Iowa's Losing Streak Slides to Six in Blowout Loss
DES MOINES, IA – The Omaha Storm Chasers (71-56) hit at least one home run in four of the first five innings to beat the Iowa Cubs (51-76), 22-4, Friday at Principal Park. Lucius Fox clubbed a leadoff home run to put Omaha in front and they never looked back
DES MOINES, IA – The Omaha Storm Chasers (71-56) hit at least one home run in four of the first five innings to beat the Iowa Cubs (51-76), 22-4, Friday at Principal Park.
The Storm Chasers have now taken each of the first two games of the series, earning at least a split of the four-game set.
POSTGAME NOTES:
• Matt Mervis went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI in the first Triple-A game of his career tonight.
• Hitting out of the leadoff spot,
• Iowa tied their season high with seven pitchers used tonight, with just two not allowing an earned run and three allowing six or more earned runs.
• Omaha hit seven home runs tonight, one shy of the most allowed for Iowa in their franchise record; they allowed eight back on July 18, 2019, against Oklahoma City. The I-Cubs also allowed a season-high 22 runs tonight, surpassing their previous high of 21.
Iowa and Omaha will continue their series with game three of the four-game set tomorrow, with first pitch scheduled for 6:08 pm. For more information and tickets, visit www.iowacubs.com.