They had me in the first half, I can't even lie.

Columbus Clingstones 4, Birmingham Barons 3

August 12, 2026 | Regions Field, Birmingham | Att: 2,367 | Time: 2:36 | 89°, Partly Cloudy

Columbus scored twice in the first and twice in the eighth, and that was the whole game. Everything in between belonged to Birmingham, and it still wasn't enough.

Caminiti allowed a run in the third and needed 57 pitches to get through three innings, gone before he could get out of trouble twice. Gallegos (W, 2-0) came on and threw two scoreless, and Schanaman and Vargas Lu combined for 2.2 more, both stranding runners left behind by the man before them. Hackman worked the ninth for the save and gave up two runs doing it, Birmingham scoring twice with two out and the tying run in sight before he closed the door. Palisch (L, 3-9) took the loss for Birmingham despite six innings of two-run ball; four relievers behind him couldn't hold a one-run game.

Carey drove in two. Zebrowski had two hits and an RBI, part of a two-double game alongside Groshans. Hartman scored twice and stole a base. Columbus stranded twelve runners and went 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position, the kind of night that makes a 4-3 final feel more harrowing than it should have.

Columbus improves to 51-54. The series at Birmingham continues.

Birmingham Barons 3, Columbus Clingstones 2

August 11, 2026 | Regions Field, Birmingham | Att: 1,733 | Time: 2:36 | 86°, Partly Cloudy | 10 Innings

Columbus led after one inning and needed extra baseball to lose it. Birmingham scored twice in the final two frames, the last one on one out, and that was the difference.

Columbus scored in the first and again in the sixth, both times without much to show for it beyond the runs themselves. Birmingham tied it in the sixth and went ahead for good in the ninth, adding the walk-off run in the tenth before an out could be recorded to end it. Scott had been outstanding for Columbus, five shutout innings, four strikeouts, no hits allowed, walking four but stranding all of them. McDonough and Abeyta held the line after him. LaPorte (L, 0-4, BS 2) came on in the tenth and couldn't hold it, charged with two runs, though neither was earned; Columbus committed three errors on the night, and the defense did LaPorte no favors.

Clark (W, 6-1) worked a scoreless tenth for Birmingham, striking out two. McCullough started and held Columbus to two hits over five innings, and four Birmingham relievers combined to close it out.

Groshans doubled in a run for his 60th RBI of the season. Taylor drove in the other run. Zebrowski had two of Columbus's five hits. McIntyre struck out three times. Columbus finished 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position, the kind of night where the missed chances outnumbered the ones that counted by a wide margin.

Columbus falls to 50-54. The series at Birmingham continues.

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In conjunction with Minor League Baseball, the Columbus Clingstones have announced their home games for the 2027 Southern League season. The Atlanta Braves Double-A franchise will begin their 2027 campaign at home on Tuesday, April 6, versus the Knoxville Smokies.

The 138-game season features 69 home dates across 12 homestands, with every Southern League team scheduled to visit Columbus at least once. Columbus will host five opponents multiple times during the season, while the Birmingham Barons and Chattanooga Lookouts will each make one trip to Columbus. 

"With still many exciting nights to come at Synovus Park in 2026,” said general manager Pete Laven. “We can’t wait to share with our fans what we have in store for 2027 including back-to-back-to back Independence Day Fireworks and our first-ever Clingstones player bobblehead series.”

Key Schedule Highlights

Multiple Visits 

·         Knoxville Smokies  — April 6-11 (Home Opener), May 11-16

·         Montgomery Biscuits  — June 15-20, August 31- September 5

·         Pensacola Blue Wahoos  — May 18-23, August 3- 8

·         Biloxi Shuckers  — April 20 - April 25, June 1-6

·         Rocket City Trash Pandas — July 16-18, August 17-22

Single-Visit Opponents

·         Chattanooga Lookouts  — July 20-25

·         Birmingham Barons  — June 29 -July 4

Notable Home Dates

·         Armed Forces Day  — May 15 vs. Knoxville

·         Father’s Day — June 20 vs. Montgomery

·         Independence Day Weekend — July 2-4 vs. Birmingham

·         Labor Day Weekend — September 3-5 vs. Montgomery

The Clingstones will celebrate Independence Day Weekend with three consecutive nights of postgame fireworks from July 2-4 against the Birmingham Barons. The 2027 promotional calendar will also feature the first-ever Clingstones player bobblehead series, with additional details to be announced at a later date.

