MERVIS, SHAW HOMER IN IOWA’S LOSS AT ST. PAUL
ST. PAUL, MN – Despite home runs from Matt Mervis and Matt Shaw, the Iowa Cubs (61-76) fell to the St. Paul Saints (66-70) by an 8-6 score tonight at CHS Field. St. Paul took a 6-0 lead in the second inning, highlighted by a grand slam from Emmanuel Rodriguez.
ST. PAUL, MN – Despite home runs from Matt Mervis and Matt Shaw, the Iowa Cubs (61-76) fell to the St. Paul Saints (66-70) by an 8-6 score tonight at CHS Field.
St. Paul took a 6-0 lead in the second inning, highlighted by a grand slam from Emmanuel Rodriguez.
In the third, Kevin Alcantara cut the lead to 6-1 as he drove in Chase Strumpf with a single. But the Saints got the run back in the fourth on a solo home run from Peyton Eeles.
The I-Cubs again cut the lead in the fifth to 7-2 on a run-scoring single from Caleb Knight.
St. Paul added another run in the sixth to make it 8-2, but Mervis homered in the seventh and Shaw homered in the eighth to cut the lead to 8-4.
Iowa scored two more runs in the ninth on a single from Alcantara and a sacrifice fly from Moises Ballesteros to make it 8-6, but fell just short.
POSTGAME NOTES:
- With a win tomorrow, Iowa will secure a series split with St. Paul this season.
- Matt Shaw hit his 18th home run of the season and his fourth with Iowa.
- Matt Mervis tallied his first three-hit game since June 30 vs. St. Paul.