Junior Lake drove in three runs, Matt Cerda had three hits, and Brandon Guyer belted a solo home run, as the Cubs defeated the Giants 5-2 this afternoon in AZ Instructional League action at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa.
The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 2nd when?Matt Cerda smashed a two-out triple?off the right-centerfield fence,?and scored on a "swinging bunt" infield hit by Junior Lake.?
The Cubs scored four more in the 4th, as Brandon Guyer led-off with a HR over the LF fence onto 8th Street, his second HR in two days. With one out, Carlos Perez and Matt Cerda singled, and Junior Lake drove-in both Perez and Cerda with a triple pulled into the LF corner. After Carlos Morales?was hit by a pitch, 18-year old Korean SS Hak-ju Lee (making his U. S. debut) beat-out a relay from the second baseman on a potential 6-4-3 DP ball, allowing Lake to score.
The Cubs signed Lee earlier this year for a high six figure bonus (believed to have been so...
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