For five innings, the Ironmen outhit and outplayed the first-place Chillicothe Paints, but the Paints scored seven runs in the sixth inning en route to their 12-3 win at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe on Friday night.

J.T. Feldkamp had an RBI single. James DiBiasio doubled and scored after stealing third base when the throw sailed into leftfield.

The Ironmen scored first when Billy Urban started the 2nd inning with a single. Consecutive singles by Austin Ingraham and Nick Hamilton moved Urban to third. Feldkamp drove Urban in on an RBI infield single that hit the pitcher’s mound and bounced straight up in the air allowing all the runners to advance.

After the Paints took the lead in the bottom of the third inning on an Ian Nielson RBI single, the Ironmen came back and tied the game in the fifth when DiBiasio doubled off the top of the wall in right and scored after stealing third base after the throw sailed into leftfield.

Ironmen starter Michael Pereslucha went 5 1/3, allowing 10 hits, two walks and two strikeouts.

Andrew Richardson picked up the win for the Paints. He went seven innings, allowing 10 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned with four strikeouts.

The Ironmen will be back in action in Chillicothe on Saturday night with a start time of 7:05. The Ironmen will be back home Sunday against the defending Prospect League champion Quincy Gems. Game time is 6:05 p.m.