Aeros Drop Second Straight at Home 4-2
April 16, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
Akron RubberDucks News Release
The Akron Aeros suffered their second straight loss on their opening seven-game homestand with a 4-2 loss to the visiting Bowie Baysox on Friday night at Canal Park. The loss drops the Aeros to 5-4 on the season.
The Baysox jumped out to an early lead in the second inning against Aeros starter Paolo Espino. After retiring the first two batters, Espino walked Tyler Henson and Blake Davis to put two on with two outs. Pedro Florimon lined a single down the right-field line to score Henson and put Bowie in front 1-0.
The Aeros answered back in the third inning against Bowie starter Ryohei Tanaka with a two-out rally of their own. Tim Fedroff started things off with a single and Lonnie Chisenhall followed with a double into the left field corner that scored Fedroff all the way from first base to tie the game 1-1.
Bowie wasted little time reclaiming the lead in the fourth inning. Joel Guzman led the inning off with a double to deep left-center field and moved to third on a ground out by Caleb Joseph. Espino then got Henson to ground out but a wild pitch to the next batter allowed Guzman to score and give the Baysox the lead back at 2-1.
After the pitcher's duel continued for the next two frames, the Aeros tied the game in the sixth. Chisenhall started the inning with a walk and rehabbing Cleveland Indians first basemen Russell Branyan lined a single back up the middle to put two runners on with no outs. Tanaka retired the next two batters but Carlos Rivero delivered a two-out base hit to center that scored Chisenhall to tie the game 2-2.
The Baysox took advantage of miscues by the Aeros defense in the ninth inning. Aeros reliever Chen Lee walked Brandon Waring to start the inning and Guzman followed with a base hit to right and Waring advanced on to third base on a fielding error by Matt McBride. Joseph came through with a sacrifice fly to score the go-ahead run in Waring and make it 3-2 in favor of the Baysox. Florimon added an insurance run with a base hit to left to score Guzman to increase the lead to 4-2.
Branyan finished his first rehab game with the Aeros going 1-for-4 with a single and played the entire game at first base.
Espino worked five innings and allowed just three hits and two runs but walked four batters while striking out three. Omar Aguilar was impressive out of the bullpen as he struck out five of the six batters he faced in two innings of work. Lee suffered the loss in two innings of work by allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits and also issued three walks.
The Aeros will host the Baysox in the third game of a four-game series on Saturday afternoon at 1:35. Come out to our first Super Saver Saturday of the season, all tickets are just $6 and take advantage of $1 hot dogs, $1 popcorn, $1 sodas and $1 beer. In addition, the first 1,500 fans through the gates
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