Bucs Dugout · Jul 8, 2018
Cannonballs coming: Travis Swaggerty hits first home run
--Indianapolis(47-39) defeated Columbus 7-0. Casey Sadler pitched six scoreless innings while recording five strikeouts. Sadler lowered his ERA to 3.47 on the year. Sadler has pitched well recently in spot starts and out out of the bullpen. Indy jumped out to a 2-0 lead when the Clipper’s Mitch Talbot could not cleanly field a Jason Martin comebacker to the mound with the bases loaded allowing two runs to score. The future, Sean Rodriguez homered in the fifth to increase Indy’s lead to 3-0. Indy would eventually stretch its lead to 7-0 on a Eric Wood two run double. Jesus Liranzo pitched three scoreless innings in relief to earn his second save.
Kevin Newman: 0-5
Jose Osuna: 2-3, double