COLUMBUS – The Clippers dropped the first of a four-game series, 2-1, to the Louisville Bats Thursday night at Huntington Park.
Game one was a pitchers’ duel through and through, as Louisville’s Cody Reed (4-8) and the Clippers’ Shao-Ching Chiang (3-2) battled back and forth for seven innings, with Reed allowing just one run on four hits and a walk while striking out 10 hitters in 8 2/3 innings.
Gabriel Guerrero knocked in the game’s first run and added a solo home run in the ninth inning to make it 2-0.
Yandy Diaz singled in Adam Rosales in the bottom of the ninth for the Clippers’ only run.
The teams will be back at it Friday at 7:15 p.m. at Huntington Park.