Louisville Cruises Past Iowa in 17-5 Win
DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Cubs (30-41) fell in game two of the series by a score of 17-5 to the Louisville Bats (28-45), Wednesday at Principal Park. Louisville started the scoring in the top of the first, with an RBI single from Alex Blandino. The I-Cubs would tie
DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Cubs (30-41) fell in game two of the series by a score of 17-5 to the Louisville Bats (28-45), Wednesday at Principal Park.
Louisville started the scoring in the top of the first, with an RBI single from
The game would stay tied at 1-1 until the fifth inning, when Louisville broke it open against I-Cubs starter
They weren’t done scoring, as they added two more in the sixth, six in the seventh and one in the eighth to go up 17-1.
Iowa showed some fight, scoring three in the eighth on a
POSTGAME NOTES:
• Louisville set their season high with 17 runs, their most runs scored since July 13, 2012. They tied the most runs (17) and set the most hits (17) Iowa’s pitching staff has allowed this year.
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• The 12-run loss marked Iowa’s biggest loss of the season. They’ve lost by 11 twice this season, most recently on June 26, in a 13-2 loss to Omaha.
Iowa and Louisville will meet for game three of the six game series tomorrow night, with first pitch set for 7:08 pm CT, Thursday at Principal Park. For more information and tickets, visit www.iowacubs.com.