 triple
1 double
1 sac bunt
1 wild pitch
1 passed ball

And it all started with a hit from Carlos Gonzalez and then got rolling with an 11-pitch RBI single by Daniel Descalso.

— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) June 21, 2019

• Javy Baez made a fan’s day:

No todos los héroes llevan capa. ?

El béisbol. ? ⚾

Grande @javy23baez. ?

?: IG ozzieguillen13#Corte4 pic.twitter.com/jVH8AX4UI8

— Corte4 (@corte4) June 20, 2019

And finally some of the top performances from the Cubs farm system on Thursday:

• RHP Zach Mort dominated for Eugene, earning the win. Mort fired 6.0 shutout innings allowing just 2 hits. He struck out 4 and walked 1. Mort hasn’t allowed a run in his first 2 Emeralds starts (10.0 innings).
• RHP Derek Casey was strong for South Bend despite the loss. Casey yielded 4 hits and 1 earned run in 5.0 innings. He struck out 4 and walked 2.
• 2B Robel Garcia homered again for Iowa, his 18th of the season. Garcia is hitting .289 with 54 RBI in 61 games this season split between Iowa and Tennessee. He has been the Cubs biggest breakout prospect this season.