Results tagged ‘ Junior Lake ’
12/17 Winter ball update
Junior Lake hit a grand slam in the fifth inning Sunday to help Estrellas beat Gigantes, 5-3, in Dominican Winter League play. It was Lake’s fifth home run, and he was batting .324 overall with 23 RBIs in 41 games. Cubs pitcher Rafael Dolis picked up a hold in the game, striking out one and giving up one hit in one-third of an inning.
Tony Campana has finished his Venezuelan winter league assignment. He batted .231 in 16 games with Leones del Caracas, totaling eight stolen bases and compiling a .322 on-base percentage.
– Carrie Muskat
12/15 Winter League update
Tony Campana was 1-for-4 on Friday for Leones del Caracas in the Venezuelan Winter League. Campana was batting .231 overall with eight stolen bases in 16 games. Pitcher Hector Rondon, whom the Cubs acquired in the Rule 5 Draft, has given up 10 earned runs on 15 hits over 20 innings while striking out 11 in 22 games. Teams were batting .214 agaisnt him.
Luis Valbuena was 1-for-5 on Friday for Cardenales de Lara. He’s now batting .308 in 41 games in Venezuela.
Junior Lake continued to rank among the league leaders in the Dominican with a .326 average. Lake has seven doubles, one triple and four home runs over 39 games. He’s started in left field in six of his last 12 games.
12/12 Winter league update
Cubs prospect Junior Lake went 1-for-3 with an RBI for the Dominican All-Stars who beat a Venezuelan All-Star team, 8-2, on Tuesday. Former Cubs pitcher Austin Bibens-Dirkx started for the Venezuelan team, and gave up one run on two hits over one inning.
– Carrie Muskat
12/11 Winter League updates
Junior Lake was 2-for-4 on Saturday with two RBIs for Estrellas de Oriente in the Dominican Republic. Lake was batting .336 in 38 games with four home runs and 19 RBIs. He’s hitting .579 (11-for-19) against left-handed pitchers.
Updating Michael Bowden’s last outing for Aguilas Cibaenas in the Dominican: the right-hander gave up three runs on seven hits and one walk over 4 2/3 innings on Saturday. He’s now 3-3 with a 3.62 ERA in seven starts.
Dave Sappelt was batting .324 in 18 games with Bravos de Margarita in Venezuela.
Hector Rondon, whom the Cubs acquired in the Rule 5 Draft from the Indians, has a 4.26 ERA in 21 games in relief for Leones del Caracas in Venezuela. He’s given up nine earned runs on 13 hits and five walks, while striking out 11 over 19 innings. Teams were batting .197 against him.
Tony Campana was batting .205 with seven stolen bases in 14 games with Leones del Caracas.
– Carrie Muskat
12/6 Winter league roundup
Tony Campana went 1-for-4 with a stolen base on Wednesday for Leones del Caracas in Venezuela. Campana now has seven steals in 12 games.
Luis Valbuena was 1-for-4 on Wednesday for Cardenales de Lara in Venezuela. He’s batting .326 in 37 games with four home runs, 12 doubles and 24 RBIs.
Junior Lake was 1-for-3 for Estrellas de Oriente in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday. In 37 games, he’s batting .331 with four home runs and 17 RBIs. He’s played shortstop, third base and left field. Cubs reliever Rafael Dolis has appeared in three games for Estrellas, and picked up a win in relief in his last outing on Sunday, striking out three over 1 1/3 innings.
– Carrie Muskat
12/3 Winter league roundup
Michael Bowden gave up one run on five hits and two walks over seven innings, striking out five, as Aguilas beat Licey in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. Bowden is 3-2 with a 3.25 ERA in six starts so far with 17 strikeouts over 27 2/3 innings.
Junior Lake went 1-for-4 on Sunday to raise his batting average to .333 overall for Estrellas de Oriente. On Saturday, Lake was 1-for-3, hitting his fourth home run and driving in three runs.
Alberto Cabrera gave up one run on two hits over 1 1/3 innings in relief for Toros del Este, his fourth appearance in the Dominican.
