Clippers 1, Indians 0 | Ryan Merritt spurs Clippers' win

The Clippers countered their offensive woes with a dynamic pitching performance by Ryan Merritt.

Merritt (7-5) tossed seven shutout innings, allowing four hits and a pair of walks, to lift the visiting Clippers to a 1-0 win over Indianapolis in front of 14,366 at Victory Field on Tuesday night.

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Ronny Rodriguez, who had one of Columbus' three hits, drove in Abraham Almonte with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning for the lone run. The Clippers have scored just seven runs in their last six games.

Louis Head pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief and Tyler Olson recorded the Clippers' only strikeout for his first save of the season.