The Columbus Clippers (62-56) beat the Pawtucket Red Sox (64-54) 3-1 Tuesday afternoon. All three of Columbus’ runs came on solo homers, two by new Clipper Dusty Brown who was signed by the Indians earlier in the day and assigned to Columbus.
Zach McAllister (6-0, 1.87 ERA) had his sixth quality start in seven total starts with Columbus. He went seven innings and allowed one unearned run on one hit, three walks, six strikeouts and an error he committed in the fifth. C.C. Lee closed out the ninth for his third save of the season.
Edwin Escobar (0-0, 1.50 ERA) was solid in his start for Pawtucket, but took no decision. He went six innings and allowed one run on eight hits with two walks and five strikeouts.
The Clippers had lots of scoring chances early, but didn’t break through until the fifth. The catcher Brown made his presence known in his Clippers debut. He homered to left and gave Columbus a 1-0 lead.
The PawSox tied the game in the bottom of the frame. They got their first hit on a 2-out single by Blake Swihart. A walk, error by McAllister and bases-loaded walk Justin Henry tied the game at one.
Brown gave the Clippers the lead in the seventh. He hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot, to give Columbus a 2-1 lead.
“El Jefe” Jesus Aguilar homered to give the Clippers a 3-1 lead in the eighth. It was his 15th homer with Columbus, most on the club.
Columbus missed a number of opportunities offensively. Overall the Clippers went 1-7 with runners in scoring position and stranded eight baserunners.
The Clippers have a scheduled off day Wednesday. Thursday Columbus begins a series at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. First pitch will be 7:05 p.m.
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