Tony Campana was 1-for-3, drew two walks, scored a run and stole two bases Sunday for Leones del Caracas in Venezuelan Winter League play. He’s batting .148 in 10 games with five steals.
Luis Valbuena was 2-for-4 with one RBI on Sunday and was batting .325 in 34 games with Cardenales de Lara in Venezuela. He’s played second and third.
Dave Sappelt was 3-for-4 with four RBIs and missed hitting for the cycle by a triple on Saturday, playing for Bravos de Margarita in Venezuela.
– Carrie Muskat
12/1 Winter ball update
Tony Campana was hitless in three at-bats on Friday for Leones del Caracas in Venezuelan Winter League play. Campana is 2-for-20 (.100) in eight games so far with two stolen bases. Reports are that he’s playing well defensively. Luis Valbuena went 1-for-4 for Lara and was batting .316 in Venezuela with four home runs and 11 doubles.
In the Dominican, Esmailin Caridad has compiled a 1.80 ERA in 26 games, pitching primarily in relief for Yaquis de Obregon. He has 35 strikeouts in 30 innings. Michael Bowden has a 3.92 ERA in five games. In his last outing on Monday, he gave up one run on three hits and four walks over 5 1/3 innings, striking out three.
* GM Jed Hoyer was asked Friday about Junior Lake, who is ranked among the batting leaders in the Dominican, but also has been playing in the outfield.
“Junior is an amazing athlete,” Hoyer said. “He has the ability to move around. When you have a guy who can play short and third and left and center field, I think we’ll use all that athleticism. We don’t know exactly what his final home will be but it’s been nice to get reports from [long time scout and Dominican manager] Dave Jauss from the Dominican Republic talking about [Lake's] performance and development. I hope he can springboard off a good winter ball and head into Spring Training with some confidence.”
– Carrie Muskat
11/28 Winter League update
Junior Lake was 1-for-3 and scored a run for Estrellas de Oriente in Dominican Winter League play on Tuesday. Lake, who has primarily played shortstop and third base, made his third start in left field. He was batting .333 overall. Maybe he could be the extra outfielder the Cubs are looking for?
Luis Valbuena went 1-for-3 with one RBI, and scored two runs, for Cardenales de Lara in Venezuela. He was batting .330 in 29 games.
– Carrie Muskat
11/27 Winter league update
* Alberto Cabrera gave up one run on three hits over four innings in relief on Monday for Toros del Este in Dominican Winter League play. It was the first earned run off the right-hander in 7 2/3 innings over three games.
Junior Lake started at third base and went 2-for-5 Monday for Estrellas de Oriente in the Dominican. He’s batting .333 in 30 games with two home runs, seven doubles and 11 RBIs.
Michael Bowden gave up one earned run on three hits and four walks over 5 1/3 innings in his fifth start for Aguilas Cibaenas in the Dominican. He is 2-2 with a 3.92 ERA in five starts, striking out 12 over 20 2/3 innings.
* Austin Bibens-Dirkx gave up one run on six hits over 6 1/3 innings and struck out six on Saturday in his fifth start for Aguilas del Zulia in Venezuela. The right-hander is 1-0 with one save and a 1.63 ERA in seven games (five starts), striking out 31 over 27 2/3 innings.
Jae-Hoon Ha was batting .224 in 26 games for Tigres de Aragua in Venezuela. He went 1-for-3 on Sunday, hitting his first home run, a solo shot.
11/22 Winter League update
Tony Campana was 1-for-4 with a double and stole a base for Leones del Caracas in Venezuelan Winter League play on Wednesday. Luis Valbuena was batting .318 for Cardenales de Lara in Venezuela, going 1-for-5 on Wednesday. He has two home runs and eight doubles over 24 games.
Junior Lake had a long day Tuesday, playing all 16 innings for Estrellas de Oriente in a 4-3 win over Gigantes in the Dominican Winter League. He went 1-for-7 with one RBI, but was still batting .345, among the tops in the league.
– Carrie Muskat
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