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Published on July 6, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Game #84 . Tuesday, July 6, 2010 . 7:05 P.M.

Home Game #42 . Canal Park . Akron, OH

Akron Aeros (41-42) vs. Trenton Thunder (51-32)

Cleveland Indians New York Yankees

Today's Starters: Akron - LHP Scott Barnes (4-7, 5.55 ERA)

Trenton - LHP Wilkin de la Rosa (2-3, 5.68 ERA)

Upcoming Probables:

Wednesday, July 7: AKR LHP Eric Berger (3-4, 5.19 ERA) vs. TRN RHP Lance Pendleton (7-3, 3.54 ERA)

Thursday, July 8: AKR LHP Kelvin De La Cruz (1-5, 5.71 ERA) vs. TRN RHP D.J. Mitchell (7-3, 4.68 ERA)

Friday, July 9: AKR LHP Nick Hagadone (1-0, 6.16 ERA) at ERI TBA

Saturday, July 10: AKR RHP Alex White (3-4, 1.70 ERA) at ERI TBA

The Book on Scott Barnes...

. High Strikeouts - 10, set 6/9 vs. New Hampshire . Most Hits Allowed - 9, set 6/15 at New Hampshire

. Longest Outing - 7.0 IP, set 6/9 vs. NH and 7/1 at BOW . Most Walks Allowed - 5, set 6/20 at Portland

. Shortest Outing - 3.1 IP, set 4/9 at BIN and 5/24 vs. ALT . HR Allowed (Season) - 7

. Currently leads Eastern League starting pitchers by a wide margin with 9.21 strikeouts per nine innings pitched this season

. Delivered seven scoreless innings in last start at Bowie, named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week ending May 23rd

. Acquired by the Cleveland Indians organization in a trade with the San Francisco Giants in July 2009 for Ryan Garko

. Aeros are 6-9 when Barnes starts

. Last time out: Earned the WIN in an 5-0 victory at Bowie 7/1 (7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP)

Aeros 2010 Regular Season Breakdown.

CURRENT STREAK: W1 JULY RECORD: 3-2

LAST 5 GAMES: 3-2 LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 12 (5/31 - 6/12)

LAST 10 GAMES: 5-5 LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 6 (4/27 - 5/3)

HOME RECORD: 18-23 BEST RECORD: 5-1 (April 13th)

ROAD RECORD: 23-19 WORST RECORD: 20-30 (May 30th)

SEASON vs. TRENTON: 5-3 SEASON vs. EASTERN DIVISION: 20-21

Aeros Stat of the Night:

. The Akron Aeros are 18-23 at Canal Park this season despite a .239 opposing batting average, and the team holds a 23-19 road record along with a .271 batting average against.

Aerodynamics.

. Lucky Number Seven. The Aeros utilized a seven-run seventh inning Monday night en route to a 9-3 victory in the opener of a four-game series against the visiting Trenton Thunder. Third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall and designated hitter John Drennen collected three hits each in front of the 6,859 fans for another Dollar Dog Monday at Canal Park. A Chisenhall homer in the first started the scoring and Drennen followed shortly after with an RBI infield single. Trenton responded with a run in the fourth and a pair in the top of the seventh against Akron reliever Bryan Price. The Aeros then sent 11 batters to the plate in the bottom of that seventh inning, tying a season-high with seven runs along with six hits and a pair of Thunder errors. Price (3-2) earned the win despite allowing the two runs (one earned) in two innings while Trenton starter Andrew Brackman (0-3) took the loss.

. Ground Zero. Right-handed starter Alex White delivered another quality start Monday at Canal Park but did not factor into the decision. He tied a career-high with 12 groundball outs and now has seven quality starts in nine Double-A outings, allowing one run on three hits with a walk and a strikeout in six innings pitched. The 21-year-old currently ranks second in the organization with a 2.23 ERA in 17 combined starts with Class A Kinston and Akron this year. Cleveland selected White in the first round (15th overall) of the June 2009 Draft and he entered the season as the ninth-best prospect in the system, according to Baseball America.

. Back to the Future. Chisenhall finished 3-for-4 at the plate Monday with his eighth home run of the season and three RBI. At 21 years and nine months old, he is the youngest player to appear in a game for Akron this season and he batted just .200 (6-for-30) on last week's seven-game road trip to Richmond and Bowie. Chisenhall began the year as the second-best prospect in the Indians organization and was recently selected to participate in Sunday's MLB XM All-Star Futures Game in Anaheim, CA.

. Drennen Delivers Difference. Another hot slugger for the Aeros is Drennen, who finished with two singles and a triple along with a pair of runs batted in during Monday's win against Trenton. The first round selection in the June 2005 Draft out of Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, CA now has a .340 batting average in his last 56 games played dating back to April 25th. He is batting .313 on the season overall, fourth in the Eastern League, and his six triples place him tied for second.

. Midsummer Night's Dream. The Eastern League announced today that Akron RHP Paolo Espino will replace recently promoted closer Bryce Stowell in the 2010 EL All-Star Game. Espino is 7-3 on the year with a 4.16 ERA in 17 games (11 starts) while Stowell was a fan selection for the game before being transferred to Class AAA Columbus Sunday. The 23-year-old Espino ranks sixth in the EL with seven wins and joins Akron teammates Chisenhall and Drennen on the Western Division roster.

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