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Updated: Sat Sep 06 03:16:27 EDT 2003
CHICAGO CUBS ORGANIZATION NOTEBOOK
IOWA... RHP WILLIE BANKS allowed no runs in 10 consecutive games August 7-24 (11.2 IP, 8 H, 2 BB, 11 SO), racking up eight saves...
RHP WILTON CHAVEZ threw six scoreless innings (5 H, 2 BB, 4 SO) in a 3-2 win against Albuquerque August 21. In his next start, Chavez pitched six more scoreless frames, allowing six hits and four walks in a 6-0 win over Colorado Springs August 26. The 25-year-old Chavez has gone 10-1 with a 2.28 ERA at home. On the road, he has been 0-6 and an ERA of 7.33...
OF DAVE KELTON went 4-for-5 with a double, homer and two RBI on August 27 in a 12-11 loss against the Sky Sox....
WEST TENN... 3B BLAIR BARBIER finished 3-for-3 and drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the sixth inning in a 6-4 win over Birmingham August 21. Barbier singled in the third, recorded another base hit in the fifth and snapped a 4-4 tie with a third single in the sixth before coming around to score, accounting for the final margin...
RHP JAE-KUK RYU went 0-5 with a 6.57 ERA in eight games July 20-August 24 (38.1 IP, 47 H, 30 R, 28 ER, 17 BB, 31 SO). He has not win since July 11...
RHP MIKE NANNINI struck out eight over six strong innings in no-decision against Jacksonville August 27, an eventual 6-5, 10-inning loss....
DAYTONA... 1B MICAH HOFFPAUIR hit a game-winning three-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Cubs over Jupiter, 9-8, August 25. The next night, he went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, a triple and two RBI in a 7-5 loss to the Hammerheads...
1B BRAD BOURAS hit an RBI double in the top of the 10th inning and later scored on a single by C GIOVANY SOTO as the Cubs beat Brevard County, 5-3, August 27. OF ADAM GREENBERG, who had his 15-game hitting streak snapped the previous night, led off the game with a homer. LHP RENYEL PINTO started and allowed a run and three hits, fanning 10, over six innings. He retired 10 batters in a row, including seven on strikes, between the first and fourth innings...
LHP CARMEN PIGNATIELLO lost three straight starts August 16-26 (16 IP, 24 H, 16 R, 12 ER, 5 BB, 21 SO)....
LANSING... 1B BRIAN DOPIRAK knocked in two runs with the last of four consecutive singles to start the bottom of the first inning as the Lugnuts scored seven times in the frame en route to a 9-5 win over Clinton August 21. OF FELIX PIE singled twice and knocked in a run in the big first inning...
RHP ROCKY CHERRY allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings to outduel Abel Moreno and beat Cedar Rapids, 1-0, August 26...
RHP DANIEL FOLI lost three straight starts August 18-27 (11.2 IP, 19 H, 15 R, 12 ER, 8 BB, 8 SO)....
BOISE... 2B URIAK MARQUEZ produced a sacrifice fly in the top of the 14th inning to beat Tri-City, 2-1, August 21. RHP BILLY PETRICK started and allowed a run and six hits over six innings, striking out eight. The bullpen allowed just five hits over the next eight scoreless frames. The next night, LHP SEAN MARSHALL allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings against the Dust Devils but was not involved in the decision, an eventual 1-0 setback...
C C.J. MEDLIN homered in the bottom of the 11th inning to rally the Hawks past Spokane, 4-3, August 25. A 15th-round selection in 2002, Medlin entered the game as a defensive replacement in the top of the 10th inning and led off the bottom of the 11th with his second career home run, snapping a 3-3 tie. C ALAN RICK ripped an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth to cut the deficit to 3-1 and OF TONY MCQUADE followed with his own double to plate two more runs and force extra frames....
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