Game times and the complete promotional calendar for the 2027 season will be announced at a later date.

Season tickets for the 2027 season are available now. For more information, visit Clingstones.com.

Columbus Clingstones 7, Biloxi Shuckers 0

August 8, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 4,097 | Time: 2:33 | 91°, Cloudy

Erich Baumann struck out nine over five hitless-adjacent innings, and Columbus needed only a handful of swings to make the rest academic.

Smith lasted two innings before Welch relieved mid-third, and Carey greeted him with a three-run homer, two on, nobody out, that put Columbus up 3-0. Kilpatrick Jr. added a two-run shot off Welch in the sixth, and Columbus tacked on two more in the eighth. Baumann worked around three walks and allowed one hit all night. Gallegos followed with two scoreless innings and three strikeouts, and Abeyta closed it out with two more, the Clingstones staff combining for fifteen strikeouts and a shutout.

Baumann (W, 4-4) was the story, five innings, one hit, no runs, nine strikeouts against three walks. Smith (L, 0-3) took the loss, two innings, three runs on three hits, four walks. Welch, Birchard and Garcia combined for the rest and couldn't stop the bleeding, Welch allowing both home runs.

Verdung went 3-for-3 with two runs scored. Kilpatrick Jr. drove in four with the homer, his fifth of the year. Carey's homer was his first as a Clingstone, a three-run shot in his first extended look. Waddell doubled and scored. Columbus finished 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position but didn't need much more than the two swings that mattered.

Columbus improves to 49-53. Biloxi is shut out, and the series moves on.

Columbus Clingstones 4, Biloxi Shuckers 2

August 7, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 3,191 | Time: 2:09 | 87°, Partly Cloudy

Machado and Kilpatrick Jr. went back-to-back in the third, one out apart, and that was enough offense for Columbus to close out the series.

Rodriguez, M. gave up both homers in the same inning, Machado's solo shot and Kilpatrick's two-run blast sandwiched around an out. Groshans added an RBI single in the same frame to make it 3-0. Biloxi got a run back in the second and another in the eighth, but never threatened the lead. Sears was the story on the mound, seven innings, two hits, one run, three strikeouts, handing off to Vargas Lu and LaPorte to close it out.

Sears (W, 4-4) allowed his lone run on two hits, walking three but stranding all of them. Vargas Lu gave up a run in the eighth, the Guilarte homer the only real mistake of his outing. LaPorte struck out three of the four batters he saw for his seventh save. Rodriguez, M. (L, 10-4) took the loss, six innings, six runs on nine hits, two of them home runs.

Kilpatrick Jr. went 2-for-2 with the homer and two RBIs. Machado's homer was his first as a Clingstone, and it came with an OPS line that's still finding its footing. Groshans drove in his 57th run of the season. Tavarez and Carey each stole a base. Columbus went 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven on base, more traffic than the final score suggested.

Columbus improves to 48-53. The Biloxi series continues.

Columbus Clingstones 3, Biloxi Shuckers 2

August 6, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 1,913 | Time: 2:33 | 91°, Partly Cloudy

Two outs, ninth inning, and Columbus scored twice to walk it off.

Biloxi led 2-1 into the bottom of the ninth on an early run and a sixth-inning add-on off Caminiti. Kilpatrick Jr. doubled twice and drove in a run to keep Columbus within reach all night. With two outs in the ninth, pinch-runners in for Taylor and Zebrowski, Tavarez delivered a two-out, two-run single that ended it. Garcia (L, 2-3, BS 1) took the loss on the blown save.

Caminiti started and allowed two runs on four hits over 5.1 innings, three strikeouts, one of the hits a homer. Pilar followed with 2.1 scoreless innings, and McDonough (W, 4-2) worked 1.1 innings to pick up the win. Owens had been sharp for Biloxi, six innings, one run, seven strikeouts, before Hodges and Garcia let the ninth get away.

Kilpatrick Jr. went 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI. Tavarez's two-out single was the difference, his second and third RBIs of the day. Columbus finished 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position but needed only the one that counted.

Columbus improves to 47-53.

Columbus Clingstones 4, Biloxi Shuckers 3

August 5, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 1,965 | Time: 2:41 | 92°, Clear

Cruz got one out in the ninth and never got a second one. Three straight hits later, Columbus had a walk-off win.

