CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - Ben Gbur hit his second grand slam of the season Wednesday night, helping the Chillicothe Paints, presented by Adena Health System, to their tenth-consecutive win, a 13-4 victory over the Johnstown Mill Rats at VA Memorial Stadium.

After a slow start, the Paints (17-12) found themselves trailing 2-0 to the visiting Mill Rats (7-21) after three-and-a-half innings. Tyler Dellerman hit a solo home run and Ben Newbert scored after an infield hit, an error and a fielder's choice. 

In the bottom of the fourth, Colin Summerhill led off the inning with a triple, scoring on Trey Smith's groundout to shortstop, cutting the Johnstown lead to 2-1. 

The Paints then scored six times in the fifth, taking the lead for good. Nathan Karaffa led off with a triple and Trey Maeker walked. After a strikeout, a wild pitch brought home Karaffa, tying the game at 2-2. Summerhill and Smith then walked, loading the bases for Kent Reeser, who was hit by a pitch, scoring Maeker and giving the Paints a 3-2 advantage. Gbur then blew it open, hitting a no-doubt grand slam to left-center, extending the Paints' lead to 7-2. 

After Johnstown scored in the top of the sixth, the Paints added three more in the bottom of the inning. Maeker walked, advancing to second on a passed ball. Isaac Bair then worked a walk. Jimmy Allen singled to right field, where the ball was misplayed, allowing Allen to advance to second, Bair to third and scoring Maeker. A wild pitch ricocheted off of the Johnstown catcher's mask and, as he tried to find it, Bair and Allen scored, making it 10-3.

The Mill Rats scored again in the seventh, cutting it to a 10-4 ballgame at the stretch. In the bottom of the seventh, Chillicothe added three more. Alex Ludwick doubled with one out, later stealing third. Karaffa walked and Maeker doubled down the right field line, scoring both Ludwick and Karaffa. Maeker went to third on a wild pitch, scoring later on a groundout by Bair, making it 13-4 and ending the scoring for the night. 

Andrew Clelland (2-2) earned the win for the Paints. He started the game, allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits, while walking two and striking out four. 

Due to rapidly deteriorating field conditions because of sustained rain throughout the night, the umpires and both field managers agreed to end the game after Johnstown's turn at bat in the top of the eighth inning.

The Paints go for an 11th-straight win Thursday night when they host the Champion City Kings at 7:05 p.m. to open the second-half of the season. It's a Thirsty Thursday, with draft beer costing just one dollar.