IOWA OUT-SLUGGED BY COLUMBUS
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COLUMBUS, OH – The Iowa Cubs (29-37) tallied seven hits, five of which went for extra-bases, but fell to the Columbus Clippers (28-37) by a 9-7 score tonight at Huntington Park.
Miles Mastrobuoni gave Iowa a 1-0 advantage in the first inning as he hit a leadoff home run. The I-Cubs extended their lead later in frame with Alexander Canario scoring on a groundout, making it 2-0 Iowa. Columbus tied the game in the bottom half of the frame at 2-2.
In the second, Mastrobuoni and Luis Vazquez each doubled home runs to give Iowa a 5-2 lead, but Jose Tena cut the lead to 5-4 with a two-run homer in the bottom half of the inning for the Clippers.
Columbus tacked on in the third as Bryan Lavastida tied the game at 5-5 with a double. In the fourth, Johnathan Rodriguez hit a two-run shot to make it 7-5 Columbus. George Valera gave the Clippers an 8-5 lead later in frame with a solo home run.
Columbus added another run in the fifth to give them a 9-5 lead, but Chase Strumpf homered in his first game back from the injured list to cut the lead to 9-6 in the sixth inning.
The I-Cubs chipped away in the seventh as Owen Caissie brought in a run with a single to make it 9-7 Clippers.
Edwin Escobar and Michael Arias combined for 3.2 scoreless innings and four strikeouts in relief.
POSTGAME NOTES:
- Miles Mastrobuoni hit the third leadoff home run for Iowa this season, following David Peralta on May 9 vs. Columbus and Pete Crow-Armstrong on April 4 vs. Toledo
- Chase Stumpf homered in his first game back with Iowa since he was placed on the injured list on April 20.
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