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Columbus Walked Off By Rocket City in 6-5 Loss

Dramatic ninth inning breaks against Columbus in bitter loss to Trash Pandas
Kevin Kilpatrick Jr. blasted the first home run of his Double-A career on Wednesday night. (Natalie Buchanan)
By Jack Johnson
August 27, 2025

HUNTSVILLE, AL., — The Columbus Clingstones (26-27, 52-67) rallied against a 2-1 ninth inning deficit to take a 5-2 edge into the bottom of the ninth, but a four-run response from the Rocket City Trash Pandas (18-35, 42-79), including a walk-off three-run triple from Oscar Colas, handed Columbus a rough

HUNTSVILLE, AL., — The Columbus Clingstones (26-27, 52-67) rallied against a 2-1 ninth inning deficit to take a 5-2 edge into the bottom of the ninth, but a four-run response from the Rocket City Trash Pandas (18-35, 42-79), including a walk-off three-run triple from Oscar Colas, handed Columbus a rough 6-5 loss on Wednesday night at Toyota Field.

Decisive Plays: A solo home run from Arol Vera sent Rocket City to a 1-0 lead in the third inning. One frame later, Vera made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly to right field. Kevin Kilpatrick Jr. got Columbus on the board with a solo home run (1) to right field in the fifth inning, and the game stayed at 2-1 until the ninth inning. A go-ahead two-RBI double from Kilpatrick Jr. put Columbus in front 3-2 and the Stones added on with a sacrifice fly from Patrick Clohisy and an RBI single from Geraldo Quintero. Leading 5-2 in the ninth inning, Elison Joseph struggled in a save situation, walking the first batter, hitting the next one with a pitch, and issuing two more walks before a walk-off three-run triple from Colas dramatically gave Rocket City a 6-5 win.

Key Contributors: Kilpatrick Jr. (2-for-3, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, SB) led the Columbus offense while Clohisy (0-for-4, SF, RBI), and Quintero (1-for-1, RBI) added RBIs. For Rocket City, starting pitcher Walbert Urena (7.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 6 SO) turned in the longest start of his career while Vera (1-for-2, HR, 2 RBI) started the scoring and Colas (1-for-5, 3B, 3 RBI) ended it

Notable: Columbus was walked off for the sixth time this season, and falls to 1-51 when trailing after eight innings. Kilpatrick Jr. extended his on-base streak to 25 games with his first career Double-A home run. The four-run ninth inning for Columbus ties the highest-scoring ninth inning of the season, joining April 8 at Biloxi (7-6 Columbus win).

Next Game (Thursday, August 28): Columbus at Rocket City 7:35 pm ET at Toyota Field. RHP Ian Mejia (11-2, 2.40 ERA) will start for Columbus opposed by RHP Joel Hurtado (5-6, 3.05 ERA) for Rocket City. Radio Broadcast: 7:20 pm ET on Sports Visions 92.1 FM.

Next Home Game (Tuesday, September 2): Columbus vs. Montgomery, 7:05 pm ET at Synovus Park. Radio Broadcast: 6:50 pm ET on Sports Visions 92.1 FM.

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