Minor League Blogs

The Loons won a hitfest and scored five runs in the top of the ninth to top Clinton 11-9.  Preston Mattingly had a huge game and he went four for six with two doubles, an RBI and two runs.  Trayvon Robinson went two for six with six RBIs and Josh Bell finished three for six [...]

The Loons picked up two wins in one game with a doubleheader sweep over Clinton.  They took the first game 4-2 behind a solid outing by Steven Johnson. He gave up two runs on six hits with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Carlos Santana provided most of the offense with a three run homer.
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Clayton Kershaw didn’t get a decision, but man did he throw a solid game.  He gave up just one run on three hits and a walk with twelve strikeouts in six innings.  Garrett White picked up the win and he threw 1 1/3 shutout innings.
Matthew Berezay was the hitting star. He went two for four [...]

The Loons picked up just four hits in their 5-0 loss to Lancaster.  Justin Fuller had the only extra base hit of the game.  He went one for three with a double.
Michael Gardner was roughed up and he lost his first start of the season.  He gave up four runs on four hits and three [...]

The Loons got plenty of offense in their 10-2 win over Cedar Rapids and just about everyone contributed.  Eight different players drove in runs and seven different players scored.  David Sutherland finished with three hits, two runs and an RBI.
Joshua Wall picked up his first win with seven shutout innings.  He gave up three hits [...]

Eduardo Perez’s three run homer was the big hit in the Loons 5-4 win over Cedar Rapids.  Matthew Berezay provided the rest of the scoring with a two run double.
Francisco Feliz picked up the win with 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief.  He gave up twp hits and a walk and he struck out six.

The Loons made up one of their rainout games and the end result was a twin bill loss to Peoria.  The Loons didn’t get much hitting in either game and they scored just one run in each.  In the first game, a nice start by Clayton Kershaw went to waste.  He gave up a run [...]

The Loons lost another one, this time to the Peoria Chiefs.  Joshua Wall took the loss in a tough start.  He gave up three runs on five hits in just four innings of work and he fell to 0-2 on the season.
Joshua Bell had a solid game at the plate.  He went two for four [...]

Francisco Felix wasn’t neccesarily hit hard, but he gave up enough in the Loons 5-4 loss to Lansing.  He gave up three runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts in four innings of work.
Matthew Berezay was the hitting star.  He went three for three with a double, an RBI and [...]

The Loons were held to just a single run on seven hits in their 3-1 loss to Lansing.  Joshua Bell had the only RBI and he also was the only Loon to finish with two hits.
Thomas Melgarejo had a solid start go to waste.  He gave up one run on five hits and a walk [...]

The Great Lakes Loons were shutdown yesterday.  Despite outhiting Lansing 5-2, the Loons couldn’t push a single base runner across the plate. 
Cody White had a pretty good start go to waste.  He did walk five in four innings but he gave up just one run on one hit and he struck out nine.

Steven Johnson was knocked around by Lansing today in a 6-2 loss.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with three strikeouts in just two innings.
The Loons didn’t get much offense.  Francisco Lazarraga went went one for three with a walk and a run.

After a rainout yesterday, the Loons and Fort Wayne played two with each team taking one.  In the first game, Great Lakes was blown out 9-3 behind a rough outing by Joshua Wall.  Preston Mattingly provided most of the Loons offense with a triple and he drove in all three runs.  Mattingly’s off to a [...]

The Loons got some pretty good pitching in their win over Fort Wayne.  Thomas Melgarejo had a mediocre start and he gave up two runs on four hits but the pen was awesome.  Michael Gardner improved to 2-o with three shutout innings and then Francisco Felix threw two no hit innings to pick up the [...]

Two singles is all that the Great Lakes Loons managed in their loss to Fort Wayne.  They didn’t even draw a single walk in a pretty poor offensive performance.
Cody White had a decent start but he took the loss.  He gave up a single run on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 3 [...]

Starter Steven Johnson had a solid if short start for the Loons yesterday.  He gave up just a single run on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts in only four innings of work.  Even better then that was the pen as Michael Gardner and Jesus Rodriguez threw five shutout innings in which they [...]

The Great Lakes Loons played their first game ever and blew out the South Bend Silver Hawks.  Matthew Berezay led the way with two hits, three runs and two RBIs while Preston Mattingly scored twice and drove in a run without getting a hit.
The bad news was Clayton Kershaw, who had a tough time out [...]