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Columbus, GA – The Columbus Catfish (18-13) dropped their series opener to the Greenville Drive (15-18) by a final score of 4-1. 

The Drive scored early, as they put up 3 runs in the 2^nd inning.  David Marks hit a ground-rule double to left-center that drove in Oscar Tejeda, who had singled.  Che-Hsuan Lin then reached on an error by Chase Fontaine to drive in Juan Apodaca.  Greenville would score their final run of the inning when Jason Ragan uncorked a wild pitch to score Marks.  Greenville added one more in the top of the 4^th when Manny Arambarris homered to left field.  The Catfish scored their only run in the 4^th when Stephen Vogt singled to left field to score Greg Sexton, who had doubled. 

Che-Hsuan Lin led the offensive attack for the Drive, as he went 3-5 with a stolen base.  He was the only Greenville played to have more then 2 hits, as they received a fine outing from South Atlantic League All-Star Felix Doubront.  Doubront fired 5 innings, allowing only 3 hits and 1 earned run while walking 2 and striking out 7 to pick up his South-Atlantic League best 11^th win.  Kyle Fernandes fired 3 shutout innings of relief and Felix Ventura recorded his 14^th save of the season.
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The Catfish were able to manage only 3 hits.  Stephen Vogt led the Catfish offense, going 1-1 with 2 walks and a run batted in.  Jason Ragan took his 8^th loss of the season and has not won at home since April after throwing 3 and 2/3 innings allowing 8 hits and 2 earned runs.  The bullpen was strong for the Catfish however, firing 5 and 1/3 shutout innings, allowing only 1 hit and 1 walk. 

The Catfish return to action tomorrow night against these same Greenville Drive with first pitch scheduled for 7:00.  The pitching match-up is scheduled to be Alex Cobb against Jose Capellan.

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