EL1 Akron RubberDucks

Curve Outlast RubberDucks in 10

Published on June 30, 2018 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Altoona's Christian Kelley drew a bases-loaded walk in the top of the 10th inning, and infielder Logan Ratledge came through as an emergency closer, as the Curve defeated the Akron RubberDucks, 7-5, in 10 innings Saturday night at Canal Park in Akron, Ohio.

Turning Point

The Curve (41-35) rallied for two runs in the eighth inning against David Speer to tie the game, 5-5. Jordan George smacked a two-run, bases-loaded single to pull Altoona even.

Mound Presence

Carlos Carrasco started for the RubberDucks and dealt four shutout innings on a minor league rehab assignment. He allowed only one hit and fanned four. Carrasco has been on the Indians DL for two weeks after being struck on the right arm by a line drive on June 16thagainst Minnesota. Dominic DeMasi allowed three runs, none earned, in three innings of relief.

Duck Tales

In the 10th, Altoona rallied against right-hander Mitch Brown (1-4), who issued a one-out walk and committed a throwing error to load the bases. Kelley then coaxed a walk to force in the go-ahead run. After Rob Kaminsky came in to relieve Brown, Altoona's Stefan Alemais lifted a sacrifice fly to left to chase home an insurance run and make it 7-5.

Notebook

The Curve were out of available pitchers for the bottom of the 10th, so they sent Ratledge, a second baseman, to try and save it. Ratledge responded with a scoreless frame. He induced a pop-up by Mark Mathias, struck out Tyler Krieger, walked Daniel Salters, and ended the game by retiring Andrew Calica on a fly-out....Ratledge made a winner of Geoff Hartlieb (6-2), who threw two scoreless innings...Mathias crushed a two-run homer for the RubberDucks during a four-run second inning...Connor Marabell was 3-4, with a double, triple and stolen base...Joe Sever finished with a pair of hits and an RBI...Akron dropped to 2-4 in extra-inning games ...Time of game: 3:39... Attendance: 8,089 (sellout).

On the Pond

The RubberDucks (46-35) and Altoona Curve will continue the five-game series at Canal Park on Sunday afternoon at 2:05. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1350 AM, the WARF iHeart channel, and the TuneIn Radio App.

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