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Published on August 27, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Game #132 . Friday, August 27, 2010 . 7:05 P.M.

Home Game #69 . Canal Park. Akron, OH

Akron Aeros (67-64) vs. Erie SeaWolves (59-72)

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Today's Starters - Akron - RHP Corey Kluber (1-2, 4.66 ERA)

Erie- RHP Brayan Villarreal (0-3, 4.13 ERA)

Upcoming Probables:

Saturday, August 28, 7:05 p.m.: AKR LHP Matt Packer (0-2, 4.50 ERA) vs. ERI LHP Jon Kibler (4-5, 5.65 ERA)

Sunday, August 29, 1:35 p.m.: AKR LHP Scott Barnes (6-9, 4.77 ERA) vs. ERI LHP Duane Below (5-12, 5.04 ERA)

Monday, August 30, 7:05 p.m.: AKR LHP Eric Berger (5-5, 4.68 ERA) vs. TRE RHP Adam Warren (4-2, 3.05 ERA)

Tuesday, August 31, 7:05 p.m.: AKR Alex White (8-7 2.28 ERA) vs. TRE RHP Cory Arbiso (5-3, 3.51 ERA)

The Book on Corey Kluber (with Double-A San Antonio and Akron)...

. High Strikeouts - 11, set 6/17 vs. Midland . Most Hits Allowed - 11, 8/10 vs. Reading

. Longest Outing - 8.0 IP (start), set 6/12 at Frisco . Most Walks Allowed - 5, set 5/20 vs. CC and 8/4 at ALT

. Shortest Outing - 1.0 IP (relief), set 7/12 vs. Tulsa . HR Allowed (Season) - 7

. Making his fifth start in the Cleveland Indians organization today after being acquired in a trade on July 31st from San Diego

. Led Double-A Texas League with 136 strikeouts in 122.2 innings pitched spanning 22 games (21 starts) upon the time of the trade

. Selected in fourth round of June 2007 Draft out of Stetson University, has 8-10 record with a 3.76 ERA in San Antonio career

. Akron is 2-2 when Kluber starts; San Antonio was 9-13 when he appeared in a game

. Last time out: Took a NO DECISION in 6-1 defeat vs. Harrisburg 8/22 (5.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP)

Aeros 2010 Regular Season Breakdown.

CURRENT STREAK: W3 AUGUST RECORD: 10-14

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

LAST 10 GAMES: 4-6 LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 6 (twice, 7/31 - 8/5)

HOME RECORD: 35-33 BEST RECORD: 56-48 (July 30th)

ROAD RECORD: 32-31 WORST RECORD: 20-30 (May 30th)

SEASON vs. ERIE: 11-4 SEASON vs. WESTERN DIVISION: 35-34

Aeros Stat of the Day:

. The Aeros winning percentage in shutout games is .733, currently the best in the Eastern League. Akron has played in 15 shutout games and has won 11, second most in the league.

Aerodynamics.

. Goose egg. The Aeros defeated Erie by a 12-0 count Thursday for their 11th shutout of the season. Akron jumped out to 6-0 lead thanks to home runs by third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall, right fielder John Drennen, and left fielder Tim Fedroff, and alert base running by second baseman Jason Kipnis who came in from second after a throwing error. Akron poured on the runs in the seventh in a rally started by designated hitter Jerad Head when he hit an RBI single up the middle to score center fielder Jordan Henry from second. Mills then walked to load the bases to set up Perez. The Caracas, Venezuela native singled to score Kipnis, but an error on Erie's left fielder Brandon Jones allowed Head to come home. Drennen made it 11-0 with a deep double to left-center field that brought home Mills and Perez. Erie hurt itself again when Pounds threw the ball wide of first base and Drennen advanced home from second to make it 12-0. SeaWolves starter Anthony Shawler took the loss and is now 4-3.

. White's out. Right-handed starter Alex White had a fantastic outing as he improved to 8-7 with three hits, five strikeouts and one walk. He threw seven shutout innings, matching his longest outing of the season. The former Tar Heel has a team leading 12 quality starts of fewer than three earned runs in at least six innings pitched. Relievers Nick Hagadone and Rob Bryson came in and pitched an inning each with Bryson giving up the only other hit of the game.

. Lunar Lonnie. With Chisenhall's home run in the first inning Thursday, The Newport, N.C. native now has 17 round trips and has tied current Columbus Clipper Matt McBride for the most by any Aeros player this season. It is Chisenhall's second home run of the week after hitting one on Tuesday in Bowie.

. Taking advantage. The Aeros have scored four runs in the past three games on plays where opponents have made an error. Akron's opponents in the past three games have committed a total of nine errors, the most over any three-game stretch this season.

. No love.The Aeros didn't receive any help tonight in the Western Division wild card race as Bowie came back to defeat New Britain and Harrisburg defeated Trenton. Akron remains 3.5 games back of the second-place Senators, but now has an elimination number in single digits at nine with 11 games to play.

. Number one fireworks. The final fireworks show of the season will follow Friday's game against Erie and will be sponsored by KeyBank. On Saturday, the first 1,000 fans will receive a foam finger giveaway sponsored by the Akron Canton Airport. The airport will also be giving away a free AirTran airline voucher to two lucky fans in attendance. Sunday will be the final Family Pack Sunday and will be sponsored by the Duquesne Incline where fans can buy four tickets, four hot dogs, four fountain drinks, and four bags of chips for only $48!

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