Minor League Recap – LaViolette’s Clutch Hits Give Caps the Win

Columbus Clippers (21-22) – AAA Game 1 COL 5 – STP 8 Box Score The Columbus Clippers and St. Paul Saints faced off in a Friday night double header. Columbus dropped both games of the double header.

Austin Peterson got the start for Columbus. He went 4. 1IP/5H/4R/3BB/2K.

Will Dion finished the fifth inning, only allowing one hit before retiring the side. Andrew Walters started the sixth in a save situation, but blew the save after 3 unearned runs were allowed. A fielding error by Angel Genao allowed the lead off hitter to reach, resulting in 3 of the 4 runs scored in the sixth to be unearned.

Steven Pérez finished out the sixth inning, walking one and striking out one. The Clippers offense scored 5 runs on 6 hits with 2 walks and 2 errors. Stuart Fairchild continued his successful season, leading off for the Clippers.