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Aeros Break out Brooms, Sweep Senators

Published on June 12, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
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HARRISBURG, PA - The Akron Aeros completed a three-game series sweep of the Harrisburg Senators Sunday winning the finale 5-4 at Metro Bank Park.

The three-game sweep was the first of the Aeros season and first since Akron took three straight from the New Britain Rock Cats August 13-15, 2010 at Canal Park.

Right-hander Paolo Espino made a spot start for the Aeros and recorded the win tossing six innings, allowing two earned runs on six hits and striking out four while walking just one. Right-handed pitcher Cory Burns worked a scoreless bottom of the ninth inning to earn his 16th save of 2011. Burns struck out two of the three batters he faced.

Righty Brad Peacock suffered the loss for Harrisburg pitching 6.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on six hits and striking out 10 while walking just one.

The Senators (34-27) got on the board in the bottom of the first inning on a Tyler Moore RBI sacrifice fly.

The Aeros (31-33) answered in the top of the second inning. Chun Chen led off with a single and advanced to third on a Nick Weglarz double. Matt McBride followed with a sacrifice fly scoring Chen and tying the game 1-1. With one out, Karexon Sanchez singled home Weglarz to give the Aeros a 2-1 lead.

The Senators tied the game 2-2 in the bottom of the second inning on a Jonathan Tucker RBI single.

The game remained tied until the Aeros half of the seventh inning. With one out, Kyle Bellows reached on a fielding error and advanced to third on a Tim Fedroff single. Juan Diaz and Beau Mills followed with back-to-back RBI singles to give Akron a 4-2 lead. Following a pitching change, Chen doubled home Diaz to give the Aeros a 5-2 lead.

The Senators rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, but drew no closer as Akron went on to the sweep.

The Aeros are off Monday and will begin a six-game homestand Tuesday as they host the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Akron will give the ball to left-handed pitcher Kelvin De La Cruz, who is 4-3 with a 3.42 ERA in 2011. He will face right-handed pitcher Joel Carreno, who is 4-4 with a 3.38 ERA this season. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m. The game can be heard on Fox Sports 1350 AM or online at sportsradio1350.com. Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m.

Tuesday is also KRAFT Singles Tuesday Night Tickets.

Buy 1 Ticket, Get 1 Free from KRAFT Singles with purchase. Bring your package wrapper to an Aeros game on Tuesdays for a steal of a deal! Visit kraftsingles.com for more info! Exclusions apply. The game will also feature the Car Survivor Kickoff, where five contestants begin the challenge of living in a car on the Canal Park concourse. Who will survive the challenge and be the last person in the car' How long will it take to award the winner the keys to the vehicle' The "Car Survivor" journey begins on Tuesday.

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