The weather had been the enemy all week as the Columbus Clippers opened their home schedule with a six-game series against the St. Paul Saints. Rain, rain, rain. The teams were able to get Sunday’s finale going without delay and it went ten innings with Columbus coming from behind to win, 3-2.

As has happened in most of the Clippers’ games so far this season, the Saints took an early lead, scoring twice in the second inning. It wasn’t until the sixth inning that Columbus got on the board, scoring a single run on an Angel Martínez sacrifice fly. Martínez leads the Clippers with eight RBIs.

Columbus tied the game in the ninth inning when Petey Halpin singled to drive in Martínez and send the game to extra innings. In the tenth, Will Brennan singled to send Halpin home with the game-winner and the Clippers ended up taking four of the five games that the teams were able to play in between raindrops. 

Relief pitcher Nick Mikolajchak picked up his first win of the season, going 1.2 innings of scoreless baseball. Three other Clippers’ relievers – Zak Kent, Andrew Walters, and Ryan Webb – combined with Mikolajchak to keep the Saints off the board for the final 7.1 innings of the game.

Columbus gets a day off Monday, using it as a travel day to Worcester, Mass. to take on the Red Sox. The clubs will play six games beginning Tuesday.