Minor League Blogs

Miguel Ramirez gave up an unearned run in the ninth inning as the Loons lost to Chiefs 5-4.  The loss dropped Ramirez to 2-1 on the season and it didn’t help that Joshua Wall was knocked around for four runs in 4 1/3 innings. Josh Bell tripled a…

Clayton Kershaw had one bad inning but he gave up four runs in it as he dropped to 7-4 on the season.  He gave up the four runs on six hits and a walk with an impressive nine strikeouts in six innings of work. Josh Bell went two for four with a solo h…

Josh Bell hit a big three run homer that capped off a five run sixth inning in the Loons 8-6 win over the White Caps.  Thomas Giles also had a nice game and he went three for four with a solo homerun and two runs scored.
Paul Coleman picked up the win with 3 2/3 innings [...]

Josh Bell was one of the hitting stars in the Loons 6-1 win over the Lugnuts.  He went two for three with a walk and a two run homer.  Eduardo Perez singled, doubled and he scored twice.
Thomas Melgarejo picked up the win and he improved to 2-5 on the season.  He gave up one hit [...]

The Loons hitters struggled to get much of anything in a 3-2 loss to Fort Wayne.  Both runs came on one swing of the bat with a Joshua Bell two run homer.  He was one of two Loons hitters to have two hits in the game.
A very nice start by Garrett White went to waste.  [...]

Garrett White had a pretty good start go to waste in the Loons 3-2 loss to Fort Wayne.  He gave up one run on six hits with seven strikeouts in six innings.  Matthew Gomez de Seguira was tagged with the loss when he gave up a run in the eighth and a run in the [...]

The Loons got nothing from their hitters in a 3-0 loss to South Bend.  Josh Bell was the only hitter to reach base twice and he went two for four with a double.
A pretty good start by Joshua Wall went to waste. He gave up one run on three hits and three walks with four [...]

The Loons lost their first game back from the All Star Break in an 11-5 loss to South Bend.  Arismendy Castillo was roughed up and he gave up five runs on four hits and four walks with three strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.
Matthew Berezay provided most of the offense with a three run homer.  Joshua Bell went [...]

The pen failed the Loons in their 4-3 loss to South Bend but it was Cody White who had his start go to waste.  He gave up three hits and five walks with six strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Miguel Sanfler gave up three runs and he took the loss.
Joshua Bell was the hitting star [...]

Thomas Melgareje dropped to 1-5 on the season with another tough start.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Joshua Bell was the hitting star in the Loons 5-4 loss.  He went two for four wth two doubles and an RBI.  Preston Mattingly hit a [...]

Clayton Kershaw gave the Loons eight shutout innings and he gave up just one hit to improve to 5-2 on the season. He walked one and struck out seven in the 3-1 win.
Josh Bell was the hitting star.  He went three for five with a run and an RBI.

Josh Bell had a big day at the plate in the Loons 8-6 win over the Lugnuts.  He went three for four with two doubles and he scored three times.  Justin Fuller also had a nice game.  He went two for three and he scored twice.
Cody White had a rough start but he still improved [...]

The Loons were doubled up by the Lugnuts 10-5 and Joshua Wall took the loss.  He dropped to 2-5 on the season and he gave up five runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts in five innings.
Josh Bell went two for three with a triple, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  [...]

Joshua Bell had a big day at the plate in the Loons 10-7 win over the Bees.  He went three for five with two doubles, a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Trayvon Robinson also helped out the cause with three RBIs and a run.
Joshua Wall had a tough start but because of all the [...]

Josh Bell hit a huge two run homer in the top of the eleventh to win it for the Lugnuts 5-3.  Yuber Rodriguez also brought a big stick and he went three for six with two doubles, an RBI and a run.
Reidier Gonzalez had a nice start in the win.  He gave up two runs [...]

Thomas Melgarejo had a tough start and he dropped to 0-3 on the season.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Justin Fuller tripled and he scored a run in the 6-3 loss.  Joshua Bell hit a solo homerun.

Zachary Dials had a tough time today in the Lugnuts 7-1 loss to South Bend.  He gave up seven runs (four earned) on eight hits and two walks with one strikeout in four innings.  The loss dropped Patton to 2-3 on the season and it’s his second tough start in a row.
Chris Gutierrez had the only [...]

Clayton Kershaw had a rough start as he was tagged early and often by the White Caps.  He gave up seven runs on five hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 1 1/3 innings.  In his previous six starts, he had given up just five earned runs so this game was kind of an [...]

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 Lugnuts held off a late surge by the Kane County Cougars to win 4-3 today.  Travis Snider had the big hit of the game with a two run homer.  He was also the only Lugnut with two hits.  Josh Bell and Brian Pettway each hit a solo homerun.
Zachary Dials threw five shutout innings and [...]

Travis Snider had an excellent game at the plate in the Lugnuts 6-3 win over the Cougars.  He went three for five with a double, a triple, an RBI and two runs.  Sean Shoffit and Josh Bell both had two hits and two RBIs while Scott Campbell doubled twice and scored two runs.
A.J. Wideman improved [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Chase Lirette had an exceptional start for the Lugnuts with six shutout innings.  He gave up just three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.
Lansing managed only two hits but they also drew six walks in the 2-0 win.  Josh Bell singled and drove in a run while Chris Gutierrez and drew two walks in [...]

Lansing finally got to play their first game despite missing an entire series against Fort Wayne.  And it was a solid performance as the beat the defending Midwest League champs, the West Michigan White Caps.  Brian Pettway had a big game with four RBIs and Josh Bell homered, doubled and scored two runs in the [...]

Coming in at number seven is third base prospect Josh Bell.  Bell was the team’s fourth round pick back in 2005 and he his best showing was on Kevin Goldstein’s list, where he came in at sixth place.  He finished ninth on both John Sickels and Baseball America’s list.
He had a solid minor league debut [...]