The St. Paul Saints’ troubles in Columbus, Ohio, continued on Wednesday night as they blew a three-run lead late and lost to the Clippers 7-6 at Huntington Park.

Trailing 6-3 into the bottom of the eighth inning, the Clippers got a three-run homer from MIcah Pries to tie the game and then a solo shot by Johnathan Rodriguez to win it in the ninth.

The Saints have now lost 27 of their past 38 games in the Ohio capital.

St. Paul took the lead in the fourth inning on a solo homer by Carson McCusker. Then they padded the lead to 5-0 in the fifth with a three-run homer by Diego Castillo, then a run-scoring single by Rylan Bannon.

Columbus came back with three in its half of the fifth thanks to an RBI single by Christian Cairo and a two-run homer by Esteven Florial.

The teams meet again at 5:15 CDT in the third game of their six-game series.

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