MWL Notebook

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Here are the entries on the next two Timber Rattler opponents:
Peoria:

WHO'S HOT: SS Nate Samson ranked ninth in the league last week in hitting .385 (10-for-26) with a home run, four RBIs and seven runs scored in six games. ... 1B Luis Bautista is batting .375 (12-for-32) with four home runs, six runs scored and eight RBIs over his last nine games.

DID YOU KNOW: The Chiefs had played 34 1/3 errorless innings before committing a miscue in the fifth inning of Saturday's 11-inning 3-2 win over Kane County. ... SS Nate Samson leads all Minor Leaguers with 15 sacrifice bunts.

ROSTER MOVES: RHP Hung-Wen Chen was promoted to Class A Advanced Daytona. ... OF Dylan Johnston was placed on the disabled list retroactive to June 25 with a hamstring injury. ... OF Drew Rundle and RHP Jake Muyco joined the Chiefs from short-season Boise.

A LITTLE HELP HERE: RHP Blake Parker was promoted to Triple-A last weekend with the Iowa Cubs in need of extra pitchers for back-to-back doubleheaders Friday and Saturday. Parker has been the Chiefs' most reliable reliever this season with a 3-0 record, three saves and a 1.33 ERA in 23 appearances. He allowed his first run in 19 innings Tuesday night in Burlington while picking up another hold in the Chiefs' 5-4 win. Parker leads the Chiefs staff in strikeouts with 51 while walking 18 in 47 1/3 innings. Midwest League opponents are batting just .193 against him.

Beloit:

WHO'S HOT: RHP Santos Arias scattered three hits, struck out four and retired the final 13 batters he faced in his first career shutout Thursday as the Snappers blanked Clinton, 2-0, to cap a successful 7-1 road trip. Arias (4-3, 2.39 ERA) did not allow a player to reach base after yielding a two-out double in the fifth inning.

WHO'S NOT: SS Chris Cates is batting .175 (7-for-40) over his last 10 games, lowering his season average to .244 (51-for-209) in 64 games.

REVERE'S RIDING: OF Ben Revere's hitting streak has reached 22 games, a hot stretch that has raised his batting average to a Minor League-leading .411 (34-for-78) with 13 doubles, seven triples, a home run, 27 RBIs and 32 runs scored in 48 games.

DID YOU KNOW: Thursday's shutout was Beloit's fifth this season, but the first of the complete-game variety for Arias.