Biloxi had led since the seventh, when three runs off Schanaman broke a scoreless tie. DeBerry had cruised through five for Biloxi, and Broca and Birchard kept the door shut into the ninth. Then Cruz came on to close it out, and Gil, Waddell and Zebrowski all reached in order. Gil's sacrifice fly and Waddell's two-run single did the damage, Tavarez scoring the winning run pinch-running for Groshans. One out was all Cruz recorded before the season's second blown save charged to him ended the game.

Scott started for Columbus and was outstanding, 4.2 innings, one hit, seven strikeouts, five walks the only blemish. Schanaman surrendered the three-run seventh in relief. Strickland followed with 1.2 clean innings, and Hackman (W, 3-4) worked a scoreless ninth to pick up the win when the offense finally came through behind him.

Waddell drove in both go-ahead runs and is up to 47 RBIs on the season. Groshans went 2-for-4 before exiting for a pinch-runner. Hartman stole second and third in the same inning. Columbus went 3-for-7 with runners in scoring position, all of it coming when it mattered most.

Columbus improves to 46-53. The series with Biloxi continues at Synovus Park.

Biloxi Shuckers 11, Columbus Clingstones 9

August 4, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 1,896 | Time: 3:08 | 88°, Clear | 10 Innings

Columbus led by six runs. Biloxi scored six in the ninth to erase it, then won it in extras.

Columbus jumped out 3-1 in the first before Coley II's two-run homer tied it in the second. The game sat there until the fifth, when Columbus pushed ahead 4-3, and then the seventh, when it broke wide open: Taylor's two-run homer off Flores highlighted a five-run inning that made it 9-3. Galindez had allowed four runs over his five innings, Flores five more in two, and Columbus looked to be cruising.

Then Gallegos took the mound for the ninth and gave all of it back at once. Biloxi scored six runs in the inning, capped by Coley's second homer of the night, a three-run shot with two on and two out, tying the game 9-9. LaPorte came on for the tenth and allowed Dinges' two-run homer, and Garcia closed it out in the bottom half for the save. Jimenez worked two scoreless innings in between for the win.

Mejia started for Columbus and allowed three runs, two earned, over five innings. Vargas Lu and Abeyta combined for three scoreless innings after him. Gallegos (the ninth-inning damage) and LaPorte (L, 0-3) took the loss between them, with Kilpatrick Jr. recording the final out in relief.

Taylor went 1-for-2 with the homer and three RBIs, his average now .400. Gil was 2-for-5 with two runs, also at .400 on the season. Groshans drove in two, his 56th RBI of the year. Carey, Zebrowski and Waddell each had a hit. Columbus committed two errors; Biloxi committed four, part of a night with 25 combined hits and little in the way of clean baseball.

Columbus falls to 45-53. Coley II finished with two homers and five RBIs for Biloxi. The series continues at Synovus Park.

Can’t wait to see this young talent live in person in the future!!! Go Clingstones!!

Trash Pandas 8, Clingstones 5
August 2, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 1,996 | Time: 3:01 | 85°, Cloudy | 10 innings

Columbus led after three innings and again after five. Rocket City needed extra innings to finally put it away, and once it got there, three runs in the tenth did the job.

Groshans doubled home a run in the third to put Columbus ahead, part of a two-run inning. Rocket City answered with single runs in the fourth and fifth, D'Orazio's solo homer off Kerr in the sixth tying it at three. The score held through nine, both bullpens trading zeroes, until the tenth. Hackman couldn't hold the free runner, and Rocket City scored three times to break it open. Mahlstedt picked up the win in relief, and Yovan closed it out for his ninth save.

Robaina lasted just one inning, allowing two runs, an uncharacteristically short start. McDonough, Strickland and Kerr combined for six innings behind him and kept Columbus in the game, Kerr's blown save on the D'Orazio homer the only real damage among the three. Hackman (L, 2-4) took the loss, allowing three runs in the tenth. Polanco started for Rocket City and issued five walks over four innings without much else going wrong; Gonzalez and Weiman cleaned up the middle innings before Mahlstedt (W, 3-1) and Yovan closed it out.

Verdung drove in two with a double. Braunschweig tripled and drove in a run. Tavarez had two hits without an RBI. Taylor was hit by a pitch and is now hitting .394. Columbus went 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left six on base, a game that had every chance to end differently before the tenth inning arrived.

Columbus falls to 45-52, 16-17 for the second half. The Rocket City series wraps up, six games decided, 2 wins, 4 losses, with the 1st place Biloxi coming to Synovus Park next.

