Cubs Minor League Baseball Blog

The Smokies had a chance to eliminate Huntsville and move on to the Southern League championship but because their hitters couldn’t get on track, they’ll now face a do or die situation tomorrow.  The Smokies were held to just three hits and Eric Patterson was the only hitter to reach base twice with a double and a walk.

Donald Veal took the loss with a rough start.  He gave up three runs on five hits and five walks with three strikeouts in four innings.

The Smokies couldn’t get much going at the plate in their 4-1 loss to Mobile.  All six of the Smokies hits were singles and no hitter had more the one hit.  Matt Craig did reach base three times with a single and two walks.

Donald Veal had a solid start go to waste and he dropped to 5-7 on the season.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks wiht four strikeouts in five inning.

Jacob Fox scored on a squeeze play in the top of the eleventh inning and that run proved to be the game winner in the Smokies 2-1 win.  Tyler Colvin had a great day at the plate.  He went three for five with with two doubles and he drove in the first Smokies run.

Donald Veal struck out eleven in just five innings before yielding to the pen.  Jim Henderson threw three shutout innings and he picked up the win for the Smokies.

Donald Veal fell to 4-5 on the season with a rough start in the Smokies 8-1 loss to Huntsville.  He gave up six runs on nine hits and three walks with five strikeouts in five innings.

All eight Smokie hits were singles.  Jemel Spearman was the only hitter to reach base twice with a single and a walk.

Donald Veal improved to 4-4 on the season with a nice start in the Smokies 5-2 win over the Jaxx.  He gave up four hits and three walks with a strikeout in five shutout innings.

Gary Cates went two for four with two runs in the win.  Jacob Fox went two for three with two RBIs and a run.

The Smokies got some great pitching in a 5-1 win over the Jaxx and Donald Veal picked up the win with a nice start.  He improved to 3-4 on the season and he gave up three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in six shutout innings.

Casey McGehee provided the bulk of the offense for the Smokies with some timely hitting.  He went two for four with two doubles and he drove in four of the Smokies’ five runs.

The Smokies beat the Suns 9-7 and five of those nine runs were driven in by Casey McGehee.  He went two for four with a three run homer.  Jacob Fox scored three runs despite not getting a hit.  He did walk twice in the win.

Donald Veal was hammered in his start and he gave up seven runs in four innings.  Jim Henderson improved to 3-1 with the win and he threw an inning of shutout relief.

The Smokies turned a 4-1 deficit into a 6-4 win with five eighth inning runs against the Lookouts.  Carlos Rojas had only one hit but he drove in three runs while Jacob Fox went four for four with a homerun and two runs scored.

Donald Veal picked up the win although it was more because he was in the right place at the right time. He gave up a run on three hits and four walks in 2 2/3 inninings.

The Smokies got their share of hits but they could only push one across the plate as they lost to Mobile 6-1.  They outhit Mobile 13-9 but they didn’t pick up a single walk and they stranded ten runners in the game. Josh Kroeger was a perfect four for four and the only run came on a solo homerun by Jemel Spearman.

Donald Veal took the loss and he dropped to 0-4 on the season.  He gave up six runs on six hits and five walks with five strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.

Donald Veal’s had a tough time this year and he’s dropped to 0-3 with another rough start.  He gave up four runs on six hits and three walks with three strikeouts in just 4 1/3 innings and he’s given up at least three runs in each of his first three starts while not even making it into the fifth inning in any of them.  This isn’t good news for a guy who was listed as high as number two on Cubs prospect lists.

Josh Kroeger provided most of the offense in the 7-5 loss.  He homered and drove in two runs.

The Smokies couldn’t put a single run across the plate despite getting seven hits.  Brian Dopirak had three of those hits and Joseph Simokaitis had two hits and the only extra base hit for the Smokies (a double).

Donald Veal was roughed up in his start.  He gave up five runs on six hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings.