Cubs split twin bill
July 9, 2008 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Iowa Cubs News Release
Jason Dubois homered in three straight at-bats as the Iowa Cubs defeated the Round Rock Express 5-2 in game two of a doubleheader at Principal Park Wednesday. The Cubs dropped game one, 3-2.
Dubois' first shot put Iowa up 2-0, when he drove Chad Reineke's pitch to left center field for a two-run homer. He made it 3-0 with a solo shot in the third. Dubois capped off the evening with his third of the game and 16th overall with a booming shot to center off Express reliever Jorge Sosa and was greeted at the dugout by a standing ovation from the crowd.
Two batters later, Matt Craig connected on his first home run this year as an Iowa Cub to take a 5-0 lead.
Round Rock collected two runs on back-to-back homers in the seventh inning for the 5-2 final.
Iowa starter Jeff Samardzija threw six shutout innings and a seven-inning complete game. The right-hander allowed seven hits on the night, walking no one, and striking out seven to earn his third win.
Felix Pie and Andres Blanco tallied two hits in the win.
Reineke was charged with the loss, lasting four innings, giving up three runs on six hits, including a pair of home runs to Dubois.
Dubois became the first I-Cub hitter to homer three times in a game since Jake Fox accomplished the feat on August 11, 2007 at Albuquerque.
The Cubs and Express took game one into extra innings with a 2-2 tie, but Mark Saccomanno hit the deciding run, a solo homer, for Round Rock in the eighth.
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