Clippers Lose Governors' Cup Opener

Lehigh Valley jumped on Zach McAllister early and held on to win 5-2, taking game one of the Governors' Cup final at Huntington Park Tuesday.

Brandon Moss hit a three-run shot off McAllister in the top of the first and Scott Podsednik drove home one on an RBI groundout in the second to give the Iron Pigs an early 4-0 lead.

The Clippers' ace settled down from there, however, and ended up going eight innings, striking out six.

In the fifth, Columbus crawled back within two runs thanks to a Tim Fedroff RBI single and Juan Diaz who grounded into an RBI force out. Second base umpire Fran Burke ruled Fedroff out at second even though replays showed that Iron Pigs' second baseman Josh Barfield did not have control of the ball on the flip from Freddy Galvis.

McAllister came on for the ninth inning but was pulled after a Cody Overbeck solo homer and an Erik Kratz double. Kelvin De La Cruz got them out of the jam and gave his team a chance to come back in the bottom half.

The Clippers loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth but Justin De Fratus struck out Jared Goedert on a 3-2 pitch to seal the victory and earn the save.

Scott Mathieson started for Lehigh Valley and went five innings, giving up two runs and striking out two to earn the win.