Hens lose third straight in front of sellout crowd
In front of a sellout crowd, the Mud Hens fell to the Clippers for a third straight time in the series, this time a final of 3-0.
In front of a sellout crowd, the Mud Hens fell to the Clippers for a third straight time in the series, this time a final of 3-0.
Vasquez allowed a double in the top of the first but stranded him as he recorded a scoreless frame. JaCoby Jones doubled with one out in the bottom half of the inning, but got no further as the first inning ending in a scoreless tie.
The Clippers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning against Vasquez.
Throwing the first four innings for Columbus was
Against Narveson in the bottom of the fifth, Juan Perez and Jason Krizan each singled with one out to give Toledo its best scoring chance of the contest up to that point. The next two Hens hitters would go down and end the threat and keep the game at 1-0 in favor of Columbus after five innings.
Vasquez threw a scoreless top of the sixth to finish off his day, allowing just one run on six hits, walking one and striking out six.
In the bottom of the sixth, Jones recorded his second hit of the game on a broken bat single to right.
Both teams were held off the board in the eighth inning and
In the bottom of the ninth, a two-out double from Jason Krizan was all the Toledo offense could muster as they fell for a third straight time to Columbus.
The series finale will be played on Sunday at 4:05 p.m.