Offensive Explosion Gives Iowa Series Lead
August 22, 2023 - International League (IL)
Iowa Cubs News Release
DES MOINES, IA - The Iowa Cubs (69-49) moved back to 20 games over .500 with a 10-4 win over the Indianapolis Indians (55-64), Tuesday at Victory Field.
Iowa jumped on Indianapolis early with a four-run first inning, highlighted by a three-run home run from Jake Slaughter. The deep fly marked his team-leading 20th home run of the year.
They padded their lead in the second with an RBI single from Darius Hill to go up 5-0. That was all the run support Shane Greene would need, as the righty spun 5.0 scoreless innings in his fourth start of the year.
Bryce Windham used a single in the fifth inning to bring in a sixth run for Iowa, but Indianapolis broke through in their half of the inning. Solo home runs from Miguel Andújar and Jared Triolo made it 6-2.
The I-Cubs stormed right back with their second four-run inning of the game, scoring on back-to-back home runs from Matt Mervis and Alexander Canario as well as another RBI single from Windham.
A two-run single from Domingo Leyba in the bottom of the eighth made it 10-4, but Cam Sanders came in and spun 1.2 scoreless innings to close out the victory for Iowa.
POSTGAME NOTES:
Shane Greene earned his first win as an I-Cub tonight, tossing 5.0 scoreless innings. The right-hander allowed four hits and one walk while striking out six.
Iowa scored 10 runs on 13 hits tonight, marking their second consecutive game with 12 or more hits. Five different players in the lineup recorded multi-hit efforts.
In his second appearance on major league rehab with Iowa, Brad Boxberger allowed two runs on two hits and a walk in 0.1 innings pitched. His lone out was a strikeout.
Iowa and Indianapolis will play game two of their six-game series tomorrow afternoon, with first pitch from Victory Field scheduled for 12:35 pm CT. You can listen to all Iowa Cubs games on Hope AM940 and stream them for free on the Bally Live App. For more information and tickets, visit www.iowacubs.com.
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