Hens Shut Out by Columbus Sunday
July 4, 2010 - International League (IL1)
Toledo Mud Hens News Release
(Toledo, OH) - The Toledo Mud Hens suffered their tenth consecutive loss, 6-0, to the Columbus Clippers on Sunday night at Fifth Third Field.
A one-out triple by Columbus second baseman Cord Phelps in the top of the first was followed by a Luis Valbuena sacrifice fly to give the Clippers an early 1-0 lead against Rick Porcello (1-2).
The Hens loaded the bases against Columbus starter David Huff (3-0) in the bottom of the fourth, but Huff got Jon Weber to pop out in foul territory to end the threat.
The top of the fifth inning saw the visitors extend their lead to 5-0. Porcello gave up a hit to Wes Hodges and walked Nick Weglarz and Lou Marson to load the bases. The next four Columbus batters singled, and when the inning was over, the Clippers had batted around.
In the top of the eighth, Casey Fien allowed Jared Goedert's 11th home run of the season to make it a 6-0 game in favor of Columbus.
In the bottom of the ninth, Jeff Kunkel drew a two-out walk and moved to third on a double by Will Rhymes, but Justin Germano closed the door on the Hens by getting Max Leon to ground out to shortstop.
Porcello took the loss for Toledo, while Huff earned the win for Columbus.
The Mud Hens fall to 41-43, 11 games back of the first-place Clippers.
The Hens wrap up their seven-game homestand on Monday at 5:00 p.m.
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