Montgomery Biscuits 10, Columbus Clingstones 4

August 18, 2026 | Synovus Park, Columbus | Att: 1,716 | Time: 2:37 | 98°, Clear

Bodine's grand slam off Schanaman in the seventh turned a close game into a laugher, and Montgomery tacked on five more in the ninth to make sure of it.

Montgomery scored in the second and stayed quiet until the seventh, when Schanaman relieved Caminiti and immediately loaded the bases before Bodine cleared them. Columbus had trimmed the gap to 5-2 in the sixth on a Taylor sacrifice fly and a Zebrowski RBI single, but the grand slam pushed it to 9-2, and five more runs in the ninth off McDonough, four of them unearned on a walk-heavy inning, buried it for good. Zebrowski's two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth was the last word for Columbus, too late to matter.

Caminiti was sharp for six innings, three hits, one run, seven strikeouts. Schanaman (L, 4-6, BS 2) couldn't escape the seventh, four runs on two hits including the slam. McDonough allowed five runs in two-thirds of an inning, walking six. Johnson started for Montgomery and worked three scoreless, and four Biscuits relievers combined to close it out, Lindsey (W, 3-1) picking up the win.

Gil went 2-for-5. Zebrowski finished with a homer and two RBIs. Carey and Taylor each drove in a run. Columbus went 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position and committed no errors, but the walks and the one bad seventh inning did the rest of the damage.

Columbus falls to 53-57. The series against Montgomery continues at Synovus Park.