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July 19, 2008 - Eastern League (EL1)
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Game #99 - Home Game #50 - Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 7:05 P.M.

Akron Aeros (61-37) vs. Erie SeaWolves (41-58)

Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers

Today's Starters: Akron - RHP Fausto Carmona (0-0, 0.00 ERA)/RHP Kevin Dixon (8-5, 4.12 ERA)

Erie - LHP Danny Christensen (5-7, 4.44 ERA)

Upcoming Probables:

Sunday: AKR LHP Scott Lewis (4-2, 3.73 ERA) vs. ERI LHP Luke French (5-10, 4.70 ERA)

Monday: Game 1: AKR TBA at ALT RHP Josh Hill (4-11, 5.17 ERA)

Game 2: AKR TBA at ALT TBA

Tuesday: AKR RHP Steven Wright (1-1, 6.00 ERA) at ALT RHP Derek Hankins (1-6, 4.26 ERA)

Wednesday: AKR LHP Ryan Edell (5-6, 4.18 ERA) at ALT RHP Luis Munoz (1-4, 8.37 ERA)

The Book on Fausto Carmona...

- High Strikeouts - 4, set 4/2 at CWS & 5/17 at CIN - Most Hits Allowed - 9, set 4/24 at Kansas City

- Longest Outing - 9.0 IP, set 5/12 vs. Toronto - Most Walks Allowed - 8, set 4/12 vs. Oakland

- Shortest Outing - 2.0 IP, set 5/23 vs. Texas - HR Allowed (Season) - 1

- Slated to throw five innings or 80 pitches as he works back from a left hip strain that put him on Cleveland's DL May 24th

- Was 4-2 with a 3.10 ERA in 10 starts with Cleveland despite a WHIP of 1.59 (54 hits and 38 walks in 58.0 innings)

Throws a two-seam fastball between 91-96 mph, plus a slider and changeup

Indians are 5-5 when Carmona starts; Captains are 0-1 when Carmona starts

Last time out (for Lake County): Took a NO-DECISION in a 6-1 defeat vs. Asheville 7/11 (4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K)

The Book on Kevin Dixon...

1B- High Strikeouts - 9, set 5/30 vs. Bowie - Most Hits Allowed - 9, set 4/30 vs. Erie

- Longest Outing - 8.0 IP, set 5/20 vs. Altoona - Most Walks Allowed - 5, set 4/19 at Bowie

- Shortest Outing - 2.1 IP, set 4/24 vs. Harrisburg - HR Allowed (Season) - 11

Will follow Carmona out of the bullpen (this is Dixon's day in the rotation), marking his first relief outing since last September 1st

- Has turned in quality starts in 11 of his last 14 outings, going 8-2 with a 3.48 ERA over that stretch

Throws a four-seam fastball between 87-92 mph, as well as a sinker (two-seamer), changeup, slider and splitter

Aeros are 13-5 when Dixon starts

Last time out: Earned the WIN in a 3-2 victory at Reading 7/12 (6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 1 HB)

UAEROS REGULAR SEASON BREAKDOWN ('08)

CURRENT STREAK - ................................................. L2 LONGEST WINNING STREAK - .......................... 10 (6/4 - 6/14)

LAST 5 GAMES - ......................................................... 2-3 LONGEST LOSING STREAK - 3 (5/2 - 5/4 and 6/24 (1) - 6/25) LAST 10 GAMES - ...................................................... 6-4 BEST RECORD - ................................................... 61-35 (July 14th)

HOME RECORD - ........................................................ 30-19 WORST RECORD - .............................................. 8-13 (April 25th)

ROAD RECORD - ........................................................ 31-18 SEASON vs. ERIE - ........................................................................ 7-6

Aerodynamics...

Shut Down...Akron's offense could not muster much off Erie's pitching staff in their 3-1 loss last night at Canal Park, failing to capitalize on a strong pitching performance by LHP Ryan Edell. The Boston, MA native worked five innings and allowed just two runs (one earned) on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts. LHP Chuck Lofgren came on in relief and surrendered just one hit with three strikeouts in two innings. The bats, though, could not get going off Erie starter Lauren Gagnier or relievers Juan Cedeno and Casey Fien, who picked up his second save in as many nights. The only run for Akron came in the fifth without the help of a hit. SS Brandon Chaves walked, stole second, advanced to third on a fly out, and scored on an RBI groundout by 2B Josh Rodriguez. LF Bronson Sardinha and 1B Matt Whitney each had two hits for Akron.

Whittling Away...Akron 1B/DH Matt Whitney has put together a solid couple of weeks. He has collected hits in 10 of his last 13 contests and has compiled five multi-hit games in that span, while hitting .362 (17-47) with three doubles, two home runs, 11 RBI, and nine walks. The 2002 first-round pick has bumped his batting average from .244 to .260 on the year.

More Moves...The Aeros swapped an Olympian for an Olympian today, activating OF Matt LaPorta and placing RHP T.J. Burton on the temporary inactive list. Both players will be with the club for around another week, with Burton set to join Team Canada on July 25th and LaPorta slated to join the American national team July 27th.

Did You Know...The Aeros are 32-14 in one or two-run games and are unbeaten (48-0) when they take a lead into the ninth.

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