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Toledo Mud Hens 8, Columbus Clippers 7
Written by Kirk Lammers   
Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:40

For the second straight night, I was in attendance at Fifth Third Field as the Mud Hens and Clippers squared off. Tonight, Hector Rondon took the hill for Columbus against Scot Drucker for the Mud Hens. Here are my brief thoughts about tonight's game.

-Josh Barfield must've taken this writer's message to heart last night, because Barfield crushed a three-run blast in his second at-bat in the third inning to give the Clippers the early 3-0 lead. It was Barfield's 2nd homer as a Clipper. Once again, Barfield was in left field due to injuries.

-Color me disappointed that in two nights I failed to see Michael Brantley or Jason Donald and saw Lou Marson only once (unless you count watching him bullpen catch tonight), yet saw plenty of Jesus Merchan and Niuman Romero. Excluding LaPorta, the Clipper lineup can be best described as a "rolling blackout", i.e. very little power.

-Wes Hodges made three errors in two nights at third base. It is obvious that if he makes it to the next level, it will be as a DH. Hodges has had a rough season due to injury, and he seems a long way from the guy who nearly drove in 100 runs at Akron last season.

-Stephen Head made an absolutely horrific throw from right field that allowed a runner to move up tonight. I have no clue who he was even trying to throw it to. Also, another blunder occurred when Niuman Romero took off on a short fly ball with only one out and was doubled up at first.

-As for Rondon, he certainly didn't bring the A game tonight. In his first truly rough start as a Clipper. Rondon needed 110 pitches to just barely make it through five innings. He allowed five runs and six hits while walking two and striking out five. He threw 20+ pitches in each of the first three innings, and he paid for his early strikeouts as the pitch count rose. Rondon struggled to control his breaking stuff, throwing only 71 strikes, but it is obvious his fastball is a solid pitch, topping out on average at 92-93 mph. In other words, watching this guy throw, you could tell he was baffling hitters at times and the potential is there, but he needs to work on control. Boy, does that sound familiar in this organization! I see Rondon as the first starting pitcher callup from Columbus at the start of next season.

Kirk

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