August 10 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs @ Omaha Storm Chasers
IOWA CUBS (62-46) @ OMAHA STORM CHASERS (50-56) Thursday, August 10 • 7:05 PM • Werner Park • Papillion, NE LHP Jordan Wicks (3-0, 4.24) vs. LHP Anthony Veneziano (4-2, 4.35)
IOWA CUBS (62-46) @ OMAHA STORM CHASERS (50-56)
Thursday, August 10 • 7:05 PM • Werner Park • Papillion, NE
LHP Jordan Wicks (3-0, 4.24) vs. LHP Anthony Veneziano (4-2, 4.35)
TONIGHT’S GAME: Iowa will look for their third consecutive win over Omaha tonight, sending lefty Jordan Wicks to the mound. Through five starts with Iowa this year, Wicks enters tonight’s game with a 3-0 record and a 4.24 ERA, allowing 11 earned runs on 17 hits and 11 walks. He has struck out 18 batters in his 23.1 innings pitched, limiting his opponents to a .207 batting average against him. The southpaw is fifth on the team with three wins, despite not joining Iowa until June 29. Tonight will mark the second start of his young career against the Storm Chasers, the team he made his Triple-A debut against back on June 30. In that outing, he spun 4.1 innings, allowing three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four batters. Opposite of Wicks will be
OH, WHAT A NIGHT: The I-Cubs had their best offensive performance of the season last night as they defeated Omaha by a score of 20-1. Iowa racked up those 20 runs, which set a new season high, off 17 hits, seven of which were home runs. In the game, five different players recorded multi-hit performances, with four of those players having three hits. It was an immediate offensive barrage from Iowa as it launched four homers in the first inning and totaled eight runs in the frame. Both of those achievements tied season highs as the I-Cubs also hit four home runs and scored eight runs once before this season. On April 29, the I-Cubs scored eight runs versus Louisville, which also happened in the first inning. Two days earlier on April 27, Iowa belted four homers in the fourth inning versus Louisville. The 20 runs scored by Iowa last night marked the most runs the team had scored in over a decade. The last time Iowa scored 20 runs in a game came on August 30, 2010, on the road against the Albuquerque Isotopes. The final score in that contest was 20-9. The 19-run margin of victory also marked the second largest in franchise history. The largest margin of victory in franchise history for the I-Cubs was set at 21 on July 30, 2000, on the road against Fresno.
EASY BEING GREENE: Last night’s starter
SLUMPS BUSTED: Leading the offensive charge for Iowa last night were the No. 8 and 9 hitters in the lineup,
PROSPECTS PERFORMING:
AGAINST OMAHA: With back-to-back wins to start the series, Iowa will look to make it three in a row tonight at Werner Park. Their two wins to start the current series makes it four straight wins against the Storm Chasers dating back to July 2-3. The I-Cubs are now 8-4 this year against Omaha overall, going 6-2 in their eight games at Werner Park this year. Iowa is now 331-299 all-time overall against the Storm Chasers, going 152-162 all-time on the road.
SHORT HOPS: The last time Iowa scored 20 runs in a game came on August 30, 2010, on the road against the Albuquerque Isotopes…the 19-run margin of victory last night also marked the second largest in franchise history, with the largest margin of victory in franchise history for the I-Cubs set at 21 runs back on July 30, 2000, on the road against Fresno…the last four hitters in Iowa’s lineup last night combined to go 11-for-18 with 15 runs scored, a double, four home runs 14 runs batted in and six walks drawn.