COLUMBUS, OH – 10,190 fans were on hand Friday night as the Columbus Clippers took on the Gwinnett Stripers at Huntington Park. Despite a great effort from starting pitcher Parker Messick, the Clippers lost, 3-2.
Columbus struck first, as Jhonkensy Noel singled in a run in the bottom of the 1st inning, but Gwinnett quickly tied it at 1-1 with a solo homer in the 2nd inning by Matthew Batten.
Messick struck out nine over 6.2 innings. With two outs in the top of the 7th and the game still even 1-1, Gwinnett got two runs on a crazy broken bat single. The flying bat disrupted the efforts of both third baseman Christian Cairo and shortstop Yordys Valdes and ultimately made contact with the ball again in short left field…