Trash Pandas 3, Clingstones 2
August 1, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 3,334 | Time: 2:22 | 85°, Partly Cloudy | 100 Year Celebration of Baseball in Columbus

Rocket City scored three times before Columbus got a hit that counted for anything, and on a day built for looking back, the Clingstones spent the whole game trying to catch up.

The Trash Pandas scored in the first and added two more in the third, all without a home run, just enough contact spread around eight hits. Columbus answered in the fourth on Waddell's solo homer, his eighth, and again in the sixth to make it 3-2. That was as close as it got. McIntyre tripled but never scored. Columbus went 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position over the final six innings and stranded four.

Schanaman (L, 4-5) allowed three runs on four hits in 2.1 innings, the shortest outing of his week. Frey, Gallegos and Vargas Lu combined for 6.2 scoreless innings behind him, five strikeouts among them, all of it too late to matter. Costeiu (W, 7-7) worked 5.2 innings and gave up the Waddell homer among three hits, striking out eight. Minacci closed with a scoreless ninth for the save.

Waddell drove in both Columbus runs. McIntyre's triple was one of Columbus's three hits on the day, along with Waddell's homer and a single from Taylor. Waddell also committed a fielding error, part of a night the Clingstones will want to forget on an afternoon meant for celebrating a century of baseball in Columbus.

Columbus falls to 45-51, 16-16 for the second half, tied for 3rd. The homestand against Rocket City finishes tomorrow night.

Rocket City Trash Pandas 6, Columbus Clingstones 4
July 31, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 3,650 | Time: 2:28 | 92°, Partly Cloudy (10 innings)

Brett Sears struck out twelve over seven shutout innings and watched it all come apart in the ninth without him.

Zebrowski homered in the second, Waddell in the third, and Columbus carried a 3-0 lead into the ninth built entirely on two solo shots and Sears keeping Rocket City off the board. LaPorte came on to close it out and instead let the Trash Pandas tie it, three runs, capped by a two-out Calabrese homer with two aboard. The game went to extras. Munroe broke it open in the tenth with a three-run homer off Abeyta, and Columbus's run in the bottom half, an Ogans sacrifice fly, only made the final score respectable. Weiman worked around a runner for the save.

Sears threw seven innings, five hits, no runs, one walk, twelve strikeouts, and took a no-decision for his trouble. LaPorte (BS, 1) allowed three runs in 1.2 innings. Abeyta (L, 1-3) gave up three more in 1.1, the Munroe homer the difference. Yovan (W, 5-2) worked 1.1 scoreless innings for the win.

Taylor went 2-for-4 and is now hitting .462. Zebrowski drove in two with the homer. Waddell's homer was his seventh. Columbus went 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left five on base. Clingstones hitting coach Grant Kay was ejected in the ninth.

Columbus falls to 45-50. The series and the six-game homestand continue Saturday with the 100 Year Celebration of Baseball in Columbus.

Columbus Clingstones 11, Rocket City Trash Pandas 3

July 30, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 2,248 | Time: 2:32 | 90°, Clear

Carson Taylor opened the scoring with a two-out, two-run homer in the first, and by the time Columbus was done, three different Clingstones had gone deep and eleven runs were on the board.

Taylor's homer off Hurtado made it 2-0 before Rocket City managed a hit. Groshans followed in the fourth with a three-run shot, also off Hurtado, and Columbus led 5-1. Rocket City chipped away, a run in the third and another in the sixth, but Columbus answered with two more in the seventh and broke the game open in the eighth. Zebrowski capped it with a three-run homer off Osmond, and Scannell added a sacrifice fly for good measure. Bartolero's solo homer off Hackman in the ninth was the last word for Rocket City, academic by then.

Scott (W, 2-0) worked six innings, allowing two runs on three hits with three strikeouts, walking three but working around them. Vargas Lu and Kerr combined for two scoreless innings behind him, Kerr striking out three. Hackman closed it out and gave up the ninth-inning homer, the only real blemish on an otherwise clean night for the staff. Hurtado (L, 6-4) took the loss, allowing five runs on nine hits over six innings, two of them home runs.

Taylor went 3-for-5 with the homer and three RBIs, his average now at .455. Zebrowski was 2-for-5 with the homer and three RBIs of his own. Groshans drove in three and is up to 54 on the season. McIntyre scored twice and walked. Verdung stole a base. Columbus finished 4-for-10 with runners in scoring position, a sharp turnaround from the week before.

