Cubs Win Fourth Straight in Four Hour Marathon
July 13, 2012 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Iowa Cubs News Release
Papillion, NE - The Iowa Cubs (39-53) overcame an early 7-2 deficit and earned a 12-11 victory over the Omaha Storm Chasers (56-36) in a four-hour marathon at Werner Park tonight. The Cubs have won four straight games with all four victories coming by one run. The Cubs lead this series 1-0, but the Storm Chasers hold a 7-6 edge in the season series.
The Cubs grabbed the early lead with two runs in the top of the first inning on RBI singles by Dave Sappelt and Josh Vitters. The hits extended their hitting streaks to 10 and 11 games respectively. The Storm Chasers came back with a run in the second and six runs in the third to chase Cubs' starter Chris Volstad from the game. Volstad faced seven batters in the bottom of the third without recording an out. He was charged with seven runs (five earned) on six hits, walked two, and struck out one. Frankie De La Cruz finished the third inning and worked three scoreless frames in relief, despite four walks.
The Cubs started their comeback in the top of the fifth. With two on and one out, Brett Jackson singled to bring in Sappelt and Welington Castillo followed with a long, three-run homer to left-center. Omaha starter Doug Davis finished the inning, but came out after allowing six runs on nine hits over five innings.
In the top of the sixth, Diory Hernandez greeted Doug Sisk with a homer to left that tied the game at seven. It was Hernandez' first home run of the season and snapped a streak of 14 consecutive scoreless innings for Sisk. In the top of the seventh, Sisk issued a leadoff walk to Jackson before turning the ball over to Jeremy Jeffress. After a stolen base and a single, Blake Lalli lined a two-run double to the wall in right-center that put the Cubs ahead 9-7. Hernandez and Adrian Cardenas added RBI singles and Sappelt mixed in a sacrifice fly in the five-run inning that extended the Cubs lead to 12-7.
The Storm Chasers came back with two runs (one earned) against Alberto Cabrera in the bottom of the sixth inning and two runs (one earned) against Jeff Beliveau in the seventh to cut the Cubs' lead to 12-11. The Cubs committed a season-high four errors and Castillo was charged with a passed ball that led to four unearned runs in the game.
Jay Jackson pitched a scoreless eighth inning. He walked one, but got Irving Falu to hit into an inning-ending double play. Michael Bowden allowed a two-out single in the ninth, but struck out Anthony Seratelli to end the game and earn his second save of the season. Cabrera (2-0) was credited with the win. Sisk and Jeffress (4-3) were each charged with a blown save and Jeffress suffered the loss.
The Cubs and Storm Chasers continue this series tomorrow night at 7:05 at Werner Park. LH Brooks Raley (4-4, 3.57) will start for the Cubs against LH Will Smith (3-4, 3.81) for the Storm Chasers. The game will be broadcast live on AM 940 with the On-Deck Circle Pre-Game Show starting at 6:45.
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