Landon Harper turns in eight scoreless innings, but Columbus is shutout for 12th time
COLUMBUS, Ga., — Landon Harper set a new career high after tossing eight scoreless innings in the Columbus Clingstones’ (8-7, 34-47) 1-0 loss to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (9-6, 43-40) on Thursday night at Synovus Park.
Decisive Plays: After neither offense could find any momentum to begin the game, the Clingstones began knocking on the door in the bottom of the fourth inning. The bases were loaded for Ethan Workinger, but Luis Palacios escaped unscathed. Columbus found themselves with a good scoring opportunity in the eighth when two Clingstones reached with no outs, however, that became Nigel Belgrave’s turn to play houdini and keep the game deadlocked at 0-0. Pensacola would score the only run of the game in the top of the ninth off a passed ball…