Full House Sees Clippers Prevail Tuesday
COLUMBUS, OH – On a picture-perfect Tansky Tuesday Dime-A-Dog Night at Huntington Park, 10,688 fans packed Huntington Park to watch the Columbus Clippers best visiting Toledo, 6-1. Starting pitcher Vince Velasquez (2-1) delivered a fantastic outing for the ClipShow, striking out eight Mud Hens over 5.2 scoreless innings while allowing
COLUMBUS, OH – On a picture-perfect Tansky Tuesday Dime-A-Dog Night at Huntington Park, 10,688 fans packed Huntington Park to watch the Columbus Clippers best visiting Toledo, 6-1.
Starting pitcher Vince Velasquez (2-1) delivered a fantastic outing for the ClipShow, striking out eight Mud Hens over 5.2 scoreless innings while allowing just two hits and a walk along the way.
Columbus struck first when Johnathan Rodriguez clubbed a two-run homer in the 4th inning, followed immediately by a solo shot off the bat of C.J. Kayfus making it 3-0 Clippers.
Brayan Rocchio drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the 5th, before he joined the home run parade with a two-run blast in the 7th to put Columbus ahead 6-1.
While taking in a great night of baseball, Clippers fans put away over 17,000 hot dogs as part of the team's world-famous Tuesday tradition.
Columbus sees its record improve to 23-32, while Toledo slips a game to 33-25.
The series continues on Wednesday, June 4 with Military & First Responders Night. The forecast looks great as the Clippers and Mud Hens meet again in the Arena District. Tickets are available by visiting ClippersBaseball.com.