Curve Fourth Downs RubberDucks

Published on August 3, 2018 under Eastern League (EL1)
Akron RubberDucks News Release

Altoona's Will Craig drove in a pair of runs, and Arden Pabst drilled his first Double-A homer, as the Curve captured a 6-4 win over the Akron RubberDucks in the opener of a crucial showdown between the EL West leaders Friday night at People's Natural Gas Field in Altoona, Pa.

Turning Point

The Curve (58-49) scored six times in fourth inning against Kyle Dowdy (3-5). Craig cracked a two-run single to pad his league-leading RBI total to 88. Logan Hill followed with a two-run single to extend the lead to 4-0, and Pabst capped the rally with a long homer to left, his first of the season, to make it 6-0.

Mound Presence

Eduardo Vera (5-3) worked 5.2 innings and struck out five to claim the win. It was Vera's second win of the season against Akron. Dowdy (3-5) suffered the loss in his Indians organization debut. He left after the six-run fourth.

Duck Tales

Daniel Salters launched a solo homer off Vera in the fifth, his fourth of the year. In the sixth, Connor Marabell's sacrifice fly and Ka'ai Tom's RBI single closed the gap to 6-3. Altoona's Yeudy Garcia came in for Vera and shut down the rally. The RubberDucks (65-46) notched a run off Garcia in the eighth to pull to within 6-4, and had runners on second and third, but closer Matt Eckelman got Salters on a fly ball to strand the potential tying runs on base.

Notebook

The RubberDucks have dropped three straight...Altoona cut Akron's lead in the EL West to five games...Sam Haggerty clubbed two triples for Akron...Marabell had an infield hit in the eighth to extend his hitting streak to 17 games...Time of game: 2:34... Attendance: 5,015.

On the Pond

The RubberDucks and Curve will play the middle game of the series on Saturday night at 6:00. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1350 AM, the WARF iHeart channel, and the TuneIn Radio App.

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