Chris has been kicking-booty this week! He has hit a homerun in the last two Clippers games! Now he and Carlos Santana both have 5 homeruns each! Woo hoo! Almost 50% of his hits have been homeruns...Chris has 12 hits and 5 of them are homeruns! Not too bad! If he keeps that up, hes going to have like 60 homeruns! Ha ha!
Here are parts of the last two stories that were posted on the Clippers website...I'm one proud wife! :)
CLIPPERS DOUBLE UP KNIGHTS, TAKE GAME TWO
Chris Gimenez came off the bench for the Clippers Wednesday afternoon at Huntington Park, and his double and two-run home run proved to be the difference in a 4-2 victory over the Charlotte Knights.
The teams exchanged runs in the third inning and Columbus added another in the fifth, when Gimenez scored on Shelly Duncan's double. Gimenez homered an inning later to put the Clippers up by three.
Josh Tomlin (2-1) made his second start of the year (in place of the injured Scott Lewis), going five innings to get the victory. Jeremy Sowers, who took Lewis' spot on the roster, threw two scoreless innings in relief for the Clippers.
Steven Wright gave up a solo homer to Charlotte's Rob Hudson in the eighth inning, but Saul Rivera closed the door in the ninth to pick up his third save of the season. The double play ball aided Columbus, as Charlotte grounded into four of them on the day.
Game three of the four game set starts Thursday night at 6:35, with Carlos Carrasco getting the ball for Columbus. The game will be carried live on SportsTime Ohio.
CLIPPERS RALLY, TAKE THIRD IN A ROW FROM KNIGHTS
The Clippers have hit into an International League-high 28 double plays so far this season, but they didn't mind one of them from Jason Donald on Wednesday night. Donald's bases-loaded double play in the eighth inning allowed pinch-runner Jose Constanza to score the go-ahead run, as Columbus came back from a four-run deficit to beat Charlotte, 9-7.
The Clippers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but it wouldn't last as the Knights answered with one in the second, two in the third and three more in the fourth.
Clippers starter Carlos Carrasco allowed six runs (four earned) in just four innings of work, getting bailed out by his offense. Chris Gimenez hit a three-run shot to the deepest part of Huntington Park in the fourth, cutting the deficit to 6-5.
After Charlotte scored a run in the sixth, Columbus answered with two in their half of the frame, courtesy of a Wes Hodges home run and Brian Bixler sacrifice fly, to tie things at 7 a piece.
A walk, a hit-by-pitch and a bunt single loaded the bases for the Clippers in the eighth, paving the way for the run-scoring double-play. A wild pitch allowed Brian Bixler to score an insurance run, accounting for the final score.
Frank Hermann picked up his first save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning.
Awesome!!!
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