Adam Hall watched from the sidelines as Tyson Hardin and Ian Mejia locked horn in a pitcher’s duel throughout the night, but two runs proved to be the difference as the Biloxi Shuckers fell to the Columbus Clingstones, 2-0 at Synovus Park on Tuesday night. At one hour and 49 minutes, the game marked the fastest nine-inning game in Shuckers’ franchise history.
Columbus took a 1-0 lead in the fifth with a sacrifice fly from E.J. Exposito and made it 2-0 in the eighth with a solo home run from Ethan Workinger. Shuckers’ starter Tyson Hardin (0-1) took the loss and allowed one run with six strikeouts over six innings, his second consecutive Double-A start of at least six innings and his sixth of the season across 13 starts. With the start, Hardin becomes the third Shuckers pitcher this season to record multiple six-inning starts, joining Coleman Crow and Alexander Cornielle. He joins Crow as the only pitcher to achieve the feat in back-to-back starts. Out of the bullpen, Tyler Bryant starred for the Shuckers with two strikeouts in a scoreless seventh inning.
Ian Mejia (7-1) earned the win after seven strikeouts across a career-high eight shutout innings for the Clingstones. Austin Smith earned his second save of the season after a scoreless ninth.
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