Aeros Can't Clinch Division, Fall 5-3
August 30, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
Akron RubberDucks News Release
AKRON, OH - The Aeros missed an opportunity to clinch the Southern Division title in front of the home faithful Sunday afternoon, dropping a 5-3 final to the Binghamton Mets before 4,867 fans at Canal Park. Akron (81-53) still has a magic number of one for the division crown and can clinch the title with a loss by Reading in either game of a doubleheader later tonight. Binghamton moved to 51-81.
The B-Mets struck first in the first, as consecutive doubles from Jose Coronado and Ike Davis put the visitors on the board. DJ Wabick added an RBI single later in the inning to take a 2-0 lead, but the Aeros cut the margin in half in the bottom of the inning on Jerad Head's two-out RBI base hit.
Binghamton got the run right back in the top of the second as Salvador Paniagua led off the inning with a first-pitch home run to left-center however, and Davis added a solo blast of his own in the third to make it 4-1.
Aeros starter Bobby Livingston settled in from there and kept the B-Mets off the board for the next four innings, but Akron could manage only an RBI double from Armando Camacaro in the bottom of the fourth to cut the deficit to 4-2.
The Mets got a big insurance run in the top of the eighth on Davis' broken bat RBI single to center with two strikes and two outs, and though Akron did push a run across in the bottom of the ninth on Jose Constanza's groundout, the Aeros never got the potential tying run to the plate.
Eric Brown (6-14) earned his first win in a month for Binghamton, allowing just two unearned runs and five hits in six innings. Livingston (2-5) surrendered five runs and nine hits in 7.2 innings in the defeat. No Aeros had multi-hit games after seven players accomplished the feat Saturday night.
Akron will try to salvage a split in this four-game series Monday evening, as All-Star Jeanmar Gomez (10-4, 3.09 ERA) takes on B-Mets left-hander Mike Antonini (7-3, 4.84 ERA). Fans can get free tickets courtesy of KeyBank, and it's another Dollar Dog Monday with hot dogs for just $1 all night long. The game broadcast begins at 6:50 p.m. on SportsRadio 1350 AM and online at www.akronaeros.com. For more information, please call the Aeros at (330) 253-5151.
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