Results tagged ‘ Arizona Fall League ’
10/26 AFL update
Brett Jackson went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and Ryan Flaherty added a RBI single in the third Monday but it wasn’t enough as the Mesa Solar Sox lost 8-6 to the Phoenix Desert Dogs in Arizona Fall League play. Cubs pitcher Jake Muyco took the loss in 2 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs on six hits, including two home runs. Jackson, playing his second game with the Solar Sox, hit a RBI single in the second and a sacrifice fly in the sixth. On Tuesday, Mesa travels to Peoria to face the Saguaros.
– Carrie Muskat
10/23 AFL update
Ryan Flaherty was 1-for-4 and Josh Vitters was hitless in four at-bats in the Mesa Solar Sox’s 6-2 loss to the Peoria Saguaros Friday in Arizona Fall League action. The Solar Sox play host to Surprise at HoHoKam Park Saturday night in Mesa. Brett Jackson, the Cubs’ No. 1 pick in 2009, was expected to play Monday for Mesa. He’s been sidelined with a sore heel.
– Carrie Muskat
10/21 AFL update
Josh Vitters went 2-for-3 with a first inning double in the Mesa Solar Sox’s 6-3 loss to Scottsdale Scorpions Wednesday in Arizona Fall League play. Vitters started at third, and now is batting .308. Ryan Flaherty, another Cubs prospect, was hitless in four at-bats. Kyle Smit, whom the Cubs acquired from the Dodgers in the Ryan Theriot-Ted Lilly deal, took the loss, giving up two runs on two hits and four walks in 1 1/3 innings of relief. Smit got into trouble in the fifth. With one out, he walked two batters then gave up a single to A.J. Pollock to load the bases. Smit walked Conor Gillaspie to force in a run, and was lifted. Chris Carpenter, another Cubs prospect, replaced Smit and served up a RBI single to Jordan Pacheco to give Scottsdale a 3-1 lead. The two teams square off again Thursday in Mesa.
– Carrie Muskat
10/20 AFL update
Josh Vitters was 2-for-5 with an RBI and Ryan Flaherty was 1-for-2 and scored two runs in the Mesa Solar Sox 6-5 win Tuesday over the Peoria Javelinas in Arizona Fall League play. Cubs prospect Jake Muyco started and gave up one run on four hits and two walks over three innings while David Cales, who played for Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa last season, picked up the win, pitching two innings in relief. The Solar Sox face Scottsdale Wednesday night.
– Carrie Muskat
10/18 AFL update
Josh Vitters went 0-for-4 in the Mesa Solar Sox’s 4-2 loss Monday to the Peoria Javelinas in Arizona Fall League action. Vitters was the designated hitter in the game, played at HoHoKam Stadium. On Tuesday, Mesa travels to Peoria to face the Javelinas and Cubs prospect Jake Muyco is scheduled to make his second AFL start. Outfielder Brett Jackson, the Cubs’ No. 1 pick in the 2009 Draft, was to join the Solar Sox this week and could play in two to three days. He was with Team USA in the Pan Am qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico and limited to three games because of a sore heel.
– Carrie Muskat
10/17 AFL update
Cubs prospect Josh Vitters drove in four runs, including three on his first homer, to help the Mesa Solar Sox beat Peoria Saguaros, 10-1, on Saturday in an Arizona Fall League game in Mesa. Vitters, who started at third, hit a three-run homer in a six-run fourth inning and added a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Cubs pitching prospect Kyle Smit picked up the win in relief, pitching two scoreless innings. The Solar Sox have Sunday off and resume play Monday against the Peoria Javelinas.
– Carrie Muskat
10/14 Josh Vitters update
One of the reasons the Cubs wanted Josh Vitters to play in the Arizona Fall League was to make up for time he missed after breaking his hand when he was hit by a pitch in July. The Cubs also are testing him at first base. Vitters, who was a third baseman when the team selected him first in the 2007 Draft, started Wednesday night at first for the Mesa Solar Sox. Last year, playing third at Class A Daytona, he made five errors in 28 games, and at Double-A Tennessee, committed 13 in 63 games. Maybe the switch to first will help Vitters’ career.
– Carrie Muskat
10/12 Arizona Fall League
The Mesa Solar Sox opened the Arizona Fall League season on Tuesday against the Phoenix Desert Dogs. None of the Cubs’ prospects were in the Sox’s starting lineup but on Wednesday night at HoHoKam Park, expect to see pitchers Jake Muyco, Chris Carpenter, Kyle Smith and David Cales all get some innings. Third baseman Josh Vitters, who missed most of the season because of a broken hand, also was expected to be in the lineup. Former Cubs catcher Casey Kopitzke is the Solar Sox manager.
– Carrie Muskat
11/19 AFL wrap up
The Mesa Solar Sox finished their season Thursday with an 8-1 loss to the Peoria Saguaros. Cubs top prospect Starlin Castro went 0-for-3, only the sixth game out of 26 in which he was held hitless, and he ended with a .376 average. The 19-year-old shortstop made two errors.
Third baseman Josh Vitters, the Cubs’ No. 1 Draft pick in 2007, went 1-for-4 Thursday and closed the Arizona Fall League with a .353 average. Michael Brenly also played, and went 0-for-4. He finished at .240.
– Carrie Muskat
11/18 AFL update
Starlin Castro went 2-for-5 with a double in the Mesa Solar Sox’s 7-5 loss to Scottsdale on Wednesday. Cubs prospects John Gaub and Blaker Parker both pitched one inning in relief. The Solar Sox end the Arizona Fall League season on Thursday against the Peoria Saguaros.
– Carrie Muskat
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