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8/14 Minor League report
Tony Campana had three hits, stole two bases and scored three runs but it wasn’t enough as Iowa lost 14-7 to Las Vegas on Monday. Ryan Rowland-Smith took the loss, giving up five runs over four innings. Dave Sappelt and Greg Rohan each drove in two runs.
Tennessee opens a five-game series at Birmingham on Tuesday. Dallas Beeler was scheduled to start.
Daytona returns to action Tuesday against Lakeland. Austin Kirk was scheduled to start.
Jorge Soler had two hits in Peoria’s 3-2 loss to Beloit. Soler was batting .357. Yao-Lin Wang posted his second straight quality start, giving up two runs on three hits over six innings.
Jeimer Candelario had three hits in Boise’s 11-4 loss to Salem-Keizer, which scored nine runs in the eighth inning. Marco Hernandez extended his hitting streak to a season-high 18 games, going 2-for-4 with a triple and one RBIs.
Albert Almora went 5-for-6 to lead a 25-hit attack and help Mesa beat the Reds, 17-7. Daniel Lockhart hit his first home run and finished with three RBIs. Almora, the Cubs’ No. 1 Draft pick, is batting .413 in his last 10 games. Carlos Penalver had four hits and scored three runs.
News & notes:
Left-handed pitcher Austin Kirk and outfielder Rubi Silva were promoted from Class A Daytona to Double-A Tennessee. Cuban right-handed pitcher Yoanner Negrin was promoted from Tennessee to Triple-A Iowa. Negrin was signed by the Cubs as a non-drafted free agent in 2011, and began this season with Omecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League. He made one start for the Smokies, and did not give up an earned run over five innings.
– Carrie Muskat
8/13 Minor League report
Blake Lalli had two hits, including his seventh home run, in Iowa’s 10-8 win Sunday over Las Vegas to complete a suspended game. Greg Rohan had three hits and three RBIs. Jairo Asencio picked up the save. Casey Coleman started the game but had to leave because of soreness in the back of his right shoulder. In Sunday’s regularly scheduled game, Frankie De La Cruz gave up three runs over five innings in a 3-2 Iowa loss. Lalli had two more hits and Scott Maine, recently optioned to Iowa, threw a scoreless inning in relief.
Cuban pitcher Yoanner Negrin gave up one hit over five innings in Tennessee’s 4-0 win over Huntsville. Junior Lake had two hits, Justin Bour drove in two RBIs to reach 100 RBIs for the season, and Logan Watkins scored three runs and stole two bases.
Daytona’s doubleheader Sunday was canceled because of unplayable field conditions, and the games will not be made up. The D-Cubs open a three-game series Tuesday against Lakeland.
Jorge Soler extended his hitting streak to three games in Peoria’s 6-5 loss to Beloit. Starling Peralta took the loss, giving up three earned runs over six innings. Zeke DeVoss had two hits.
Xavier Batista hit two home runs and drove in five in Boise’s 10-9 loss to Salem-Keizer. Wilson Contreras hit his third home run and finished with four RBIs.
Albert Almora had two hits, including a double, and one RBIs in Mesa’s 10-8 loss to the Royals. Almora was batting .304. Shawon Dunston drew three walks and stole a base.
– Carrie Muskat
8/12 Minor League report
Friday’s games
Tony Campana had two hits in Iowa’s 4-3 loss to Las Vegas on Friday. Greg Rohan drove in two runs. Blake Lalli tied the game in the ninth with a RBI double.
Matt Szczur had two hits add one RBI in Tennessee’s 4-3 loss to Huntsville. Trey McNutt made his ninth relief appearance and gave up an unearned run on one hit over two innings.
Micah Gibbs had two hits and two RBIs in Daytona’s 8-5 loss to Dunedin.
Jorge Soler made his debut for Peoria and drove in two runs in a 10-5 loss to Burlington.
Daniel Vogelbach hit two home runs, his second straight multi-homer game, in Boise’s 11-8 win over Everett. He drove in five runs and was batting .381. Jeimer Candelario had four hits, including two doubles, and drove in two runs. Marco Hernandez also homered, his fourth.
Duane Underwood walked two in one inning in Mesa’s 7-3 loss to the Rangers. Shawon Dunston Jr. had two hits and two RBIs and Albert Almora extended his hitting streak to seven games.
Saturday’s games
Iowa’s game Saturday in Las Vegas was suspended after four innings because of rain.
