Dom Nunez hit a two-out, three-run home run in the top of the 10th inning to give Columbus an 8-5 victory Saturday night over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in front of 9,259 fans at Coca-Cola Park.
Nunez’s fifth home run of the season came off IronPigs reliever Max Lazar (0-1).
Clippers reliever Bradley Hanner got Oscar Mercado to pop out to end the game. Mercado was the tying run.
Lehigh Valley’s five-game winning streak is history. It is 18-8 this season.
Phillies rehabbing outfielder Brandon Marsh reached base three times in five plate appearances, including a walk in the 10th. He also singled in the ninth and walked and scored in the fourth.
Marsh is 2 for 9 in three games with the IronPigs.
Roster updates
Cleveland called up Columbus scheduled starter Kolby Allard, a 2024 IronPig and Phillie. The left-hander allowed a run on six hits in six innings out of Cleveland’s bullpen against the Boston Red Sox. He didn’t walk or strike out a batter.
Michael Mercado, who has not pitched since allowing three runs on four hits in one inning in an April 13 game against Syracuse, threw a simulated game before Saturday’s contest. He was not placed on the injured list. The right-hander worked as a starter and reliever last season with the IronPigs and Phillies. All six of his appearances this season are in the back end of the bullpen.
Infielder Christian Arroyo, on the injured list with a hamstring strain, continued to take batting practice and work the IronPigs training staff on running drills. He has not played since April 6.
— Justin Crawford extended his hitting streak to nine games with an infield single in the eighth inning.
How they scored
Top 1: Petey Halpin tripled to right on the game’s first pitch and scored on Johnathan Rodriguez’s broke-bat single with two outs. Clippers 1-0.
Top 3: Halpin walked, stole second and scored on Rodriguez’s two-out home run, his second of the year and 100th of his minor league career. Clippers 3-0.
Bottom 3: Rodolfo Castro doubled with one out and scored on Rafael Lantigua’s first home run of the year with one out. Clippers 3-2.
Bottom 4: Brandon Marsh walked, Buddy Kennedy reached on an infield single and Gabriel Rincones singled to load the bases. Erick Brito then singled in Marsh and Kennedy. IronPigs 4-3.
Top 5: Halpin led off with his second home run of the year. Christian Cairo reached on an infield single, took second on Will Brennan’s grounder and scored on Rodriguez’s two-out single. Clippers 5-4.
Bottom 9: Marsh singled and was replaced on Kennedy’s fielder’s choice. Oscar Mercado pinch ran for Kennedy. Brito and Josh Breaux walked with two outs. Castro’s infield single scored Mercado. Tied at 5.
Top 10: Christian Cairo sacrificed ghost runner Halpin to third. Rodriguez, who was 4-for-4, walked and Dom Nunez hit IronPigs reliever Max Lazar’s first pitch for a three-run homer, his fifth home run of the season. Clippers 8-5.
Up next
LHP Ranger Suarez (lower back) makes his fourth rehab appearance vs. Columbus LHP Parker Messick (1-1, 4.15 ERA). Suarez has a 0.75 ERA with 16 strikeouts and three walks in 12 total innings between low-A Clearwater and Lehigh Valley.
Morning Call senior writer Tom Housenick can be reached at thousenick@mcall.com
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