Iowa and New Orleans Divide Double-Header
April 18, 2019 - Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Iowa Cubs News Release
METAIRIE, LA - The Iowa Cubs (8-5) and the New Orleans Baby Cakes (6-7) split a twin bill Wednesday at Shrine on Airline. The Baby Cakes shut out the I-Cubs 5-0 in Game 1, before the I-Cubs responded with a 7-4 Game 2 victory
Game 1 was quiet as the two teams collected just six hits between them. New Orleans took the early lead as Monte Harrison hit a leadoff single and Isan Diaz followed with a two-run home run. The edge would hold as the I-Cubs were held scoreless for the second time this season.
Starter Duane Underwood Jr. settled in after the first, retiring 12 of 13 batters through the fifth. The righty hit a bump in the sixth and after a pair of walks, James Norwood took over with one out. Singles from JT Riddle and Yadiel Rivera scored both inherited runners. The Baby Cakes managed three runs in the frame to secure the 5-0 Baby Cakes win.
New Orleans kept the momentum into Game 1, scoring one run off three hits in the first. The tides changed in the second as the I-Cubs put two runners on and Ian Rice, making his Triple-A debut, sent the first pitch he saw over the center field wall for a three-run bomb.
Iowa added to the edge with a pair of runs in both the fifth and sixth innings. New Orleans rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh, but the I-Cubs held on for the win.
Postgame Notes:
- Duane Underwood Jr. allowed two runs in the first inning of Game 1. Through his I-Cubs career, 29 of his 70 earned runs allowed have come in the first inning.
- Iowa was limited to two hits in Game 1 - a double from Ian Happ and a single from Underwood Jr.
- Alec Mills made his season debut with the I-Cubs as the Game 2 starter and allowed one run on eight hits through 4.0 frames while walking none and fanning three.
- Ian Rice went 2-for-4 with two runs, a home run, three RBI and a strikeout in his Triple-A debut.
- Wynton Bernard went 2-for-2 with a run in Game 2 after entering as a pinch-hitter.
- Iowa's leadoff hitter reached base in all seven frames of Game 2.
Iowa and New Orleans wrap up the series with a 7 p.m. first pitch at Shrine on Airline tomorrow. Follow the action at www.iowacubs.com, AM 940 or MiLB.TV.
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