Allen Dominates to Guide Akron to 8-2 Win over Harrisburg, Ducks in First by a Game
June 23, 2022 - Eastern League (EL)
Akron RubberDucks News Release
Logan Allen tossed a career-long seven innings to back another strong offensive performance as the Akron RubberDucks down the Harrisburg Senators 8-2 on Thursday night at Canal Park. The RubberDucks reduced their magic number to three with the win and Richmond's split of their doubleheader.
Turning Point
Micah Pries stretched the slim 2-1 Akron lead in the sixth when he tripled home Brayan Rocchio and George Valera before crossing home plate with a little league home run after Harrisburg shortstop Jackson Cluff fired the ball into the dugout making it 5-1 Ducks.
Mound Presence
Logan Allen made his team leading 13th start of the season and other than a home run to start the second inning, he was in complete control. Allen tossed seven innings allowing only the one run and two hits while striking out 11. Brett Daniels followed with a scoreless inning. In his first game back at Canal Park since suffering a season-ending injury on a comebacker last summer, Eli Lingos tossed an inning allowing one run.
Duck Tales
Chris Roller got the RubberDucks offense started with a line drive double into center field in the bottom of the fourth inning before coming home to score on a ground rule double by Rocchio to tie the game 1-1. Later in the inning, Pries hit a sac fly deep into right center to bring Rocchio home and give Akron a 2-1 lead. In the eighth inning, Akron added to the lead when George Valera hit an RBI triple to score Rocchio and make it 6-1. Marcos Gonzalez brought home Valera with an RBI single to make it 7-1. A wild pitch allowed Pries to bring the Ducks lead to 8-1.
Notebook
Allen tossed a career-long seven innings making him the third RubberDucks pitcher in the last two weeks to go seven (Xzavion Curry on 6/10 and Hunter Gaddis on 6/14)...Allen struck out 11 for the second consecutive start, which extends his lead in all of Double-A to 104...Valera recorded his 45th RBI on the year, putting him third in the EAS...Game time 2:15... Attendance 5,061
On the Pond
The Akron RubberDucks will continue the series their series the Harrisburg Senators Friday, June 24 at 7:05 pm at Canal Park. Right-hander Xzavion Curry (4-3, 4.03 ERA) will get the start for Akron against Harrisburg right-hander Steven Fuentes (1-4, 4.37 ERA). The game broadcast, powered by FirstEnergy, is on 640 WHLO, the 640 WHLO iHeartRadio channel, and akronrubberducks.com, and available on MiLB.TV. Tickets for all RubberDucks home games, are available at akronrubberducks.com/tickets.
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