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RubberDucks 10 Baysox 0--Recap and Box Score

May 26, 2017 - Eastern League (EL1)
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RubberDucks Game Recap RubberDucks 10 Baysox 0 WP: Corey Kluber (1-0) LP: John Means (2-5) Save: None

Summary Cleveland Indians ace Corey Kluber pitched fiveinnings of shutout baseball in his first rehab start with the RubberDucks, andAkron pounded out a season-high 15 hits, in a 10-0 victory over the BowieBaysox Friday night at Canal Park.

Turning Point Outfielder Dorssys Paulino broke his 0-10 skid witha RBI single in the fourth that put Akron on the board 1-0. The offensiveattack struck again for three runs in the fifth with a Francisco Mejia RBIsingle following singles by Tyler Krieger and Mike Papi. Bobby Bradley wouldthen add a two run double to put Akron up 4-0 and give them a steady lead toplay from.

Winging It In his first outing since May 3rd CoreyKluber (1-0) looked like his Cy-Young self, working five shutout innings and allowingjust one hit with one strikeout on 47 pitches for the RubberDucks (22-21). TheAkron bullpen held the shutout when Dylan Baker tossed one scoreless inning followedby two from David Speer with Leandro Linares closing out the ninth inning. Bowiestarter John Means (2-5) battled through six innings allowing four runs onseven hits.

Duck Tales Outfielder Mike Papi went 3-5 on the evening. Papiis now hitting .372 (16-43) against left-handers on the season. Mejia ishitting .400 (8-20) with two home runs and five RBI and seven runs scored infive games since returning from the disabled list. In the seventh the Ducksexploded for a six-run inning to push their lead to 10-0, featuring a two-runsingle by Jordan Smith and an RBI double by infielder Mark Mathias.

Notebook It was the second straight shutout for the RubberDucks and theirthird of the season...Kluber last pitched for Akron in 2010 starting five games andgoing 2-2... Pitcher Perci Garner was added to the RubberDucks roster prior totoday's game... Garner was an all-star in 2016 with Akron before being promotedto Columbus and then Cleveland... The RubberDucks have won five straight and areover .500 for the first time this season at 22-21... Time of Game: 2:17... Attendance: 7,707.

On Deck TheRubberDucks and Baysox (24-24) continue their Memorial Day weekend series onFriday at 6:35 p.m. Right-hander Nick Pasquale (3-3, 3.30) will take the moundfor Akron vs. Bowies David Hess (5-3, 5.09). The game will be broadcast on News-TalkWHLO 640 AM, the WHLO iHeart channel, and the TuneIn Radio App.

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