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Aeros Lose Third Straight to Portland 11-5

Published on June 19, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
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PORTLAND, ME - The Aeros pitching staff struggled again Saturday night at Hadlock Field in Portland, as Akron lost by the final score of 11-5 against the Sea Dogs. Portland has now won each of the last three meetings between these two teams as their offense smacked nine extra-base hits on the night. Three defensive errors also hurt the Akron (33-35) cause and the Sea Dogs improved to 36-31 in 2010.

Second baseman Jason Kipnis extended his hitting streak to seven games with an RBI double in the top of the first as the Aeros took an early lead. Lonnie Chisenhall followed with another two-bagger to bring the edge to 2-0 and two batters later, John Drennen gave the visitors an intimidating three-run advantage with a sacrifice fly.

Portland would begin their offensive attack with single runs in the first and second innings before a monster rally in the third. Highly touted Akron starter Alex White permitted a single, double, triple and homer in the frame while an error by shortstop Carlos Rivero also helped the Sea Dogs take a 6-3 lead.

Center fielder Jordan Henry scored Tim Fedroff on a groundout in the fifth but Aeros reliever Bryan Price struggled shortly after replacing White. Nate Spears collected an RBI single and Che-Hsuan Lin made it 8-4 with the second Portland sac fly of the night.

Akron scored their final run of the game on a shortstop Carlos Rivero home run to lead off the seventh. Unfortunately, the Sea Dogs responded yet again as a Chisenhall error scored another runner that inning. Luis Exposito then homered in the eighth and Yamaico Navarro had a run-scoring single to provide for the final margin.

White (2-3) took his second loss against Portland in the past seven days while Stephen Fife (4-1) earned the win despite allowing five runs (four earned) in seven innings. The struggles for the Aeros bullpen continued as Price, Shane Lindsay and Chen-Chang Lee combined to permit seven hits and five runs (three earned) in the last four frames.

Kipnis had a pair of doubles on the night while Rivero also finished with two hits and his second homer of the season. Akron also grounded into three double plays while Portland collected 15 hits along with their five doubles and three home runs.

The Portland Sea Dogs look for the three-game series sweep and a fourth straight win over Akron Sunday afternoon with a 1:00 p.m. first pitch at Hadlock Field. Aeros left-handed starter Scott Barnes (2-6, 6.18 ERA) will face off in the series finale against Kyle Weiland (3-4, 4.00 ERA) of the Sea Dogs. Join Ken Carman for Sunday's game broadcast, beginning at 12:45 p.m. on Fox Sports 1350 AM and at www.akronaeros.com. For more information, please call the Aeros at (330) 253-5151.

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