Minor League Blogs

The Loons lost 8-3 and while James Adkins gave up just two of those runs, he took the loss and dropped to 0-1.  He gave up two runs on two hits and two walks in just two innings of work. Preston Mattingly was the only Loon with two hits.  Brooks Park…

Preston Mattingly had a very nice day at the plate in the Loons 7-4 win over South Bend.  He went three for four with an RBI, two runs and a stolen base.  After a pretty poor start to the season where he was hovering right around .200, he’s now pushed his batting average up to [...]

Scott Van Slyke had a big day at the plate in the Loons 7-2 win over South Bend.  He went three for four with a double, a homerun and four RBIs.  Preston Mattingly went two for four with two RBIs and two runs.
Arismendy Castillo improved to 2-3 on the season with a nice start.  He [...]

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 [...]

The Loons picked up just five hits and while they made them count and scored three runs, it wasn’t enough to beat Fort Wayne in a 5-3 loss.  Carlos Santana was one the hitting stars in the loss and he went two for four with two RBIs.  Preston Mattingly continued his solid stretch and he [...]

The Loons needed just about all of their eleven runs to beat South Bend 11-9.  Bridger Hunt led the way at the plate in a very nice game.  He went four for five with three RBIs and three runs.  James Peterson went three for five with a double and three RBIs while Preston Mattingly continued [...]

The Loons held off a late inning comeback attempt by South Bend in a 10-9 game that saw South Bend score five runs in the bottom of the ninth.  Eduardo Perez homered and drove in five runs in the win while Preston Mattingly continues to hit the ball well the last couple of weeks and [...]

Preston Mattingly had one of his best games of the season in the Loons 13-6 win over the Lugnuts.  He went three for five and he came a single short of hitting for the cycle.  He drove in two runs and scored three times and the nice game pushes him back over the Mendoza line.  [...]

The Loons scored two runs in the ninth but still lost 3-2 as their comeback fell short.  Preston Mattingly was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four with a double, a run and an RBI.  Mattingly is still struggling though and his batting average is still an unhealthy .190.  Hopefully with [...]

Baseball America caught up with struggling prospect Preston Mattingly for a  Q&A.  Good stuff here.

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.
In [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

Preston Mattingly comes in as the Dodgers eighth best prospect and he’s the first guy I’ve wrote up that showed up on all three listsd.  His best showing was on Kevin Goldstein’s list where he finished seventh.  John Sickels indicated that he was drafted as a shortstop out of high school in the supplemental first [...]