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RubberDucks Fall in Pitchers Duel

May 29, 2016 - Eastern League (EL1)
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Harrisburg's Reynaldo Lopez struck out a career-high 12 batters, and Neftali Soto drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, as the Senators wrecked Akron's 17-game home winning streak with a 2-1 victory over the RubberDucks Sunday afternoon at Canal Park.

Turning Point

The Senators took the lead in the top of the ninth inning on a leadoff double by Wilmer Difo, a sacrifice bunt by Isaac Ballou and a sacrifice fly by Soto to right field. The run came against Akron lefty Anderson Polanco (1-3), who was making his first relief appearance for the RubberDucks after three starts.

Winging It

Adam Plutko was outstanding over seven innings for Akron. The right-hander allowed just two hits and one run. He walked one and fanned four. He matched his longest outing of the season and threw 65 of his 94 pitches for strikes. Lopez was sensational for Harrisburg (25-23). In five innings, the Nationals prospect fanned 12 hitters. Akron's top five hitters in the order went a combined 0-12 with eight strikeouts against Lopez. He allowed one run on five hits and didn't walk a batter. Koda Glover (2-0) picked up the win in relief by firing two scoreless innings.

Duck Tales

Eric Stamets was 2-3 on the day, including a game-tying, RBI double in the third inning off Lopez. Alex Monsalve was the only other RubberDucks batter with two hits, as he finished 2-4 with a double.

Notebook

The RubberDucks (35-14) snapped a 17-game home winning streak. It was the first loss at Canal park since a 9-4 loss to Bowie on April 17th...The Senators took the lead in the second inning when Soto hit a line drive to right that eluded Taylor Murphy's diving catch attempt and went for a triple. Soto later scored on a groundout by Chris Bostick for a 1-0 lead...Harrisburg Left-fielder Cutter Dykstra made a pair of diving catches to save runs...The Ducks still own the best record in organized baseball...Nellie Rodriguez was hitless, snapping his eight-game hitting streak...Time of game: 2:25...Attendance: 6,024.

On Deck

The RubberDucks will play the fourth and final game of the series against the Senators on Monday afternoon at 1:05. LHP Rob Kaminsky is expected to start for Akron, and RHP David Whitehead is expected to get the ball for the Senators. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1350 AM, the WARF iHeart channel, and the TuneIn Radio App.

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