The Columbus Clippers were looking for offense at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Penn. Wednesday. The night before they managed just three runs in the ninth inning against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and fell 7-3. It actually got worse Wednesday as the Clips knocked out just four hits in a 2-1 loss to the IronPigs.

Columbus scored its lone run in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead when Micah Pries tripled, then came home on a balk. Lehigh Valley got another quality start in the second game of the six-game series. Mick Abel (2-2) went seven innings, allowing a run on four hits and striking out four. Max Lazar tossed a perfect ninth inning and earned his third save.

Ryan Webb started for the Clippers and went 4.2 innings, allowing a run on three hits and striking out five. The relief corps – Bradley Hanner, Cody Bolton, and Parker Mushinski – allowed a run on two hits in their combined 4.1 innings. Bolton (1-1) suffered his first loss, allowing the IronPigs’ second run in the eighth inning.

The teams play again Thursday at 6:15 p.m. Vince Velasquez (0-0, 5.73) will take the mound for the Clippers and will face Nabil Crismatt (3-1, 3.43), who has won two in a row.

EXTRA BASES:

After being called up by the Cleveland Guardians Tuesday, both infielder Will Wilson and reliever Zak Kent made their Major League debuts Wednesday against the New York Yankees in an afternoon game at Progressive Field.

Wilson played third base and singled in four trips to the plate. Kent went the final three innings of the game, allowing a run on three hits. He recorded a strikeout of two-time AL MVP Aaron Judge. The Yankees won 5-1.