Cubs Minor League Baseball Blog

Geoffrey Jones gave up a run in the bottom of the eleventh and he took the loss as Iowa lost to Omaha 4-3.  Cory Bailey had the best pitching performance of the game.  He gave up just three hits and he struck out five in five shutout innings.

Eric Patterson went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs.  Josh Kroeger went two for five with a solo homerun.

Cory Bailey was hit hard in his one inning of relief and he dropped to 0-1 on the season.  He gave up four runs on four hits and a walk.

Geovany Soto provided most of the offense in the 8-4 win with one swing of the bat.  His three run homer put the Cubs on the board in the first inning.