Catfish split with Charleston again

The Columbus Catfish finished a 6-game series ... with all 6 games played in 4 days, including 5 in a 49-hour period ... splitting Sunday's double header.

The Catfish beat the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees) 5-1 in the first game, but dropped the second game, 12-4, splitting the series at 3 games apiece.

Charleston opened the scoring with a run in the bottom of the third when Justin Snyder walked and moved to second on Suttle's single. Snyder then scored on Montero's RBI single up the middle.

But a big four-run fifth inning propelled the Catfish, all coming with two outs. Seth Dhaenens singled home a run and Fronk, who belted two solo home runs in Saturday's doubleheader, doubled home three runs to hand Columbus a 4-1 advantage.

The visitors added an insurance run in the sixth on O'Malley's RBI single to left center.

Fronk led the Catfish's 12-hit attack with a 3-for-4 outing and was aided by Luna and Chase Fontaine, who each contributed two hits.

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Charleston exploded for six runs in their first time at the plate, with Austin Krum scoring on a wild pitch and Brandon Laird singling home a run. Carmen Angelini doubled home one more and two additional scored on Abraham Almonte's single. The sixth run came on a Dave Williams RBI single to right.

Columbus cut the lead to 6-1 in the top of the second, when Quinn Stewart was hit by a pitch, stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch. Stewart scored on Henry Wrigley's groundout.

In the bottom of the second, the RiverDogs scored three more tallies on a three-run home run by Jesus Montero, which came on a 0-1 pitch from Columbus starter John Baird (1-4). It was Montero's 17th dinger of the season.

Though down 9-1, Columbus pushed two unearned runs across in the third when Omar Luna scored when Reid Fronk hit into a bases loaded double play. With two outs, Greg Sexton singled home a run to make the score 9-3.

The RiverDogs increased the lead to 10-3 in the third inning, when Krum tripled home Williams, who had previously singled up the middle.

Charleston added two more runs in the fourth when Laird scored on a passed ball and Abraham Almonte drove home a run with a single to right.

Columbus scored their fourth run in the top of the seventh, when Shawn O'Malley doubled and scored on Fronk's RBI single.

The Catfish open a 5-game home stand ... their last of the season ... with the 1st of 3 against Rome on Monday night.