MUSKEGON – The “Comeback Clips,” as the Muskegon Clippers’ fans are now calling them, did it again on Wednesday night.

They scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to overtake the Lima Locos 7-6 at Marsh Field and move within one game of the second-place Locos in the Northern Division standings.

The Clippers have now won four of their last six games with late-inning comebacks, and the latest version of their ongoing drama was particularly exciting.

They were down to their final two outs, trailing by two runs with a runner on first base, when the uprising occurred.

Spencer Nelson hit a double to put the tying runs at second and third base. A run then scored on a wild pitch and Nelson advanced to third.

Trent Nielsen drew a walk to put runners on the corners, then AJ Miranda doubled in the tying run, but a potential winning run was thrown out at third on the play while scrambling to get back to the bag.

Stoney Smith then came to the plate with the winning run on second base and two outs and singled to left field, sending Miranda home to complete another storybook finish.

The Clippers will complete the four-game series with Lima with a game Thursday night at Marsh Field.

“We would have liked to get the comeback started in the eighth inning,” said Clippers manager Logan Fleener, whose team improved to 8-7 on the season. “I was a little nervous, but these guys just didn’t stop. They believed that they were still going to win this.”

Nielsen paced Muskegon with three hits and three RBIs, while Jacob Anderson, Nelson, Miranda and Fermin Osio each added two.

Nielsen has been hot at the plate in recent games, which means he is starting to adjust to live pitching after going through the spring college season as a redshirt freshman.

“I hadn’t seen pitching off the mound this year because I redshirted,” Nielsen said. “It took me a while to get the timing down, and right now things are just clicking for me.

“We want to get the edge over (Lima), especially with us going to their place later in the season.”

Clippers reliever Joe Wade earned the victory, tossing a scoreless ninth inning while allowing two hits and striking out one.

Ethan Houghtaling started the contest for the Clippers, pitching five innings while allowing four runs on seven hits and striking out seven.