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Aeros Take Series, Cruise to 7-3 Victory

Published on July 19, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
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AKRON, OH - The Aeros claimed a 7-3 triumph over the visiting Bowie Baysox in front of 3,613 fans at Canal Park Sunday afternoon, taking the final three games of the four-game series. The offense was in full force again with nine walks and a dozen hits, helping starter Michael Tejera to his first win as an Aero. Akron improved to 59-36 with the victory and maintained its six-game cushion in the Southern Division, while the Baysox (52-43) dropped to fourth place.

Bowie put up a run in the first inning as Daniel Figueroa (11-16 in the series) singled, stole second and came around to score on a RBI base hit to left by Ambiorix Concepcion. Consecutive singles opened the third inning for the Baysox, and after Figueroa put down a sacrifice bunt Concepcion shot a ball up the middle. Second baseman Cristo Arnal fielded it but his flip to Carlos Rivero at the bag was off the mark, allowing Jason White to score. Third baseman Kyle Haines was backing up the play however, and made a heads-up play to throw out Jonathan Tucker at the plate.

Haines then led off the bottom half of the inning with a knock to center, and Matt McBride drilled a two-out RBI double off the wall in left-center to cut the deficit in half. Akron then pulled ahead in the fourth, as John Drennen collected a one-out walk, Armando Camacaro yanked a double inside the third base bag, and Haines looped a run-scoring single to right to tie the game at 2-2. Jose Constanza then walked to load the bases, and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Arnal gave the Aeros a 3-2 lead. The Baysox would collect a single run to tie the score in the fifth on a pair of singles by Figueroa and Concepcion, but that would be it for the Bowie offense for the rest of the afternoon.

Akron broke the game open in the sixth inning when Camacaro began things with a single and Haines moved him over to second with a sacrifice. Constanza followed with an RBI triple (his team-leading sixth of the season) to put the Aeros in front, and McBride followed two batters later with a towering two-run homer to left to make the score 6-3. Carlos Santana extended the inning with a walk, and back-to-back singles by Beau Mills and Carlos Rivero provided for the final margin.

Tejera (1-2) earned the win in his third outing for Akron this season, notching a quality start while scattering three runs on eight hits and two walks over six innings. Bowie reliever Zach Clark (0-1) took the loss in allowing all four runs in the seventh, and in two appearances in the series permitted eight runs and 13 hits in just 3.2 innings. Constanza starred again for the Aeros, finishing 2-4 with a walk and has now collected 14 walks and 11 hits in his past eight contests. McBride, who made it into the starting lineup only when Nick Weglarz was scratched an hour before game time, went 2-3 with a pair of walks, a double, a homer and three RBI, while Camacaro finished 2-5 with a double and two runs scored. Haines meanwhile went 3-3 with a sacrifice in picking up his first three-hit performance since July 26, 2008 with the Connecticut Defenders of the San Francisco Giants organization.

Akron hits the road Monday for the beginning of a four-game series at Jerry Uht Park in Erie beginning at 7:05 p.m. The Aeros will do battle with the second-place SeaWolves 16 more times this season starting tomorrow, and Josh Tomlin (9-6, 4.18 ERA) will take the mound tomorrow against Erie's Luis Marte (5-8, 4.07 ERA). The game broadcast begins at 6:50 p.m. on SportsRadio 1350 AM and online at www.akronaeros.com. For more information, please call the Aeros at (330) 253-5151.

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