In the pregame hours on Monday night, Pete Crow-Armstrong headed down a hallway toward the Cubs’ indoor cage at Wrigley Field, showing BJ Murray Jr. the way as they chatted. Later on, Murray joined Chicago’s hitters for batting practice on the field.

# The Bahamas Baseball Association, headed by Clarence 'CJ' McKenzie, sent its congratulations to Murray and his family from the baseball fraternity.

The Chicago Cubs are reportedly calling up infield prospect BJ Murray, but the hope is that the report is a day early.

Second baseman Ben Cowles gave the I-Cubs a 7-6 lead in the eighth inning with an RBI double. Cowles went 1 for 3 with a sac fly, giving him two RBI. Third baseman Owen Miller was 3 for 4 and scored twice. DH James Triantos went 2 for 4. Murray gets off Iowa off to a good start.

# BAHAMIAN baseball standout Bertram “BJ” Murray Jr is continuing to make noise at the Triple-A level, and he did it in emphatic fashion over the weekend by hitting leadoff home runs in consecutive games for the Iowa Cubs.