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Published on July 31, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Game #105 . Saturday, July 31, 2010 . 7:05 P.M.

Home Game #56 . Canal Park . Akron, OH

Akron Aeros (56-48) vs. Reading Phillies (51-53)

Cleveland Indians Philadelphia Phillies

Today's Starters: Akron - LHP Scott Barnes (5-8, 5.20 ERA)

Reading - RHP J.C. Ramirez (2-2, 4.59 ERA)

Upcoming Probables:

Sunday, August 1: AKR RHP Anthony Reyes (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. REA RHP Michael Cisco (2-7, 5.10 ERA)

Monday, August 2: OFF DAY

Tuesday, August 3 (Game 1): AKR RHP Alex White (6-4, 1.49 ERA) at ALT LHP Justin Wilson (8-6, 3.06 ERA)

Tuesday, August 3 (Game 2): AKR RHP Paolo Espino (9-4, 4.00 ERA) at ALT RHP Jared Hughes (11-7, 4.62 ERA)

Wednesday, August 4: AKR TBA at ALT LHP Rudy Owens (8-6, 2.92 ERA)

The Book on Scott Barnes...

. High Strikeouts - 10, set 6/9 vs. New Hampshire . Most Hits Allowed - 10, set 7/23 at Reading

. Longest Outing - 7.0 IP, set three times, last 7/11 at ERI . 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) - 9

. Pitched just 1.1 innings in Wednesday's suspended game against Bowie, ranks second on Aeros with 97.0 IP and 87 strikeouts

. Streak of four straight quality starts snapped last Friday, 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 7-12 when Barnes starts

. Last time out: Took a NO-DECISION in a 7-6 defeat at Reading 7/23 (6.0 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP)

Aeros 2010 Regular Season Breakdown.

CURRENT STREAK: W3 JULY RECORD: 18-8

LAST 5 GAMES: 4-1 LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 12 (5/31 - 6/12)

LAST 10 GAMES: 7-3 LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 6 (4/27 - 5/3)

HOME RECORD: 30-25 BEST RECORD: 56-48 (July 30th)

ROAD RECORD: 26-23 WORST RECORD: 20-30 (May 30th)

SEASON vs. READING: 6-6 SEASON vs. EASTERN DIVISION: 25-24

Aeros Stat of the Night:

. The Akron Aeros are 11-3 since the Eastern League All-Star Break earlier this month, making up seven games on the Western Division-leading Altoona Curve (5-11 since the break).

Aerodynamics.

. Shutout City. Akron's hot streak continued Friday night at Canal Park as three Aeros pitchers combined to shutout the Reading Phillies in a 6-0 victory. Lefty starter Kelvin De La Cruz led the way with six shutout innings and the scoring began in the first on a sacrifice fly by third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall. Shortstop Carlos Rivero then lofted a home run in the second inning before extending the lead to 3-0 with a sac fly in the third. An error by Reading third baseman Cody Overbeck scored Chisenhall from second base in the fifth and after a John Drennen double, a wild pitch plated Rivero. First baseman Beau Mills drove in the final run on an RBI infield single to third base in the sixth inning with the bases loaded. De La Cruz (4-5) earned the victory before relievers Chen-Chang Lee and Connor Graham sealed the deal as Phillies starter Ty Taubenheim (3-2) took the loss.

. Cruising Along. The left-hander De La Cruz recorded his third victory in a row Friday to cement an impressive month of July. Over the course of his five starts this month, he was 3-0 with a 2.49 ERA, striking out 24 batters in only 25.1 innings pitched. The soon-to-be 22-year-old native of La Vega, Dominican Republic had gone 10 consecutive games without a win prior to his outing July 15th against Erie, but has now limited opponents to two runs or less in five straight starts. He missed the majority of the 2009 season with a strained ligament in his throwing elbow and was placed on the Cleveland 40-man roster in November.

. Riveting Rivero. Many different players have stepped up recently on offense for the Aeros and Rivero was the hero Friday night against the Phillies. He finished 1-for-3 with his fourth homer of the season and a sacrifice fly, driving in two RBI with two runs scored. The Venezuela native is now batting .250 in 14 games since the Eastern League All-Star Break with seven RBI. He returned from the disabled list with a left wrist sprain on July 7th and began the month of July on a 3-for-22 slump at the plate.

. A-Head of the Curve. Following Friday's victory, Head earned the promotion to Class AAA Columbus. This will be his second 2010 stint with the Clippers and he exits the Eastern League on one of the hottest streaks of his career. In 36 games played since June 10th, was batting .336 with 13 doubles, nine home runs, 25 runs scored and 22 RBI. The 27-year-old native of Topeka, KS also had a career-high 13-game hitting streak and was signed by the Indians as a non-drafted free agent in August 2005.

. Changes. In other roster moves, the Aeros received infielder Justin Toole from short-season Class A Mahoning Valley while the Cleveland Indians activated closer Kerry Wood. Toole has played in 19 games this year between the Scrappers, Class A Kinston and Columbus. The Indians then traded Wood and cash to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later or cash.

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