Climb the ladder…
The Clippers and Mud Hens meet today at 5:05pm…
Toledo
1. Scott Sizemore DH
2. Cale Iorg SS
3. Jeff Frazier LF
4. Casper Wells CF
5. Ben Guez RF
6. Max Leon 1B
7. Justin Henry 2B
8. Max St. Pierre C
9. Shawn Roof 3B
P – LH Ryan Ketchner (3-4, 4.17)
Columbus
1. Jose Constanza RF
2. Ezequiel Carrera CF
3. Matt McBride LF
4. Jared Goedert 3B
5. Jordan Brown DH
6. Wes Hodges 1B
7. Josh Rodriguez SS
8. Luke Carlin C
9. Argenis Reyes 2B
P – RH Carlos Carrasco (10-5, 3.71)
Don’t Stop Believin’
The Clippers open a five-game, two city series with Toledo tonight at Huntington Park…
Toledo
1. Scott Sizemore 2B
2. Cale Iorg SS
3. Jeff Frazier DH
4. Casper Wells CF
5. Mike Bertram 1B
6. Ben Guez RF
7. Chris White LF
8. Robinzon Diaz C
9. Shawn Roof 3B
P – RH Scot Drucker (4-5, 5.62)
Columbus
1. Jose Constanza RF
2. Ezequiel Carrera CF
3. Cord Phelps 2B
4. Jared Goedert 3B
5. Jordan Brown 1B
6. Wes Hodges DH
7. Drew Sutton LF
8. Damaso Espino C
9. Josh Rodriguez SS
P – RH Paolo Espino (1-1, 2.75)
Hump Day Showdown at Huntington Park
The Clippers and Yankees meet for the second of a four-game set tonight at 7:05pm…
Scranton/WB
1. Kevin Russo 2B
2. Eduardo Nunez 3B
3. Jesus Montero C
4. Juan Miranda 1B
5. Jorge Vazquez DH
6. Colin Curtis RF
7. Chad Huffman LF
8.Greg Golson CF
9. Eric Bruntlett SS
P – RH Ivan Nova (11-3, 2.93)
Columbus
1. Jose Constanza RF
2. Ezequiel Carrera CF
3. Cord Phelps 2B
4. Jordan Brown LF
5. Wes Hodges DH
6. Drew Sutton 3B
7. Matt McBride 1B
8. Luke Carlin C
9. Josh Rodriguez SS
P – LH David Huff (7-0, 3.75)
Ruby Tuesday…
The Clippers and Yankees meet tonight at 7:05pm…
Scranton/WB
1. Kevin Russo LF
2. Eduardo Nunez SS
3. Jesus Montero C
4. Juan Miranda 1B
5. Jorge Vazquez DH
6. Colin Curtis RF
7. Brandon Laird 3B
8.Greg Golson CF
9. Eric Bruntlett 2B
P – RH Zach McAllister (8-9, 5.01)
Columbus
1. Jose Constanza RF
2. Ezequiel Carrera CF
3. Cord Phelps 2B
4. Jared Goedert 3B
5. Jordan Brown DH
6. Wes Hodges 1B
7. Drew Sutton LF
8. Damaso Espino C
9. Josh Rodriguez SS
P – RH Carlos Carrasco (9-5, 3.92)
Going for the sweep…
The Clippers try to sweep the Bats today at 5:05pm…
Louisville
1. Dave Sappelt CF
2. Zack Cozart SS
3. Yonder Alonso 1B
4. Todd Frazier DH
5. Wladimir Balentien RF
6. Danny Dorn LF
7. Chris Valaika 2B
8. Corky Miller C
9. Michael Griffin 3B
P – RH Aaron Harang (NR)
Columbus
1. Jose Constanza RF
2. Ezequiel Carrera CF
3. Cord Phelps 2B
4. Jared Goedert 3B
5. Drew Sutton LF
6. Wes Hodges 1B
7. Matt McBride DH
8. Damaso Espino C
9. Argenis Reyes SS
P – RH Yohan Pino (8-7, 5.64)
Back on top!
