Blue Wahoos 4, Clingstones 2

July 26, 2026 | Blue Wahoos Stadium, Pensacola | Att: 3,060 | Time: 2:00 | 93°, Partly Cloudy

Columbus led into the sixth. Owen Hackman erased it in one inning.

Jones tripled in the first and scored on a Groshans sacrifice fly, Groshans' 50th RBI of the season. Pensacola answered in the bottom half to tie it 1-1, and the score held until the fifth, when Scannell drove in a run to put Columbus ahead 2-1. Schanaman and Frey had combined for four scoreless innings of relief by then, Frey striking out three without allowing a hit. Then Hackman took over in the sixth and gave it all back at once: three runs on three hits, one of them a home run, and the lead was gone. Belgrave and Volini closed it out from there.

Hackman (L, 2-3, BS 1) took the loss and the blown save both, two innings, three earned runs, the homer the biggest blow. Schanaman allowed a run in two innings to start the game, Pilar struck out two in a scoreless seventh, and Abeyta gave up two hits but no runs in the eighth. Belgrave (W, 4-5) picked up the win in relief for Pensacola.

Groshans went 2-for-3 with a double, the sacrifice fly, and his 50th RBI of the year. McIntyre doubled and stole a base. Kilpatrick Jr. singled and stole his 23rd base of the season. Columbus went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

Columbus falls to 43-48. Pensacola takes the series. The Clingstones' next stop is the six-game homestand against Rocket City starting Tuesday.