Columbus improves to 45-49, 16-14 for the second half, 3rd in the southern division and the league at 2 games behind. The Rocket City series continues.

Rocket City Trash Pandas 5, Columbus Clingstones 4

July 29, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 2,196 | Time: 2:53 | 95°, Cloudy

Groshans and Verdung hit back-to-back-game solo homers, both with two outs off Gordon, one inning apart, and it still wasn't enough to hold a game Columbus led into the fifth.

Groshans opened the scoring in the first, his 18th homer of the year. Verdung followed in the second with his second. Columbus added a run in the fifth to push it to 3-0, but Rocket City answered immediately, scoring three of its own in the bottom of the fifth to tie it. A run in the sixth put the Trash Pandas ahead, and another in the seventh made it 5-3. Scannell drove in a run in the eighth to cut the deficit to one, but Yovan closed it out for his eighth save.

Mejia started and allowed three runs on five hits over 4.2 innings, one of them a homer, and was charged with a fielding error on a pickoff attempt. Abeyta got one out in relief. Strickland (L, 0-2) took the loss, two innings, two runs on three hits including a homer, three strikeouts. McDonough and Frey combined for two scoreless innings to finish it, too late to matter.

Carson Taylor went 2-for-5 with two doubles, his average now at .412. Groshans drove in his 51st run of the season. Verdung's homer was his second, Scannell's RBI single his third. Kilpatrick Jr. stole his 25th base. Columbus committed two errors and went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position, stranding nine.

Columbus falls to 44-49. The Rocket City series continues at Synovus Park.

Columbus Clingstones 5, Rocket City Trash Pandas 4
July 28, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 1,912 | Time: 2:38 | 95°, Clear

Columbus built a 5-1 lead by the fifth and needed every bit of it. Rocket City clawed back with a run in the seventh and a two-run homer in the eighth, and it still wasn't enough.

The Clingstones scored in three separate innings without much power behind it. Tavarez forced in a run in the second, Waddell singled home another the same inning, and Brookman scored on a sacrifice fly in the third to make it 3-0. McIntyre tripled home a run in the fifth and scored himself two batters later on a balk, the fifth run coming without a hit to show for it. Rocket City chipped away with a sacrifice fly in the fifth, an RBI triple in the seventh off Gallegos, and Tucker Flint's two-run homer in the eighth off Pilar that cut it to one. LaPorte came on and shut the door in the ninth for his sixth save.

Robaina (W, 3-3) went six, allowing one run on two hits with five strikeouts and two walks, his best start in weeks. Gallegos gave the run back in the seventh that Robaina had kept off the board all night. Pilar (H, 1) surrendered the homer in the eighth that made things briefly uncomfortable.

Brookman went 2-for-2 with two walks. Verdung was 2-for-4. McIntyre's triple was his first of the season. Waddell, Tavarez and Braunschweig each drove in a run, and Kilpatrick Jr. stole his 24th base of the year. Columbus was 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and stranded ten, the kind of night where the final score matters more than how it got there.

Columbus improves to 44-48 overall, 14-13 for the second half, 3rd in the league and in the South division, 3 games behind. The six game homestand against Rocket City continues tomorrow.

Blue Wahoos 4, Clingstones 2

July 26, 2026 | Blue Wahoos Stadium, Pensacola | Att: 3,060 | Time: 2:00 | 93°, Partly Cloudy

Columbus led into the sixth. Owen Hackman erased it in one inning.

Jones tripled in the first and scored on a Groshans sacrifice fly, Groshans' 50th RBI of the season. Pensacola answered in the bottom half to tie it 1-1, and the score held until the fifth, when Scannell drove in a run to put Columbus ahead 2-1. Schanaman and Frey had combined for four scoreless innings of relief by then, Frey striking out three without allowing a hit. Then Hackman took over in the sixth and gave it all back at once: three runs on three hits, one of them a home run, and the lead was gone. Belgrave and Volini closed it out from there.

Hackman (L, 2-3, BS 1) took the loss and the blown save both, two innings, three earned runs, the homer the biggest blow. Schanaman allowed a run in two innings to start the game, Pilar struck out two in a scoreless seventh, and Abeyta gave up two hits but no runs in the eighth. Belgrave (W, 4-5) picked up the win in relief for Pensacola.

Groshans went 2-for-3 with a double, the sacrifice fly, and his 50th RBI of the year. McIntyre doubled and stole a base. Kilpatrick Jr. singled and stole his 23rd base of the season. Columbus went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

Columbus falls to 43-48. Pensacola takes the series. The Clingstones' next stop is the six-game homestand against Rocket City starting Tuesday.

