Columbus rolls past Toledo behind Cooper Ingle's homer, 10-3
Cooper Ingle’s eighth homer sparked a 17-hit outburst as Columbus opened a 4-0 lead and never let Toledo back into the game.
Columbus turned Fifth Third Field into a showcase for depth, power and pressure Thursday night, rolling past Toledo 10-3 behind a three-run blast from Cooper Ingle and five clean innings from Dylan Denholm. The Clippers scored in five different innings, piled up 17 hits and never gave the Mud Hens a realistic opening to climb back in.
The game changed in the top of the second, when Ingle launched his eighth home run of the season to right-center field. The three-run shot pushed Columbus into a 4-0 lead and gave the Clippers the kind of early separation that lets a road team dictate tempo instead of reacting to it. By the time the night ended, Columbus had scored in the first, second, sixth, eighth and ninth innings, while Toledo managed just six hits and spent most of the game trying to stop the bleeding.
Angel Genao added to the pressure with a 3-for-4 night that included a double, an RBI, a walk and three runs scored. His ability to keep traffic on the bases and extend innings helped Columbus keep the lineup moving, and the Clippers’ offense never settled into one loud inning alone. It was a steady, layered attack that kept Toledo’s pitchers from finding any rhythm, even as the Mud Hens used five different arms in a bullpen-heavy night.
Denholm set the tone on the mound by allowing one hit and no earned runs over 5.0 innings, striking out four to earn the win. The Clippers’ pitching was firm enough to protect the lead and efficient enough to let the offense keep building. Columbus finished without an error, a detail that fit the rest of the performance: clean, controlled and never in danger.
For Cleveland, Ingle’s night was the headline that matters most. MiLB listed the 2023 fourth-round pick as the Guardians’ No. 4 prospect, and his Triple-A line at the time stood at .319/.469/.619 with nine homers and 33 RBI in 35 games. That kind of production does more than pad a box score. It strengthens the argument that Columbus is sending real depth options up the line, with Ingle and Genao both showing the kind of offensive impact that can travel beyond Triple-A.
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