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Toledo rallied in the seventh inning to defeat the Clippers 5-4 at Fifth Third Field in Toledo.
Clippers starter Alex White pitched well, allowing just two unearned runs over six innings, but not factor in the decision. Scott Sizemore's two-run double off reliever Paolo Espino put the Mud Hens in the win column for the third time this season.
Columbus trailed 2-0 after two innings, but tallied one in the fifth and three more in the seventh to grab a 4-2 lead.
Jason Kipnis had three hits and Cord Phelps earned two RBIs for the Clippers.
The game was delayed thirty minutes prior to the first pitch because of a threat of rain.
Columbus and Toledo meet Saturday in the Clippers home opener. The first pitch is slated for 4:05pm following at 2:00pm parade through the Arena District.
Right-hander Zach McAllister will face Toledo lefty Duane Below.
Aeros ‘Pen Folds Late In Reading
Bryan Price allowed five runs over the sixth and seventh innings as the Akron Aeros dropped game two of a four-game series to the Reading Phillies 9-5 Friday at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Price suffered his first loss of the season for the Aeros lasting two innings, giving up five earned runs on six hits, striking out two and walking none.
Reading righty Michael Cisco picked up the win pitching four scoreless innings of relief.
The R-Phils (6-3) got on the board in the bottom of the first inning when Matt Rizzotti hit an RBI double off Aeros starter Austin Adams to make it 1-0.
Adams allowed three more runs in the bottom of the second inning to give Reading a 4-0 lead.
Adams got a no decision lasting five innings, allowing four earned runs on seven hits, walking three and striking out four.
The Aeros (5-4) erupted in the top of the third inning. Jordan Henry started the frame with a lead off single and quickly stole second. Chun Chen drove him in with an RBI single. Matt McBride followed with a double advancing Chen to third base. Chen scored on a Kyle Bellows RBI ground out. John Drennen, then, doubled to score McBride. Tim Fedroff continued the scoring with a two-run home run to right field to give the Aeros a 5-4 lead.
The R-Phils tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning as Derrick Mitchell singled off Price to score Steve Susdroff. In the sixth, Price allowed a Rizzoti solo home run and a Carlos Rivero three-run home run as Reading took game two of this four-game series.
The Aeros will look to get back to their winning ways Saturday against the R-Phils. Left-handed pitcher Matt Packer gets the start for Akron. He will be opposite right-hander J.C. Ramirez. First pitch is at 6:05 p.m.
Winston-Salem Gets by Kinston 5-3
Winston-Salem scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, handing Kinston a 5-2 On Opening Night in the Triad.
Kinston (1-6) jumped on top of Winston-Salem in the top of the first when Tyler Holt led off with a single. After Bo Greenwell hit a one-out single to get Holt to third base, Holt scored later in the inning on a wild pitch. After a walk to Adam Abraham, Abner Abreu hit a ball to right field that was dropped by Winston-Salem’s Jose Martinez. The error by Martinez allowed Greenwell to score and make the K-Tribe advantage 2-0. Dash starting pitcher Andre Rienzo settled down after the first, giving up just two more hits, while striking out seven and walking only one more batter.
The Dash pushed across their first run off of K-Tribe starter T.J. McFarland in the bottom of the second inning. After a walk and a Kinston error earlier in the frame, Kyle Colligan delivered a two-out hit to cut Kinston’s lead in half. The score would stay 2-1 in favor of the Indians, until Ian Gac hit a solo home run off of McFarland in the bottom of the sixth inning. It was the Carolina League leading fourth home run of the season for Gac. McFarland picked up the no decision, giving up four hits and one earned run though six innings. He walked one and struck out five.
The K-Tribe broke the tie in the top of the seventh inning off of Dash reliever Ryan Kussmaul. Justin Toole led off the frame with a single. After Toole stole second base with one-out in the inning, Greenwell drove him home with a two-out RBI single.
Chris Jones spelled McFarland from the K-Tribe bullpen in the seventh inning. Kyle Shelton struck out to begin the inning, but the ball got away from catcher Doug Pickens and Shelton reached safely. Two ground outs got Shelton to third base. Shelton then scored on a Jones wild pitch to even the score at three.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Gac delivered a one-out single to get things going for Winston-Salem. Andy Wilkins followed with a walk, off of Kinston reliever Jose Flores. After a Flores strikeout brought Kinston one-out away from getting out of the frame, Shelton delivered a two-RBI triple to put things away for the Dash. Flores picked up the loss giving up two runs in 1 1/3 innings. Greenwell and Toole each had two hits for Kinston.
The Indians road trip continues Saturday in Winston-Salem at 7pm. Clayton Cook will get the start for Kinston.
BG’s Walk Off Grand Slam Sinks Captains 11-7
Bowling Green’s Phil Wunderlich with the base loaded and two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning took a 3-2 Nate Striz pitch deep to right for a walk off grand slam homerun. The Hot Rods defeated Lake County 11-7 on Friday night at Bowling Green Ballpark.
The Hot Rods scored early on a three run bomb by Derek Dietrich in the bottom of the first inning to lead it 3-0.
Lake County responded with two runs in the second, an RBI double by Anthony Gallas and a sacrifice fly for Carlos Moncrief made it 3-2. The Captains tied the game up at three in inning three, with a Alex Lavisky RBI double.
With the Hot Rods leading it 4-3, Lake County took their first lead in the fourth. Carlos Moncrief drove in his second run of the game with a double and Jason Smit used one of his three hits to drive in a run with a single to make it 5-4.
Bowling Green regained the lead in the sixth, with two on and no outs, Alejandro Torres hit a ground ball double play ball through the legs of Nick Bartolone allowing the tying run to score. Robby Price laid down a excellent bunt for a squeeze play to drive in the go ahead run giving Bowling Green a 6-5 edge.
The Captains jumped back in front 7-6 in the eighth inning scoring two runs without a base hit, using four walks and an RBI ground out by Anthony Gallas.
The Hot Rods tied the game at seven in the bottom of the ninth. With two runners on and two outs, Steve Tinoco hit a single up the middle off Cole Cook tying the game.
Austin Hubbard (1-0) earned the win pitching three innings allowing two runs, one earned on two hits, walking five and striking out three. Nate Striz (0-1) took the loss working just two thirds of an inning, allowing four runs on two hits, walking two and striking out one.
Lake County and Bowling Green will continue their weekend series on Saturday night at Bowling Green Ballpark at 8:05PM. Captains’ RHP Trey Haley (0-0) fresh off his part in Monday’s no hitter makes his second start against LHP Jimmy Patterson (1-0) for the Hot Rods.
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