Scram Impressive in Debut as Toledo Falls to Columbus 7-1
April 24, 2010 - International League (IL1)
Toledo Mud Hens News Release
(TOLEDO, OH) - The Toledo Mud Hens were defeated by the Columbus Clippers 7-1 Saturday night at Fifth Third Field. Deik Scram, in his Triple-A debut, had two doubles for the Hens, but it was not enough to overcome a potent Clipper offense.
After retiring the first seven batters, the Clippers got to Phil Dumatrait with one out in the third. Chris Gimenez and Anderson Hernandez hit back-to-back singles to get Columbus going. After Michael Brantley flew out to left field, Jason Donald hit an RBI double, scoring Chris Gimenez. With runners on second and third, Dumatrait was able to get Trevor Crowe to fly out to right to end the inning and minimize the Clipper threat.
The Hens tried to answer in the bottom of the inning, but were not able to drive Will Rhymes in from third with two outs. Rhymes singled with one out and advanced to third on a Jeff Frazier single. Danny Worth struck out in between. The mini-rally fizzled, though, when Jeff Larish grounded out.
Carlos Santana, the Indians' top minor league prospect, led off the fourth with his fifth home run of the season. Reigning league MVP Shelley Duncan nearly followed Santana with a homer of his own, but Jeff Frazier ran it down in deep left at the wall. After a double by Wes Hodges, Brian Bixler added to the Clipper lead with his first home run of the season, putting Columbus in front 4-0.
There was a scary moment in the bottom of the fourth, as Brent Dlugach was hit by a pitch on the head. He was shaken up, but stayed in the game. Deik Scram, who was called up from Double-A Erie today, followed with his second double of the night, moving Dlugach to third. Robinzon Diaz grounded out, but the Hens got on the board and cut the lead to 4-1. Ben Guez grounded out to end the inning.
Toledo found themselves in a bind again in the fifth, but was able to get out of it. With two outs, Trevor Crowe stole third base. Dumatrait's pitch got past Diaz and went all the way to the back stop. Crowe was thrown out at the plate on a perfect throw by Diaz and was promptly thrown out of the game by home plate umpire Damien Beal for arguing his call.
Columbus got the run back in the sixth as Duncan scored from third when Daniel Schlereth, relieving Dumatrait, attempted to pick Gimenez off first and threw the ball in the dirt. The run put Columbus back up by four runs, 5-1.
In the seventh, Columbus got one more run. Michael Brantley led off the inning with a single. He would move up after Donald was hit by a pitch. The bases were loaded when Jose Constanza, who came on for Crowe, walked. The Hens looked like they could keep the Clippers at bay when Santana hit a grounder to third, but the ball wasn't handled cleanly by Worth and he could only get one out. Brantley scored on the play. Schlereth got out of the inning with two strikeouts.
Bixler led off the eighth with a home run to extend the Clipper lead to 7-1. It looked like Columbus would score more, but Casper Wells threw out Gimenez at the plate.
The Hens were not able to put together a rally in the eighth or ninth. Carlos Carrasco picked up his second win of the season. He went seven innings, giving up six hits and one run.
Toledo is now 9-8 on the season, two games behind first-place Columbus. The Mud Hens and the Clippers continue their series Sunday and Monday in Columbus. The Hens return home Tuesday for an eight-game homestand vs. Syracuse and Charlotte.
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