Minor League Blogs

The River Cats took care of the Cubs in a 3-1 win and it was Vin Mazzaro who picked up the win.  He improved to 2-2 and he gave up just one unearned runs on four hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings of work. Eric Patterson had just one hit but [...]

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 [...]

Ryan O’Malley fell to 3-7 on the season with another tough start.  He gave up six runs on eight hits and one walk with two strikeouts in five innings.
Eric Patterson hit a two run homer in the loss 7-4 loss.  Micah Hoffpauir went two for four and he belted a solo homerun, his fourteenth long [...]

Iowa hitters had a tough day in their 4-1 loss to Memphis.  Eric Patterson was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four with a double and a run. 
Ryan O’Malley took the loss and he fell to 3-6 on the season.  He gave up two runs on nine hits and two walks [...]

Down 4-3, Micah Hoffpauir hit a solo shot in the eighth inning to tie and then Eric Patterson hit a solo shot in the ninth that proved to be the game winner in a 5-4 come from behind win for the Cubs.  Mike Kinkade was the only Cub with two hits.  He went two for [...]

Micah Hoffpauir drove in yet another run with a sac. fly in the eighth inning and that proved to be the game winner in the Cubs 7-6 win over Round Rock.  Eric Patterson also had a great day at the plate.  He went three for five with a homerun and three RBIs.
Les Walrond was hit [...]

J.R. Mathes was hit hard in Iowa’s 9-3 loss to Oklahoma.  He gave up seven runs on nine hits and two walks with three strikeouts in just four innings.  The loss drop his record to 4-3 on the season.
Eric Patterson went two for four with a double, a triple and two RBIs.  Micah Hoffpauir went [...]

Iowa lost to Memphis 6-5 and all six runs were given up by J.R. Mathes in his start. He gave up nine hits in five innings and the loss drops him to 2-2 on the season.
Eric Patterson provided most of the offense in the loss. He went two for four with a three run homer.

Iowa was shut down at the plate in today’s game as they were held to just a single run on three hits.  Eric Patterson doubled home Carlos Rojas in the third inning for the only Cubs run.
The pitching wasn’t much better as Carlos Marmol was hit hard.  He gave up four runs on five hits [...]

Iowa’s hitters were held in check in a 6-1 loss to Nashville.  Buck Coates drove in the lone run of the game and Scott Moore and Eric Patterson each had two hits.
Angel Guzman took the loss in a tough outing.  He gave up five runs on six hits and two walks in just three innings.  [...]