Samardzija leads I-Cubs to win
Published on June 29, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Iowa Cubs News Release
Jeff Samardzija picked up his first triple-A win as the Iowa Cubs defeated the Albuquerque Isotopes 7-5 at Principal Park Sunday afternoon.
Samardzija (1-1) lasted six innings, allowing just one run on four hits while striking out four. The right-hander worked out of trouble early and often beginning in the first inning. After allowing a two-out RBI single to Dallas McPherson, Samardzija settled down and induced a groundout by Jason Wood to strand McPherson and end the inning.
Iowa tied it at one in the first when Andres Torres came around to score on a Ben Broussard groundout.
The I-Cubs took the lead for good in the second on an RBI double by Micah Hoffpauir to make it 2-0. Jason Dubois made it a 3-0 game with a home run in the third inning. Bobby Scales added to the lead with a towering solo home run in the fourth. Iowa would score in each of the first five innings, including a two-run fifth, when Samardzija laced a bases loaded single to right field to make it 6-0.
Samardzija got out of the sixth without allowing a run when he worked around a pair of walks to open the inning by getting Jason Wood to ground into a double play. He ended the inning by striking out Chase Lambin. Samardzija finished the afternoon throwing 101 pitches, including 57 strikes.
Albuquerque pinch hitter Tagg Bozied connected on a two-run home run in the seventh off Iowa reliever Blake Parker to make it 6-3.
Hoffpauir made it a 7-3 game with an RBI single in the eighth. He finished the game 2-for-4 as every Iowa starter had a hit.
I-Cubs reliever Jim Brower allowed back-to-back doubles to John Baker and Bozied in the ninth. Jai Miller made it a 7-5 game with an RBI single to center field. Brower got Wood to groundout to end the game, stranding two Isotope runners.
Isotopes starter Gaby Hernandez (2-7) took the loss, giving up six runs on eight hits in four plus innings of work.
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