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July 18, 2009 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Iowa Cubs News Release


Steve Clevenger drove in John-Ford Griffin in the bottom of the ninth inning with the winning run in Iowa's 2-1 victory over the Nashville Sounds in front of 12,316 fans at Principal Park Saturday night.

With the win, the Cubs trim the Sounds' lead in the PCL American North to four games.

Griffin led off the ninth with double, extending his hitting streak to a team-high nine games. Griffin advanced to third base on a sharp single to right field by Matt Craig before coming around on Clevenger's second walk-off hit this season.

Trailing 1-0 in the eighth, Aaron Miles lined a one-out double down the right field line that scored Matt Camp from second base and tied the game at one. Miles was thrown out on the play, trying to stretch his hit into a triple and Nashville reliever Dave Johnson completed the inning without further incident.

Iowa starter Casey Fossum allowed just one unearned run in six innings of work. In just his third start with the Cubs, the left-hander allowed five hits and one walk while striking out six.

Lindsay Gulin kept the Iowa Cubs off balance for seven plus innings as the Sounds took a 1-0 lead into the eighth. The Sounds plated their lone run in the first inning when Alcides Escobar reached on an error and was driven in on Angel Salome's RBI single. A pitchers duel then paced the game until the final two frames.

Gulin allowed two hits and walked four while striking out five in his seven innings. The crafty left-hander held the Cubs hitless until Steve Clevenger singled to right field leading off the fifth inning.

Blake Parker picked up his first win of the season for the Cubs. He did not allow a hit in his one inning pitched. Nashville's Dave Johnson was tagged with the loss and blown save .

The Cubs and Sounds will meet in the finale of their four-game set tomorrow at 1:05 p.m. Right-hander Mitch Atkins (6-9, 6.82) is scheduled to pitch for Iowa and left-hander Chris Narveson (3-3, 3.38) will take the ball for the Sounds. Tomorrow's game marks the final meeting this season between the two teams.


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