Chicago 8/15/2007 3:20:45 AM
News / Sports

Cubs call up Prospects to Help.

The Cubs will call up Jake Fox and left-hander Carmen Pignatiello prior to Tuesday's game.

It's not known who are being sent down, but Eric Patterson and Sean Gallagher seem to be in danger.

It's about time that Pignatiello was given a chance after all of the success he's had as a minor league reliever.

Fox was up last month and received two at-bats in eight days.

Fox, who is making his second stint with the Cubs, hit three home runs in a game last week.

He's hitting .328 at Iowa with five homers and 13 RBIs and has 23 homers overall with Iowa and Double-A Tennessee.

No word yet on any impending roster moves.

And since left-hander Will Ohman is currently doing damage control in Iowa and fellow lefty Scott Eyre remains generally out-of-view in pressure situations, Pignatiello may have an opportunity to become the Cubs' primary late-inning left-hander.

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