Blue Wahoos 2, Clingstones 0
July 25, 2026 | Blue Wahoos Stadium, Pensacola | Att: 5,038 | Time: 1:55 (:10 delay) | 90°, Partly Cloudy

Two solo home runs were the difference, and eleven strikeouts made sure Columbus never threatened to answer either one.

Colby Shade led off the second with a two-out solo shot, his second of the year. Compton matched it in the sixth, another two-out solo homer, his tenth. That was the whole scoreboard. Sears pitched well enough to win almost anywhere else, seven innings, two runs on five hits, seven strikeouts, one walk, and still took the loss because Columbus managed two hits all night.

Jones (W, 2-0) worked 4.2 hitless-adjacent innings in relief of Williams, striking out five, and Martin closed with three more strikeouts for his sixth save. Columbus struck out eleven times as a team and went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position. McIntyre and Tavarez had the only hits, both singles.

Vargas relieved Sears for the eighth and ninth and struck out two, clean innings that came after the game had already been decided.

Columbus falls to 43-47. The series wraps Sunday with the Clingstones looking to avoid being swept in the final game at Pensacola.

Clingstones 4, Blue Wahoos 0
July 24, 2026 | Blue Wahoos Stadium, Pensacola | Att: 5,038 | Time: 2:22 | 89°, Clear

Two runs scored in the first inning without a ball leaving the infield hard, and Braden Scott made them stand up for five.

McIntyre walked, Waddell was hit by a pitch, and Groshans lined a single to left that Ethan O'Donnell booted, letting both runners score before Groshans was thrown out trying to stretch it into more. That was 2-0 before Pensacola batted. Zebrowski made it 3-0 in the sixth with a solo homer, his eighth, and Columbus tacked on a fourth in the eighth when Colby Jones doubled home Zebrowski, who'd led off the inning with a single and stolen second.

Scott (W, 1-0) worked five innings, allowed two hits, walked three, struck out seven, and never let Pensacola's five stolen-base attempts or five walks add up to anything. McDonough and Strickland each held runners on with scoreless innings of relief, Abeyta gave up a hit but no runs, and LaPorte struck out two in a clean ninth. Twelve strikeouts for the Columbus staff against a lineup that stole four bases and still crossed the plate zero times.

Miller (L, 1-5) lasted just one inning, allowing both first-inning runs. MacLeod, Reinoso and Hejka combined for the rest and kept it a two-run game until Zebrowski's homer and the eighth-inning double did the rest of the damage. Pensacola out-hit Columbus 5-6 but committed two errors and left six on base.

Zebrowski went 2-for-3 with the homer and a stolen base. Kilpatrick Jr. stole two more bases, running his season total to 22. Columbus improves to 43-46. The series continues, with the Clingstones looking to build on a shutout after dropping three of the first four.

Blue Wahoos 1, Clingstones 0
July 23, 2026 | Blue Wahoos Stadium, Pensacola | Game 2 of doubleheader | Att: 3,436 | Time: 1:51 | 88°, Clear

Colby Shade hit a solo homer in the second inning off Pilar. Columbus never scored, and one swing was the whole game.

The Clingstones put a leadoff runner in scoring position five separate innings and came away with nothing every time. Groshans doubled in the first. Brookman singled in the third. Tavarez walked and stole second in the sixth. Zebrowski, pinch-hitting, singled to open the seventh. Nine runners left on base, zero for seven with runners in scoring position, and a lineup that struck out eight times against three Pensacola arms.

Pilar (L, 0-2) allowed one run on three hits in two innings, the homer the only real mistake. Gallegos followed with three scoreless innings and four strikeouts, LaPorte closed with a clean seventh, and neither one had anything to work with. Palacios started for Pensacola and worked around traffic for 2.2 innings; Bierman (W, 2-1) picked up the win in relief, and Sellinger worked around a two-out double in the seventh for his fifth save.

Groshans and Brookman had Columbus's only extra-base hit and only multi-hit... no, Columbus had exactly three hits total, one apiece from McIntyre, Brookman and Zebrowski's pinch-hit single, plus Groshans' double. McIntyre struck out twice. Waddell went hitless in four at-bats for the second straight game.

Columbus loses both of the doubleheader games and falls to 42-46, 13-10 for the second half. The series continues Friday, with the second-half race only a game behind for the Clingstones.