The Columbus Clippers (26-31) lost to the Louisville Bats (28-30) 4-1 at Louisville Monday night. The Bats had a rally in the fourth that was the difference. The loss makes it a two-game sweep of the Clippers in Louisville.
Travis Banwart (3-2, 3.63 ERA) had one of his worst starts of the season in the loss. He allowed only three runs on four hits, but walked five with three strikeouts in just four and one-third innings. Jair Jurrjens (1-0, 1.80 ERA) was solid in his first start of 2014 after signing a minor league deal with Cincinnati May 20. Jurrjens left with a 3-1 lead after going five innings and allowed one run on five hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.
The Clippers struck first in the second. With two outs in the inning Audy Ciriaco drew a walk and got to third on a Ryan Rohlinger infield single. It was 1-0 Columbus after a Carlos Moncrief double.
The Bats rallied in the fourth to take the lead. Bryan Anderson led off the frame with a double off the wall. Anderson tried to make it to third on a grounder to shortstop, but Justin Sellers threw him out at third and Thomas Neal reached on the fielder’s choice. With two outs Shelly Duncan walked. An RBI single by Hernan Iribarren tied the game. Jason Bourgeois crushed a two-run triple to give the Bats a 3-1 lead.
Clippers manager Chris Tremie was tossed in the bottom of the fifth inning. He was ejected arguing that Chris Nelson was out on a close play at first base. First base umpire Nick Lentz tossed Tremie.
The Clippers head to Georgia to take on the Gwinnett Braves and begin the southern swing of the 10-game road trip. The first of four at Gwinnett will begin at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday.
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