Cubs Minor League Baseball Blog

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.

Iowa blew out Tacoma 12-5 and Micah Hoffpauir was just one of the hitting stars in the win.  He went three for five with a three run homer.  Four other Cubs went yard in an homerun onslaught with Ronny Cedeno hitting one of the homeruns.  He went two for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.

Ryan O’Malley was shelled for five runs and he was gone before the end of the second inning.  Fortunately, the hitters picked him up.  Jim Henderson picked up the win and he improved to 3-0 with a 1 1/3 innings of shutout ball.

Les Walrond gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings of work.  Fortunately for him, the pen and the hitters really picked him up and he walked away without a decision.  Jim Henderson picked up the win and he improved to 2-0 with a shutout inning of relief.

Mike Fontenot doubled twice and scored two runs in the 5-4 win.  Scott Moore went one for two with a solo homerun and two runs scored.

Felix Pie had a big day at the plate in the Cubs 7-2 win over Oklahoma.  He was a perfect four for four with a triple, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Micah Hoffpauir went three for four with another RBI and a run.

Jim Henderson picked up the win.  He gave up two hits and a walk in 1 2/3 innings.