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Stripers Drop Playoff Series Opener 5-4 Despite Austin Riley Home Run

Tucker Davidson got the nod on the bump in the first game of the Gwinnett Stripers first round series with Columbus, and his rocky early performance put them in a big hole. Davidson could not find command of his fastball early on and the first two men of the game reached base. Baserunning blunders got Davidson two quick outs as they managed to get the lead runner after a couple of run downs following a fly out to Adam Duvall, but he just could not escape the inning. Consecutive hits by Mark Mathias and Bobby Bradley followed to score two runs, and Davidson walked his second batter of the inning to put himself in more trouble.