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Indians Knock off I-Cubs, Salvage Series Split

May 21, 2023 - International League (IL)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


INDIANAPOLIS - Quinn Priester continued his outstanding month of May with 5.0 scoreless innings and Malcom Nuñez rocked a three-run home run in the eighth inning to carry the Indianapolis Indians to a 5-1 win over the Iowa Cubs on Sunday afternoon at Victory Field.

The Indians (21-23) never trailed in the finale to earn the series split. Ben Brown (L, 1-2) retired the first five batters he faced before four straight Indians reached safely with two down in the second inning. Nuñez and Aaron Shackelford collected back-to-back singles ahead of walks by Josh Bissonette and Chavez Young, the latter base on balls coming on a 3-2 pitch that narrowly missed below the strike zone.

Priester (W, 5-3) put up zeroes with the lead, scattering five hits and two walks with two strikeouts to improve to 4-0 with a 1.13 ERA (3er/24.0ip) in four May starts.

Indy doubled its advantage in the fifth thanks to another two-out rally. Nick Gonzales singled before Canaan Smith-Njigba smacked a double into the right-field corner of Vinny Nittoli.

Iowa (25-17) tallied its lone run in the eighth on a wild pitch by Angel Perdomo, but Nuñez's three-run blast in the eighth gave the Indians their largest lead of the day to complete the scoring. The long ball was his fourth of the season to go with a game-high three RBI.

Following a day off on Monday, Indianapolis begins a six-game series in Columbus against the Clippers on Tuesday at 7:05 PM ET. Neither team has named probables for the series.

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