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Published on August 28, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Game #133 . Saturday, August 28, 2010 . 7:05 P.M.

Home Game #70 . Canal Park. Akron, OH

Akron Aeros (68-64) vs. Erie SeaWolves (59-73)

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Today's Starters - Akron - LHP Matt Packer (0-2, 4.50 ERA)

Erie- LHP Jon Kibler (4-5, 5.65 ERA)

Upcoming Probables:

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) at TRE RHP Adam Warren (4-2, 3.05 ERA)

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

Monday, September 1, 7:05 p.m.: AKR RHP Corey Kluber (2-2, 3.76 ERA) at TRE LHP Manny Banuelos (0-1, 9.53 ERA)

The Book on Matt Packer.

. High Strikeouts - 6, set 8/3 at ALT . Most Hits Allowed - 9, set 8/17 at REA

. Longest Outing - 7.0 IP, set 8/3 at ALT and 8/11 vs. REA . Most Walks Allowed - 3, set 8/11 vs. REA

. Shortest Outing - 5.0 IP, set 8/17 at REA and 8/22 (2) vs. HAR . HR Allowed (Season) - 3

. Promoted August 3rd from Class A Lake County, finished 8-5 with one save and a league-leading 1.60 ERA in 95.2 innings pitched

. Joined Captains starting rotation on May 23rd, allowed two earned runs or more in just three of 24 appearances (13 starts)

. Has 120 professional strikeouts against 20 walks, selected in 32nd round of June 2009 Draft out of the University of Virginia

. Lake County was 7-6 when Packer started; 13-11 when he appeared in a game

. Last time out: Took the LOSS in a 2-1 defeat vs. Harrisburg 8/22 (2) (5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K)

Aeros 2010 Regular Season Breakdown.

CURRENT STREAK: W4 AUGUST RECORD: 11-14

LAST 5 GAMES: 4-2 LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 12 (5/31 - 6/12)

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

HOME RECORD: 36-33 BEST RECORD: 56-48 (July 30th)

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

SEASON vs. ERIE: 12-4 SEASON vs. WESTERN DIVISION: 36-34

Aeros Stat of the Day:

. The Aeros' 12 wins against Erie are the most they've had against any Eastern League team this season. Their .750 winning percentage is the second highest behind New Britain (.833).

Aerodynamics.

. Walking home. The Aeros pulled away from Erie in the second half of the game to defeat the SeaWolves 5-2. A scoreless tie was broken in the bottom of the fifth inning when the Aeros rallied with two outs to score a pair of runs. After catcher Juan Apodaca and shortstop Cristo Arnal both hit singles, center fielder Jordan Henry walked to load the bases. Second baseman Jason Kipnis also walked to force in the first run. Arnal scored soon after on a wild pitch by Brayan Villarreal to give Akron a 2-0 lead. Erie answered in the sixth when Brandon Douglas scored from third when Bryan Pounds grounded out unassisted to first with one out. Akron cushioned their lead on a second bases loaded walk when third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall took a base on balls to force in Arnal in the seventh. Designated hitter Jerad Head proceeded to hit a double to left center field that scored Henry and Kipnis. Erie struck back in the eighth after Rawley Bishop hit an RBI-single, but could not take advantage and left the bases loaded as Akron won 5-2.

. Mission statement. Right handed starter Corey Kluber earned the win to even out his record at 2-2. The Coppell, Texas native allowed one run on eight hits. Kluber struck-out five SeaWolves against one walk over seven innings of work. He now has 157 combined strikeouts on the year with 136 during his time with the Double A Texas League San Antonio Missions. That currently tops the list for most in Double A this season, 14 better than Harrisburg's Tom Milone, and sixth in all of minor league baseball.

. Save me. Reliever Omar Aguilar recorded his seventh save of the season after he came on in the ninth to secure the win. The Merced, Calif. native is currently fourth in the Eastern League in the category of highest strikeouts per nine innings pitched ratio for relievers at 10.53 with 69 strikeouts over 59 innings pitched.

. Here's Johnny. Outfielder John Drennen has gone 2-for-4 in each of his past three games against Erie and Bowie. The San Diego, Calif. native now has a team-high 36 multi-hit games, four ahead of fellow outfielder Tim Fedroff. Drennen currently has a batting average of .304, third in the Eastern League behind Bowie's Ryan Adams (.305) and Reading's Tagg Bozied (.318).

. Tick tock. Akron remains 3.5 games behind Harrisburg for the Western Division wild card. Bowie also remains ahead of the Aeros as the Baysox trail the Senators by 1.5 games. The defending Eastern League champions' elimination number now stands at eight. That number will go down by one anytime the Aeros lose or the wild card leader wins.

. Spirit fingers. 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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