OMAHA - GAME RECAP

We didn't know what was in store in this game as we didn't have any stats to go by. The game started well for Omaha who had a 3-1 lead after 4 innings. In the top of the 5th, Jason Smith came up with one out and slammed a homer to right, making it 3-2. Two batters later, Chad Meyers got his first of two doubles and Roosevelt Brown singled him home, tying the game at 3.

It was still 3-3 in the 7th when Omaha starter Jeff Austin gave up 3 singles to lead off the inning. This was all for him, and in came Jeff Laxton. Unfortunately, he could not hold the runners, as all 3 scored on Brown's single and a sac fly by Korean Hee Seop Choi. In the eighth, Wainhouse gave up 5 hits before being replaced` by Jason Rakers. He was equally terrible, and when all was said and done, 7 runs had scored, and Iowa led 13-3. In the 9th, Rakers stayed in and managed to hold the Cubs to only 3 more runs, 2 of them coming on Corey Patterson's homer. Omaha tried to rally in the bottom of the ninth, but a lead-off double was stranded and Iowa went away with a 16-3 humiliation of the Golden Spikes. 

 

Canadian Aaron Guiel swings at a pitch

The game was actually more interesting than the score would indicate, as it was tied after 6, so it gets a rating of 4/10. For more info on the game, please click here for USA Today's description.