When the Dodgers acquired Jackson Ferris in their January deal with the Cubs, they thought the left-handed pitching prospect could reach new levels in their system during his second pro season. They may have been right about that. The eighth-ranked lefty prospect in all of baseball, Ferris has spent the

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. – Great Lakes Loons (49-49) (15-17) starter Jackson Ferris was fantastic. The left-hander allowed no hits in eight innings against the Cedar Rapids Kernels (55-42) (18-15). Great Lakes won 6-1 on a 91-degree clear Thursday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. - Jackson Ferris retired the first eight

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Picantes de Lake County (57-36) (16-11) and Pepinillos Picantes del Norte (45-48) (11-16) pitching was elite, with Lake County winning 1-0 on an 80-degree clear Friday night at Dow Diamond. - Jackson Ferris struck out seven over seven innings. The 20-year-old permitted only five hits, and

LANSING, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons (44-44) (10-12) tied the game in the ninth inning and held serve with the Lansing Lugnuts (42-46) (10-13) until the 12th inning where they scored four, for a 6-2 win on a 78-degree partly cloudy Saturday night at Jackson® Field™. - Both teams’

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Great Lakes Pontooners (42-43) (8-11) landed a 7-4 victory propelled by power pitching with 14 strikeouts of Fort Wayne TinCaps (36-50) (8-12) hitters on an 87-degree partly cloudy Saturday night at Dow Diamond. - Jackson Ferris, struck out eight across six innings. The left-hander struck out

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons (40-40) (6-8) tallied only one earned run over 15 innings against the West Michigan Whitecaps (41-40) (10-5) dropping both games of a doubleheader 2-0 and 5-3 on a 74-degree Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd at Dow Diamond. Game One –

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons (37-37) (3-5) appeared to be heading for a fifth straight loss after trailing the Lake County Captains (46-28) (5-3) 8-0 after three innings. The Loons responded by scoring 12 runs to down the Captains 12-10 on a 65-degree overcast Sunday afternoon at Classic

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons (36-33) (2-1) and Quad Cities River Bandits (31-37) (1-2) each took a game in a doubleheader, game one to Quad Cities 7-1 and game two for Great Lakes 1-0 on a 75-degree cloudy Sunday afternoon at Dow Diamond. Game One - The Loons'

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons (34-30) and Quad Cities River Bandits (28-35) first matchup of 2024 went 10 innings, with the River Bandits getting three hits in the tenth to grab a 7-6 win on a sweltering 88-degree partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon at Dow Diamond. Great Lakes pitching

MIDLAND, Mich. – Nick Biddison, Thayron Liranzo, and Noah Miller all went yard for the Great Lakes Loons (28-25) in a 10-run 10-hit performance, a 10-3 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels (31-21) on a 74-degree cloudy Wednesday night at Dow Diamond. Great Lakes snapped a three-game losing streak and

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons (26-22) scored four runs in the final two innings but left two runners in scoring position in the ninth as the West Michigan Whitecaps (25-23) closed out a 6-5 win. It was West Michigan’s third straight victory on a 73-degree clear and

MIDLAND, Mich. – For the third straight night, the Great Lakes Loons (24-19) and the Beloit Sky Carp (20-22) went ten innings, a wild pitch by the Loons gave the Sky Carp a run that held for a 5-4 win on a 77-degree partly cloudy Friday night at Dow Diamond.

DAYTON, Ohio. – Great Lakes Loons (21-16) hitters were stifled by three Dayton Dragons (17-20) pitchers in a 5-2 Dayton win on a cloudy 73-degree Friday night at a full-capacity Day Air Ballpark. Javi Rivera, for the Dragons, delivered a season-high five innings and eight strikeouts. The Loons had five

Appleton, Wis. – The Great Lakes Loons (18-9) took the series and tenth game of 12 straight played on the road, beating the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (17-10) 5-3 on a 63-degree sunny Sunday afternoon at Fox Cities Stadium. Alex Freeland had his ninth multi-hit game in his 23rd played in

Appleton, Wis. – The Great Lakes Loons (15-7) went 4-for-12 with runners in scoring position, and the bullpen delivered six scoreless innings for a seventh straight win by the score of 6-4 in the series opener against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (15-7) on a 67-degree partly cloudy Tuesday night at

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Great Lakes Loons (10-7) swept the Fort Wayne TinCaps (8-8), winning game one 11-1 and game two 5-1 of a twin bill on a brisk and cloudy 46-degree Wednesday night at Parkview Field. Great Lakes, as a team, hit three home runs. Chris Newell smacked

MIDLAND, Mich. – A West Michigan Whitecaps (6-6) seven-run fifth inning overshadowed a Jackson Ferris eight-strikeout night for the Great Lakes Loons (6-6). A 10-0 Whitecaps win on a 56-degree and cloudy Thursday night at Dow Diamond. The Loons were shutout for the second time this season. Great Lakes left

LANSING, Mich. – Lansing Lugnuts (3-3) batters walked 10 times and gained nine hits to down the Great Lakes Loons (3-3) 9-3 on an extremely windy 49-degree and cloudy Friday night at Jackson ® Field. Jackson Ferris battled high wind and command issues. The left-hander walked six, aiding five runs.

MIDLAND, Mich. – Noah Miller, in his first game in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the eleventh, a Great Lakes Loons (1-0) 3-2 win over the Fort Wayne TinCaps (0-1) on an overcast and windy Friday night at Dow Diamond. Miller was