Biscuits Blow Late Lead, Fall 6-5 to Clingstones

Photo by Mike Krebs

COLUMBUS, GA - In the first ever meeting between the Montgomery Biscuits (21-18) and the Columbus Clingstones (17-21) at Synovus Park, the Biscuits blew a three-run lead and were walked off for the first time in a 6-5 loss on Tuesday night.

The Clingstones scored four unanswered in the final three innings, included two unearned runs, and walked off on an error with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

Xavier Isaac led a homer spree in the middle innings. In the fourth, Isaac smashed a two-run shot to right field to put the Biscuits ahead 2-1, right after Cooper Kinney picked up a hit to end 3 1/3 perfect innings from Lucas Braun.

In the fifth, Brayden Taylor launched a solo home run to right center to make it 3-1. Will Simpson followed with a lined shot that cleared the left-field wall and landed in the Montgomery bullpen to make it 5-2.

Things fell apart after that. Columbus scored two runs, one unearned in the seventh to make it a one-run game. After loading the bases with no one out in the eighth, a sacrifice fly tied the game at 5-5. Austin Vernon limited the damage to one run and got out of trouble with a pair of strikeouts. Columbus got Drew Compton over the third base with two outs in the ninth. Kinney had a grounder bounce off his chest for an error and Compton scored the winning run, 6-5.

The second game of the series is on Wednesday night at Synovus Park. Owen Wild will make the start for Montgomery while Ian Mejia is slated to start for Columbus. The first pitch is at 6:05pm CT. Fans can listen on Jox 740, MLB At Bat, and Bally Live.