The Clippers lead the Bats by half of a game entering tonight’s 7:05pm contest…
Louisville
1. Dave Sappelt CF
2. Zack Cozart SS
3. Yonder Alonso 1B
4. Todd Frazier DH
5. Wladimir Balentien RF
6. Danny Dorn LF
7. Chris Valaika 2B
8. Eric Eymann 3B
9. Chris Denove C
P – LH Travis Wood (5-6, 3.12)
Columbus
1. Jose Constanza CF
2. Josh Rodriguez SS
3. Cord Phelps DH
4. Jared Goedert 3B
5. Drew Sutton 2B
6. Wes Hodges 1B
7. Matt McBride LF
8. Jerad Head RF
9. Damaso Espino C
P – RH Paolo Espino (0-1, 4.26)
Looking up (in the standings)…
The Clippers and Bats meet tonight at 7:05pm from Huntington Park…
Louisville
1. Dave Sappelt CF
2. Zack Cozart SS
3. Yonder Alonso 1B
4. Todd Frazier LF
5. Wladimir Balentien DH
6. Chris Valaika 2B
7. Corky Miller C
8. Eric Eymann 3B
9. Michael Griffin RF
P – RH Sam LeCure (7-2, 3.15)
Columbus
1. Jose Constanza RF
2. Ezequiel Carrera CF
3. Cord Phelps 2B
4. Jared Goedert DH
5. Drew Sutton LF
6. Wes Hodges 1B
7. Josh Rodriguez SS
8. Luke Carlin C
9. Argenis Reyes 3B
P – LH David Huff (6-0, 3.80)
Hail to the Chief!
The Clippers and Chiefs square off at 7:00pm from Alliance Bank Stadium…
Columbus
1. Ezequiel Carrera CF
2. Argenis Reyes 3B
3. Jared Goedert DH
4. Wes Hodges 1B
5. Cord Phelps 2B
6. Drew Sutton SS
7. Jared Head LF
8. Luke Carlin C
9. Jose Constanza RF
P - LH Eric Berger (0-0, 2.87)
Syracuse
1. Boomer Whiting LF
2. Danny Espinosa SS
3. Brian Bixler 3B
4. Jason Botts DH
5. Chase Lambin 1B
6. Wilson Ramos C
7. Michael Martinez CF
8. Seth Bynum 2B
9. Leonard Davis RF
P – RH Erik Arnesen (3-7, 4.08)
Let’s get it started…
The Clippers play Syracuse in a doubleheader starting at 5:00pm…
Columbus
1. Eequiel Carrera CF
2. Drew Sutton DH
3. Josh Rodriguez SS
4. Wes Hodges 1B
5. Cord Phelps 2B
6. Jared Goedert 3B
7. Matt McBride LF
8. Damaso Espino C
9. Jose Constanza RF
P – RH Yohan Pino (8-6, 5.87)
Syracuse
1. Boomer Whiting CF
2. Danny Espinosa SS
3. Brian Bixler 3B
4. Jason Botts DH
5. Chase Lambin 1B
6. Pete Orr LF
7. Seth Bynum 2B
8. Leonard Davis RF
9. Carlos Maldonado C
P – RH Jordan Zimmerman (0-0, 0.00)
It’s a (West Division) race!
The Clippers held a 10.5 game lead in the West Division after a 11-7 win over Pawtucket on July 26th. Now that lead is down to just two games over Louisville and the Clippers have lost eight of the last nine…
* The Clippers and Syracuse Chiefs will play a doubleheader today at 5:00pm. Columbus has lost 10 of 12 in Syracuse dating back to June of 2007. The Chiefs swept Columbus at Alliance Bank Stadium last year.
* Columbus is now 67-49 on the season. The Clippers .578 winning percentage is third best in the league behind Durham (.623) and Scranton/WB (.591).
* Louisville is showing no signs of slowing down. The Bats are 29-7 since July 1st and they’ve won 11 straight at home.
* Jared Goedert is slumping. He is just 7-for-36 (.194) over his last nine games. Goedert has not homered since July 27th.
* The Clippers have hit just two HRs in the last nine games. Prior to that, Columbus had 17 HRs in nine games. The team has gone 169 at-bats since the last.
* Jose Constanza is tied for 2nd in the league’s “stolen base race”. Constanza has swiped 28 bags, tied with Durham’s Desmond Jennings. Boomer Whiting of Syracuse has 29.
* The bullpen had a 2.78 ERA in 94 games this year. Since then, the ‘pen has an ERA of 10.01 ERA.
* The Clippers attendance average of 8,736 per game is 3rd in Minor League Baseball.
* Huntington Park welcomes the Clippers back on Friday night at 7:05pm to start a crucial weekend series with Louisville. The Zooperstars will be there. Click here for tickets.
Talk to you soon!
Ryan Mitchell & Scott Leo
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