Baseball: Captains Lose Second Straight, 6-1 to Clinton

Clinton returned to Classic Park for the first time since losing the Midwest League Championship and sent Lake County to their second straight loss by the score of 6-1.

The L'Kings took a 1-0 lead in the top of first inning as Kalien Sams doubled in Mickey Wiswall.

The Captains Carlos Moncrief answered in the bottom half of the first, connecting on his eighth homerun of the season, a solo shot to tie the game at 1-1.

Steven Baron started off Clinton's second inning with a leadoff double to left. Robbie Anston tripled in Baron. A sacrifice fly by Jorge Agudelo made it 3-1.

The Lumberkings added some insurance in the seventh inning, scoring three unearned runs. With runners on second and third, an error on Ronny Rodriguez allowed both runs to score. Anston drove in his second run of the game with a single to leftfield as Clinton went up 6-1.

Forrest Snow (2-7) worked eight innings for his second win, allowing a run on five hits, walking two and striking out three. Cole Cook (2-6) suffered the loss allowing three runs on six hits, walking four and striking out five. Rob Bryson's return to the Captains was a success, he worked a perfect eighth inning, striking out a pair.

Lake County hits the road for a six game road trip that starts in Appleton, WI., against Wisconsin at 8:05PM. RHP Mike Goodnight (4-3) gets the start for the Captains against RHP Jimmy Nelson (1-5) for the TimberRattlers.