Josh wrote about the first-time enforcement of pitch clocks in the Minor League Wrap for Friday’s games, about the clock in the South Bend/Ft. Wayne contest:
This was the first game in the Midwest League where they enforced the pitch clock. Players just got warnings before [Friday]. The time of the full nine-inning game was one hour and fifty-nine minutes. The game was sped up by the strong starting pitching and there were no mid-inning pitching changes, but that’s a fast game even for that.
The Cubs were awarded one automatic ball and were penalized one automatic strike in this game.