IL1 Indianapolis Indians

Clippers Take Two From Tribe; Win Series 3-1

June 29, 2007 - International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Six Columbus pitchers combined to allow just one run and 10 hits over 16 innings en route to a doubleheader sweep of Indianapolis and series win in front of 6,602 Friday night at Cooper Stadium. The Clippers posted a 4-0 win over the Indians in the opener and 5-1 victory in the nightcap.

Game one was the continuation of a suspended game from Thursday night. Play was interrupted with no score in the third inning when heavy rain swept through central Ohio. Friday night's second game, a seven-inning tilt, was the regularly-scheduled contest.

The Clippers improve to 38-43 on the season and 21-23 at home, while the Indians fall to 44-36 overall and 20-22 on the road. The Tribe suffers its second straight four-game series setback and finishes its eight game road trip 1-7.

Four Columbus right-handers -- Tim Redding (3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO), Levale Speigner (3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 SO), Winston Abreu (2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO) and Edward Valdez (1.0 IP, 1 H) -- combined to hand Indianapolis its fourth shutout loss of 2007 in the opener. Speigner collected the win, improving to 1-0.

CF Rogearvin Bernadina (0-for-3, 1 R) led off the Clippers' third with a walk, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and third on RF Brandon Watson's (1-for-4, 1 R) single to center. 2B Bernie Castro (2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI) followed with a double to left, scoring Bernadina and moving Watson to third. 3B Brent Abernathy (1-for-4, 1 RBI) then brought Watson plateward on an RBI groundout. Columbus tallied its final two runs in the seventh.

Tribe LHP Sean Burnett (2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO), who started the suspended game on Thursday night, fell to 4-5 with the game one loss.

Columbus RHP Joel Hanrahan (6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO) improved to 3-2 with his third quality start in game two, while Bernadina (2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI) paced the offense with a pair of doubles.

The Clippers cracked the scoreboard with one run in their first at-bat as Watson (1-for-2, 1 R) singled to left, moved to second on a balk and advanced 90 feet closer on Abernathy's (2-for-3, 2 RBI) single to right. 3B Kory Casto (1-for-2, 1 RBI) then scored Watson with another base knock to right.

The Indians knotted the contest in the second when 1B Jose Hernandez (1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI) whacked his seventh home run of the season over the right-field wall.

The Clippers answered with four runs in the bottom half of the inning. The frame included four walks, a wild pitch and fielding error.

Indians RHP Marty McLeary (3.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 1 SO) suffered the loss in game two, falling to 4-3.

Columbus RHP Chris Booker (0.1 IP, 1 SO) recorded the game's final out for his league-leading 22nd save of the campaign.

Tribe OF Michael Ryan combined to go 2-for-4 with a double in the twinbill, extending his hitting streak to a season-best 10 games (.459 BA, 17-for-37, 7 R, 5 RBI).

Indianapolis begins a brief two-game homestand against Richmond on Saturday at 7 p.m. RHP Bryan Bullington is slated to start for the Indians, while RHP Lance Cormier is expected to get the nod for the Braves.

The contest will be carried by ESPN-950 AM and IndyIndians.com with Howard Kellman and Scott McCauley. The pre-game show begins at 6:40 p.m.

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