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.

The Smokies beat the Jaxx 7-4 in ten innings and Jacob Fox was the hitting star.  He went two for five and he drove in three runs.  Matt Craig also had a nice game and he doubled twice and scored a run.

Geoffrey Jones picked up the win with 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief.  The win improves his record to 1-1 on the season.

The Smokies may have lost 5-4 but Josh Kroeger got it done at the plate.  He went four for five with a homerun and three RBIs.  Gary Cates went three for four with an RBI.

Geoffrey Jones took the loss when he gave up a run in the ninth.  The run was unearned and he struck out two.