Dae-Eun Rhee threw six shutout innings in Tennessee’s 2-0 win over Huntsville. Matt Szczur had two hits and Jae-Hoon Ha and Michael Brenly each drove in a run.
Daytona’s game against Dunedin was postponed because of rain.
Jorge Soler hit his first home run for Peoria, a grand slam, in a 5-3 win over Beloit. Soler connected in the third inning. Wes Darvill had three hits and Luis Liria picked up the win in relief.
Daniel Vogelbach extended his hitting streak to 11 games in Boise’s 4-1 win over Salem-Keizer. He has driven in a run in seven straight games. Trey Martin had two hits and one RBIs.
Albert Almora had three hits and one RBIs in Mesa’s 8-3 win over the Angels. Trevor Gretzky had two hits and two RBIs.
– Carrie Muskat
8/2 Minor League report
Greg Rohan had three hits, including two home runs, in his first game for Triple-A Iowa, but it wasn’t enough as they lost, 11-6, to Colorado Springs on Wednesday. Ty’Relle Harris gave up four earned runs on nine hits over four innings and took the loss. Josh Vitters also homered, and was batting .296 overall. Brett Jackson was a home run shy of the cycle, going 3-for-5.
Tennessee defeated Pensacola, 4-2, in the completion of Tuesday’s suspended game. Nate Samson hit his second home run. In the second game, Justin Bour hit a walkoff home run in a 1-0 victory. Dallas Beeler gave up one hit over five scoreless innings.
Lendy Castillo gave up one unearned run on three hits over four innings in Daytona’s 2-1 win over Ft. Myers. Castillo, the Cubs’ Rule 5 Draft pick, is rehabbing from a groin injury.
Dustin Geiger tied a franchise record with eight RBIs in Peoria’s 11-10 win over Quad Cities. Geiger had three hits, including two home runs, and a double. It was his second two-homer game of the season. Javier Baez had two hits and sored two runs. Austin Reed picked up his first save.
Stephen Bruno and Xavier Batista bothhomered in Boise’s 14-10 win over Spokane. Boise pitcher Ian Dickson was named Northwest League Pitcher of the Week after going 2-0 and striking out eight while giving up four hits over 11 scoreless innings.
Albert Almora had three hits and Jorge Soler had two in Mesa’s 4-0 win over the Indians in the first game of a doubleheader. In the second game, Mesa scored four runs in the sixth to post a 7-2 win. Trevor Gretzky reached base three times and drove in a run.
– Carrie Muskat
7/24 Minor League report
Brooks Raley gave up two earned runs over five innings and struck out eight in Iowa’s 3-1 loss to Albuquerque on MOnday. Brian Esposito had two hits, and drove in the only run.
Tennessee had Monday off, and opens a nine-game road trip Tuesday at Jacksonville.
Daytona’s game against Brevard County Monday was postponed because of weather. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Wednesday.
Peoria totaled two hits in a 2-0 loss to South Bend. Chadd Krist had one, a double, and he has hit safely in eight of his nine games with the Chiefs.
Tayler Scott threw six shutout innings in Boise’s 3-0 win over Eugene. The South African pitcher now is 2-1 with a 1.95 ERA. Gioskar Amaya had three hits and Stephen Bruno drove in two runs.
Albert Almora hit his first home run, a two-run shot in the fifth, in his pro debut in Mesa’s 7-3 win over the Brewers. Trevor Gretzky was 2-for-2 with a stolen base. Shawon Dunston Jr. had two hits and scored two runs.
– Carrie Muskat
7/18 Soler to play Thursday
Jorge Soler, the Cuban outfielder who signed a nine-year, $30 million deal with the Cubs earlier this month, will make his pro debut in a Arizona Rookie League game on Thursday. Soler was expected to be the designated hitter for the Mesa Cubs. He will play in the outfield on Friday. Albert Almora, the Cubs’ No. 1 Draft pick, also has been working out in Mesa, but has yet to get into a game.
– Carrie Muskat
6/6 Draft day
Cubs GM Jed Hoyer said they were pleased with their selections in the First-Year Player Draft, which wrapped up Wednesday.
“We feel really good about it,” Hoyer said. “It went according to plan. We talked about adding pitching depth to the system and we really pounded at pitching after we took [outfielder Albert] Almora with the first pick. I thought we’d take a hitter at the top and take a lot of pitching, and that’s exactly what we did. I think every team feels good about their Draft today, everyone had a good Draft and we’ll find out in five years if we were right.”
– Carrie Muskat
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