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Cubs Minor League Wrap -- August 11

Iowa Cubs

The I-Cubs uncovered the Las Vegas 51s, 4-2.

James Russell got the start and pitched out of some trouble, giving up eight hits but only one run in 4.2 innings. It helped that he didn't walk anyone, He struck out three.

Jon Gaub threw 2.2 innings of hitless relief. He allowed only one walk and struck out four. He would have been in line for the win, except that Vince Perkins vultured the win by allowing one run on one hit, one hit batsman and four walks over 1.2 innings.

Micah Hoffpauir hit was turned out to be the game-winning home run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Hoffpauir was 1 for 3 with a walk, two RBI and two runs scored.

Second baseman Luis Rivas had a double and a triple in a 2 for 4 effort. He also scored once.

Tennessee Smokies

The Smokies were burned by the Jacksonville Suns, 9-0.

Starter Chris Carpenter got knocked around tonight for five runs in only 4.1 innings. Carpenter surrendered five hits, walked one and struck out three. One of the five runs Carpenter allowed was unearned.

Center fielder James Adduci  was 2 for 4.

Daytona Cubs

The D-Cubs lost to the Tampa Yankees 8-3.

Starter Ryan Searle lasted 4.1 innings tonight. He gave up five runs on six hits, although two of the runs were unearned. Searle walked three and struck out two.

Left fielder Jonathan Wyatt hit his second home run of the season with a man on in the ninth inning. Wyatt went 1 for 3 with a walk.

First baseman Jake Opitz had two doubles and a run scored in a 2 for 4 game. Second baseman Nate Samson was also 2 for 4.

Star-divide

Peoria Chiefs

The sloppy play continued tonight as the Chiefs made four errors en route to getting stung by the Burlington Bees, 4-2.

Justin Bristow pitched the first 3.2 innings and allowed all four runs on six hits. He walked two and struck out four. Only one of the runs was unearned though, despite the four errors.

Jeffry Beliveau pitched the final 5.1 innings of the game without allowing a run. He did give up four hits and one walk. Beliveau only struck out one.

Center fielder Brett Jackson was 2 for 5. Shortstop Junior Lake committed three of the four Chief errors. Lake was 1 for 3 with a walk.

Boise Hawks

The Hawks washed out the Everett Aqua Sox, 13-7.

He didn't get the win, but Yohan Gonzalez did pitch 2.2 innings of no-hit relief tonight. He only walked one and struck out two.

Catcher Richard Jones had a double and a home run to pace the Hawks tonight. His home run was a three-run shot in the sixth, and he had four RBI total. Left fielder Derrick Fitzgerald also hit a two-run homer in a 1 for 5 game.

Shortstop Hak-Ju Lee and second baseman Logan Watkins were both 2 for 6 with an RBI and two runs scored. One of Lee's hits was a triple. DH Greg Rohan and third baseman Robert Wagner both had three hits tonight, including a double for each of them.

AZL Cubs

Beat the Angels, 5-4.

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Has anyone seen Gaub pitch ?

Are his numbers a fluke ? He started the year in AA and now has an ERA of .45 in Iowa. Obviously nobody is that good but now that he has 20 innings over a lot of appearances I am suitably impressed.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim

by Doggie Stalker on Aug 12, 2009 7:12 AM CDT reply actions  

Gaub pitched in the minor league game at Wrigley.

2/3 of an inning, one walk, one strikeout. He’s got a good arm but seems a bit wild.

He’s 24. I suspect he will be added to the 40-man roster over the winter and get a shot at making the ML team next spring.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Aug 12, 2009 9:03 AM CDT up reply actions  

Suggestion for Josh...

Is there anyway you can display the record of our minor league teams next to the name of the team when you do these posts? I don’t know if that’d be a lot of extra work, but as I read your posts every day (often looking more forward to the wraps than Al’s game summaries… especially lately… nothing against Al, but I just haven’t wanted to read about how we’re sucking) it’d be helpful to see the records… Thanks!

by lswaidz on Aug 12, 2009 10:15 AM CDT reply actions  

It's a good suggestion

but it’s extra work and last night didn’t get done until 1:30am. Of course, if I started it, then all I would have to do is look at the day before’s post and update it..

I’ll think about it, but the question then becomes, for Tennessee, Daytona and Peoria, do people want the overall records or the record in the second half?

A couple of things. I might be able to do the records, but I’m not doing the standings on a daily basis, i.e. I’m not going to see if Daytona is in second place, 3.5 games back every day. I should give more updates on that than I do, but I’m not going to update them daily. I’m also not going to give the record for the Rookie League team. As I’ve said before, I can’t tell any difference between the Arizona Summer League and Extended Spring Training other than they keep score in the first one but not the second one.

by Josh Timmers on Aug 12, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions  

Current record and standings

Iowa 59-58 3rd place, 4.0 games out.
Tennessee 23-23 3rd place 2.5 games out (55-61 overall)
Daytona 18-25 6th place 13.5 games out (52-58 overall)
Peoria 25-19 1st place 0.5 game lead (63-50 overall)
Boise 22-29 3rd place 8.0 games out

None of the three split-season teams qualified for the playoffs in the first half.

As you can see, Peoria is the only team having a lot of success as far as wins and losses this season.

by Josh Timmers on Aug 12, 2009 12:04 PM CDT reply actions  

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