Aeros Notes
Published on June 19, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Game #68 . Saturday, June 19, 2010 . 6:00 P.M.
Road Game #34 . Hadlock Field . Portland, ME
Akron Aeros (33-34) at Portland Sea Dogs (35-31)
Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox
Today's Starters: Akron - RHP Alex White (2-2, 1.47 ERA)
Portland - RHP Stephen Fife (3-1, 3.70 ERA)
Upcoming Probables:
Sunday, June 20: AKR LHP Scott Barnes (2-6, 6.18 ERA) at POR RHP Kyle Weiland (3-4, 4.00 ERA)
Monday, June 21: OFF DAY
Tuesday, June 22: AKR LHP Eric Berger (3-4, 5.25 ERA) vs. RIC RHP Mike MacDonald (1-6, 4.96 ERA)
Wednesday, June 23: AKR LHP Kelvin De La Cruz (1-3, 5.40 ERA) vs. RIC RHP Felix Romero (0-1, 4.60 ERA)
The Book on Alex White (combined between Class A Kinston and Akron)...
. High Strikeouts - 7, set four times, last 6/2 vs. Erie . Most Hits Allowed - 7, set 4/27 vs. Lynchburg
. Longest Outing - 7.0 IP, set 5/2 vs. SAL and 5/23 vs. HAR . Most Walks Allowed - 5, set 6/8 vs. New Hampshire
. Shortest Outing - 4.0 IP, set 4/22 vs. Wilmington . HR Allowed (Season) - 4
. His streak of eight consecutive quality starts was snapped in last outing against Portland, allowing just one run in five innings
. Held a 2-3 record with a 2.86 ERA in eight starts for the Class A Kinston Indians before his promotion to Akron on May 23rd
. Cleveland's first-round selection (15th overall) in the June 2009 Draft after three years at the University of North Carolina
. Aeros are 3-2 when White starts; Kinston was 3-5
. Last time out: Took the LOSS in a 3-0 defeat vs. Portland 6/13 (5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 1 WP)
Aeros 2010 Regular Season Breakdown.
CURRENT STREAK: L2 JUNE RECORD: 12-4
LAST 5 GAMES: 1-4 LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 12 (5/31 - 6/12)
LAST 10 GAMES: 6-4 LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 6 (4/27 - 5/3)
HOME RECORD: 15-19 BEST RECORD: 5-1 (April 13th)
ROAD RECORD: 18-15 WORST RECORD: 20-30 (May 30th)
SEASON vs. PORTLAND: 2-2 SEASON vs. EASTERN DIVISION: 18-17
Aeros Stat of the Night:
. Portland's Stephen Fife will be the ninth consecutive opposing right-handed starter against the Akron Aeros. The streak is expected to continue up to at least 13 games.
Aerodynamics.
. Drama Unfolds. Ray Chang delivered a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning Friday night to give the Portland Sea Dogs the 8-7 victory over the Aeros in the opener of their three-game series at Hadlock Field. Akron struck early for two runs in the first and the Sea Dogs then responded to take a short-lived 4-2 lead in the third. Second baseman Jason Kipnis smashed a two-run homer in the fourth to give the Aeros a 5-4 advantage but Portland scored in each of their next three attempts. In the eighth inning, a double by Akron left fielder Tim Fedroff and a throwing error scored Jerad Head and Fedroff later scored on a groundout to tie the score. Chang then plated Che-Hsuan Lin with two outs in the tenth against Aeros reliever Omar Aguilar (1-2), who took the loss while Portland's Bryce Cox (1-4) earned the win by battling back after the rough eighth inning.
. I'm All Wright. The only Aero pitcher to have much success Friday night was right-handed reliever Steven Wright. The Akron veteran retired all six batters he faced during the seventh and eighth innings along with a pair of strikeouts. It was Wright's most dominant relief appearance of the season as the 25-year-old California native now has a 5.23 ERA with the Aeros in 2010. He also now has a 14-3 record and a 3.50 ERA in 65 combined outings (20 starts) over the past three seasons in Double-A.
. Tar Heel Tim. Fedroff has been heating up over the past few contests as the University of North Carolina product recorded his team-leading 18th multi-hit game of the season with a pair of doubles Friday night. He now has a modest four-game hitting streak after collecting a rough .186 (24-129) batting average over his previous 34 contests. The 23-year-old recently moved down to the bottom of the batting order and shifted defensively over to left field with the recent arrival of center fielder Jordan Henry.
. Father of the Bride. Overshadowed by the offensive showdown the past two nights, first baseman Matt McBride continues to perform well on the road. A third inning single helped him extend his amazing road on-base streak to 28 straight games. This includes all of his outings away from Canal Park during the 2010 season and remains the longest in Double-A baseball.
. Walk of Life. Friday's contest was a second straight game where Akron pitchers struggled to find the strike zone consistently. After walking an average of just 3.3 batters over a stretch of 41 games before Thursday night, the Aeros have now permitted a total of 19 walks in the past two losses. The team is now second-to-last in the Eastern League with 264 walks allowed this year.
. Saturday Night Fever. Akron's Alex White and Portland's Stephen Fife, the starters for tonight's game, engaged in a beautiful pitcher's duel last week at Canal Park. Portland won 3-0 last Sunday as Fife brought a no-hitter into the sixth inning and earned the win with his six shutout frames. White took the loss but surrendered just one run in five innings with six strikeouts.
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