Iowa Sneaks Past Sounds 1-0 in Pitcher's Duel
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Nashville Sounds dropped an old fashioned pitcher's duel Monday night 1-0 to the Iowa Cubs. Starting pitchers Corey Walter and Jen-Ho Tseng combined for 12 scoreless innings and allowed just seven hits between them.The Sounds offense was unable to solve the Tseng riddle. Nashville tallied
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Nashville Sounds dropped an old fashioned pitcher's duel Monday night 1-0 to the Iowa Cubs. Starting pitchers
The Sounds offense was unable to solve the Tseng riddle. Nashville tallied just three hits in seven innings against the 22-year-old making just his second career Triple-A start. Tseng fanned eight Sounds on the night and induced soft contact all game long.
Walter rebounded nicely after two tough outings prior to the All-Star break. The right hander flung five scoreless innings while allowing four hits, walking a pair, and struck out four batters. Walter scattered the four hits he allowed, not surrendering multiple hits in any one inning.
Iowa opened up the scoring with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning.
The I-Cubs looked to extend their lead in the eighth inning.
In the top of the ninth inning
The Sounds continue a four-game series against Iowa Tuesday night at Principal Park. Right-hander
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