Iowa Takes Series Victory Over Nashville In Wild Finale
NASHVILLE, TN – The Iowa Cubs (29-19) took the series win over the Nashville Sounds (25-25) after winning the series finale on Sunday afternoon by a score of 14-9 from First Horizon Park. It was the Sounds who got on the scoreboard first in the Sunday matinee with one run
NASHVILLE, TN – The Iowa Cubs (29-19) took the series win over the Nashville Sounds (25-25) after winning the series finale on Sunday afternoon by a score of 14-9 from First Horizon Park.
It was the Sounds who got on the scoreboard first in the Sunday matinee with one run in the first inning. Following a double from
The I-Cubs responded with a big third inning, however, to jump out in front. With the bases loaded and nobody out,
In the top of the fifth, Iowa increased its lead to 5-2 when
The Sounds got one run back in the bottom of the frame on a single by
It was in the sixth inning when Nashville reclaimed the lead from Iowa. With
The back and forth actioned continued in the seventh with Iowa scoring four runs in a frame for the second time in the contest. Hill kept his hot day at the plate going with an RBI single scoring
The theme of the game continued with Nashville getting a run back in their turn of at-bats in the seventh cutting Iowa’s lead to one at 9-8. With two runners in scoring position, Devanney recorded a sacrifice fly. That would be all for the Sounds, however, with
Iowa’s offense wasn’t done when the game moved into the eighth inning. The I-Cubs tallied their third four-run frame of the game to provide some breathing room with the score now being 13-8. Perlaza brought in the first run on an RBI double and later scored on a wild pitch. Madrigal slapped a triple to right field to score another and Young knocked in two with a double.
Despite Nashville scoring one run in the eighth off a Voit double, it was Iowa to score the last run of the game. In the top of the ninth, Perlaza took a pitch from
POSTGAME NOTES:
• Iowa racked up 14 hits in the contest and
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Iowa will now return home for the first time in two weeks and is slated to play a six-game series versus the Columbus Clippers. The series opener between the I-Cubs and the Clippers is scheduled for Tuesday, May 30, with first pitch at 6:38 PM CT. You can listen to all Iowa Cubs games on Hope AM940 and stream them for free on the Bally Live App. For more information and tickets, visit www.iowacubs.com.