Clippers Bullpen Can't Hold Up in Loss

Indianapolis Rallies for 10 Unanswered Runs to Take Series

Adam Rosales celebrates after hitting a Grand Slam in Sunday's game with Indianapolis. (Mathew Carper)

By Dylan Tyrer

May 13, 2018

The Columbus Clippers offense showed up when it counted today, taking a commanding early lead, but pitching faltered in an 12-7 loss to the Indianapolis Indians.With the victory, Indianapolis won the series 2-1, dropping Columbus to 1-6 in its last seven ball games.

The Columbus Clippers offense showed up when it counted today, taking a commanding early lead, but pitching faltered in an 12-7 loss to the Indianapolis Indians.
With the victory, Indianapolis won the series 2-1, dropping Columbus to 1-6 in its last seven ball games.

The Indians got on the board in the bottom of the first on an Austin Meadows RBI double off Clippers starter Alexi Ogando. Kevin Kramer went on to score Meadows with an RBI single to take a 2-0 lead.
In the top of the second Mike Papi laced an RBI double off Indians starter Austin Coley to bring Columbus within 2-1.
The offense stayed hot after that when Melky Cabrera tied the game with a two-out RBI double off the centerfield wall. Yu Chang followed that with a RBI single to take a 3-2 lead.
Columbus hopped out to its largest lead in the fourth. With the bases loaded, Adam Rosales cranked a grand slam to grab a 7-2 lead.
From there, Indianapolis slowly inched its way back.
In the bottom of the fourth Pablo Reyes singled to score a run, making it 7-3.
In the fifth, Erich Weiss reached on an error to score one more, pushing the score to 7-4.
Indianapolis made things interesting in the sixth. With two men on, Meadows laced a single off reliever Cole Sulser to score another, pulling within 7-5. The next batter, Jordan Luplow, dropped in an RBI single himself, to bring the score to 7-6.
With two on and nobody out, Clippers manager Chris Tremie called on reliever Jack Leathersich to escape the jam. After setting one Indian down, Leathersich served one up to Eric Wood, who blasted a three-run homerun to give Indianapolis the lead once more, at 9-7.
The Indians added two more in the seventh. Meadows grounded out to score one and Luplow reached on an error by the shortstop Chang to score another, extending the lead to 11-7.
Indy scored its final run in the eighth with a RBI single by Chris Bostick, making it 12-7.
With a five-run lead, the Indians closed things out in the ninth for the victory.
The Clippers will have tomorrow off before coming home Tuesday for the first time in a week. They'll face off against the Gwinnett Stripers for the first time this year with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. at Huntington Park.