Results tagged ‘ Brad Zapenas ’
5/8: Around the Cubs Minor League System
Here is your nightly recap for the Cubs minor league system, enjoy.
Taiwan Easterling, Wes Darvill, and Brad Zapenas all had two hits as Peoria pounded out 11 altogether en route to a 7-2 victory over Quad Cities. Paul Hoilman extended his franchise record hitting streak to 21 games going 1-for-5. Jose Rosario scattered 10 hits over five innings only allowing two runs to score in earning his second win of the season. Luis Liria and Charles Thomas shut the door out of the Chiefs pen to preserve the victory.
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Don’t look now, but the Daytona Cubs are starting to play some good baseball. The trend continued Tuesday night as the D-Cubs used an 8 run 3rd inning to smash the Stone Crabs 12-4. Every starter had at least one hit for Daytona with four guys registering multi-hit games. Rubi Silva had a big day at the plate going 2-for-6 with a home run and three RBI’s, he’s now hitting .315 on the season. Matt Loosen seemed to relax with all that run support as he turned in a nice outing going five innings to earn his first win of the season.
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It was a night of missed opportunity for the Smokies as they had 10 hits but only three runs and left 12 guys on base in a 6-3 loss to Birmingham. Trey McNutt went three innings while giving up four runs, three earned on five hits as he took the loss to drop to 0-3 on the season. Jae-Hoon Ha, Luis Flores, and James Adduci all recorded mult-hit games with Flores collecting three. Justin Bour was the only offense as he blasted his 5th home run of the season in the fourth inning.
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The I-Cubs must have been tired of playing in 1-0 games so they decided to break out the bats in a big way against Fresno. Iowa pounded out 15 hits and 13 runs en route to a 13-2 shellacking of the Fresno Grizzles. Anthony Rizzo was the star of the show as he almost always is as he went 2-for-6 with two home runs and six RBI’s. Josh Vitters also had himself a day going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and 4 RBI’s. Chris Rusin took that run support and ran with it as he turned in six solid innings of one run ball to earn his third win of the season. It’s a fun box score for sure, go check it out.
Thanks for reading,
- George
5/6: Around the Cubs Minor League System
Here is your nightly recap for the Cubs minor league system, enjoy.
Peoria’s pitching had a rough weekend. One night after giving up 20 runs to Quad Cities they gave up 9 in a 9-2 defeat. Wes Darvill and Rafael Lopez each had two hits in the losing effort. Brad Zapenas was 1-for-1 with a double and three walks. Michael Jensen was beat up on the mound for Peoria as he took the loss, dropping his record to 3-2 on the season.
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Austin Kirk was outstanding once again, however he had to settle for a no decision as the bullpen couldn’t hold a late 3-2 lead. Jupiter tied the game in the 8th and 9th innings, only to have Daytona walk off in the ninth for a 5-4 victory. Arismendy Alcantara was 2-for-5 with two triples and two RBI’s. Matt Szczur continues to turn his season around slowly but surely going 1-for-4 and stealing his 16th base of the season.
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Junior Lake made his Smokies debut on Sunday and he didn’t disappoint. One of the Cubs top infield prospected went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple. Elliot Soto also had two hits and an RBI in the losing effort. Brooks Raley had a solid day on the mound going a strong six innings for a no decision as the Smokies couldn’t hold on to a 2-0 lead and ended up losing 4-2.
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Brett Jackson had a big day at the plate going 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI, and two runs scored. Unfortunately that wasn’t enough as Iowa fell to New Orleans 12-4. Luis Valbuena and Alfredo Amezaga each had two hits as well. Iowa pitching got beat up top to bottom, Jay Jackson took the loss after surrendering five runs in four innings of work.
Thanks for reading,
- George
4/29: Around the Cubs Minor League System
Here is your nightly recap for the Cubs minor league system, full recaps/box scores after the jump, enjoy.
