Rafael Lopez Strong For Daytona Cubs

Since being called up to the Daytona Cubs, the Class A Advance minor league team of the Chicago Cubs, Rafael Lopez has played in 23 games.  During those games he is batting .298 with 84 plate appearances while collecting 25 base hits.  Lopez also hit his first two home runs of the season giving him 10 extra base hits since the call up.

 Lopez has played for two other minor league teams this year, the Arizona League Cubs and the Peoria Cubs.  During his time with the Peoria Cubs he was voted to the All-Star team.  For the season he is batting .292 scoring 33 runs and driving in 27 runs.  He has 63 base hits with 21 being extra base hits.

Taiwan Easterling With The Peoria Chiefs

Taiwan Easterling has played in 62 games as an outfielder for the Peoria Chiefs, the MiLB class A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.  He is currently batting .237 with 25 runs scored and 23 RBIs.  While at Florida State he was a two sport athlete, also playing football as a wide receiver.  He could have played another year but decided to sign his MLB contract.
The Chiefs will start a series against the Dayton Dragons on Wednesday July 11, as Taiwan looks to extend his hitting streak.  In his past three games he has four hits with two being doubles.

Posey and Giants Going For Sweep

Buster Posey and The Giants are on a three game win streak after beating the struggling Chicago Cubs on Sunday 2 to 0.  The Cubs have lost 15 of their last 18 games.  Posey was 1-3 with a double and two strikeouts.  He came up to bat in the bottom of the seventh and hit a double to deep left center, off of Cubs starter Travis Wood.  The Giants failed to score Posey from second.  Although they were able to tack on an extra run in the bottom of the eighth.

San Francisco looks to go for the four game sweep on Monday at 3:45 ET.

In the series Posey is 3 for 10 with two RBIs.