Iowa
Iowa Cubs walk in winning run
Sunday’s recreation: Clippers 5, Cubs 2
Recap: Tyler Freeman was 3 for five and Alex Name and Mike Rivera every had two hits because the Clippers gained 5-2. Columbus broke a 2-2 tie within the eighth inning. Name opened the inning with a ground-rule double. Bobby Bradley walked, after which Cubs pitcher Dakota Mekkes (0-1) was ejected. Erich Uelman changed Mekkes, and David Fry moved the runners over with a sacrifice bunt. Uelman deliberately walked Mitchell Tolman, then walked Rivera for the go-ahead run. The Clippers added two extra runs within the ninth, with Bradley scoring Freeman on a sacrifice fly earlier than Will Benson scored on a handed ball. Clippers starter Peyton Battenfield pitched 5 scoreless innings, hanging out two and strolling three. Kirk McCarty (1-0) allowed two runs in 3 1/3 innings of aid, and Ben Krauth bought the save.
Attendance: 5,155
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Subsequent recreation: 7:05 p.m. Tuesday vs. Buffalo at Huntington Park
Radio: 95.1 FM, 920 AM
Ticket information: Name 614-462-5250 or go surfing to clippersbaseball.com