Dodgers Minor League Baseball Blog

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 his hot stretch by going two for five with a triple a run and an RBI.

Thomas Melgarejo was roughed up but he picked up the win with all of the offense.  He improved to 1-4 on the season and he gave up six runs on eight hits and four walks with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

The Loons and South Bend each took a game in their doubleheader.  In the first game, Cody White threw five shutout innings and he improved to 5-5 on the season.  Eduardo Perez went two for three with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Adolfo Gonzalez went three for four with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Game two didn’t go quite as well because the Loons were shutout on four hits.  Michael Gardner gave up three runs in five innings and he dropped to 3-3 on the season.  Bridger Hunt was the only Loon to reach base twice with a single and a walk.

Clayton Kershaw had another nice start in the Loons 4-0 win over Kane County.  He gave up just one hit and three walks with nine strikeouts in six innings of work.  The win improved his record to 4-1 on the season.

Bridger Hunt went two for three with two RBIs.  Adolfo Gonzalez went three for four with a double in the win.

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 on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  Matthew Canepa had two hits and he scored the only run of the game.

In the second game, it just another run and this time the pitching was much worse.  Steven Johnson was hit hard for five runs in four innings and he took the loss.  The lone run came on a sac. fly by Bridger Hunt.  Preston Mattingly continued his struggles and went 0 for 7 in the doubleheader. He’s now hitting just .156 and he’s struck out thirteen times versus zero walks in 32 at bats.