IOWA SCORES 10 RUNS IN WIN OVER LAS VEGAS

LAS VEGAS, NV – The Iowa Cubs (63-66) scored 10 runs on 11 hits to lead them to a 10-2 win over the Las Vegas Aviators (74-56) last night at Las Vegas Ballpark.

James Triantos led off the game with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly from Nicky Lopez to give Iowa a 1-1 lead. Las Vegas tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom half of the first inning.

The I-Cubs regained the lead in the second on a home run from Ben Cowles, making it 2-1. Iowa took a 5-1 lead in the fifth as Jonathon Long drove in a run with a single and scored on a wild pitch and Kevin Alcantara singled home another.

In the sixth, Iowa scored four runs on a single from Triantos, walks from Alcantara and Cowles and a single from Chase Strumpf.

The Aviators cut the lead to 9-2 in the seventh, but Alcantara homered in the eighth to make it 10-2, I-Cubs.

Iowa will play at Las Vegas on Saturday for the fifth of a six-game series with first pitch slated for 9:05 p.m. You can listen to all Iowa Cubs games on Hope AM940 and stream every home game for free on the Bally Live App. For more information and tickets, visit www.iowacubs.com