Sounds lose to Cubs
Published on June 12, 2005 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Nashville Sounds News Release
DES MOINES -- Sounds catcher Mike Rivera homered for the third straight game but Iowa third baseman Nate Frese was a one-man show, driving in all four runs in the Cubs' 4-3 victory over Nashville on Saturday evening at Principal Park.
With the loss, Nashville (32-31) fell a half-game behind Memphis in the PCL American Conference Northern Division.
Frese spotted the Cubs a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning with a one-out three-run homer off Sounds starter Jeff Housman, the infielder's third roundtripper of the year.
Trent Durrington put Nashville on the board in the top of the fifth with a two-out solo blast off Cubs starter Rich Hill. The tater was the Aussie's third of the season.
Rivera tied the affair at 3-3 an inning later when he crushed his third home run in the last three games, a two-run jack off I-Cubs reliever Will Cunnane.
Frese put Iowa on top for good in the bottom of the frame with a two-out RBI single against Housman that plated Calvin Murray with the game-winning run.
Cunnane (1-1) earned the victory for Iowa after blowing his second save of the season. The veteran allowed two runs in his two frames of work. Jermaine Van Buren recorded the final six outs to record his sixth save for the Cubs.
Housman (2-6) was dealt a loss in his fifth consecutive start after surrendering all four Cubs runs in his 6 2/3 innings.
The team wrap up the four-game series with a 1:05 p.m. CT finale on Sunday afternoon. Right-hander Rick Helling (4-3, 4.74) will make the start for the Sounds and square off against Iowa southpaw Phil Norton (1-3, 6.79).
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