May 8 Game Notes: Iowa Cubs vs. Columbus Clippers
TODAY’S GAME: The Iowa Cubs and the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) play the second of their six game series today at Principal Park...right-hander Julio Teheran is scheduled to make his fourth start with Iowa...right-hander Adam Oller is slated to pitch for Columbus. YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The I-Cubs lost their sixth straight game
TODAY’S GAME: The Iowa Cubs and the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland) play the second of their six game series today at Principal Park...right-hander
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The I-Cubs lost their sixth straight game last night in extra innings to Columbus by a score of 6-5...
WORKING DOWNHILL: Iowa outfielder
EXTRA, EXTRA: After last night’s loss, the I-Cubs have gone 2-3 in extra inning games this season...last night marked the first time the club has gone to extras since May 1 (G1) in which Iowa defeated Omaha in eight innings.
SERIES RECAP: The I-Cubs lost five of their six games against Omaha from May 1-5, including five straight losses...Iowa was outscored by the Chasers, 39-22, (-17) and two of their three series losses have come from Omaha...the I-Cubs and Omaha have played nine games this season with Omaha winning seven of the contests, outscoring Iowa, 51-34.
VS COLUMBUS: Iowa and Columbus are set to play their first series of the season and first since they played a three-game set from July 14-16, 2023 at Columbus in which the I-Cubs took two of the three games...the two teams played 20 games last season and they split the series 10- 10...at home, the I-Cubs went 6-4 vs. the Clippers.
TROUBLE AT HOME: Iowa has lost six straight games (all at home), which is their longest losing streak of the season and longest since they lost seven straight from Sept. 1-8, 2023...the six-game losing streak is the second-longest active such streak in the International League (Jacksonville, L7)...the I-Cubs took the first game of their last series vs. Omaha which gave them a 9-4 record at home, but after dropping the following six games they sit at 9-10 at Principal Park.
THE BIG O: Outfielder
NO MAY FLOWERS: The I-Cubs finished the month of April with a 14-10 record and batted .276 with a 4.24 ERA but have faltered in May winning just one of their six games...Iowa is slashing .197/.313/.287 and have posted a 5.75 ERA in May...in April, Iowa’s 4.24 ERA was second-best in the International League and they scored the sixth-most runs with 130...the I-Cubs have scored just 22 runs this month which is ranks 16th in the IL and their 5.75 ERA ranks 16th.