Ducks Drop Road Finale, 10-4, Split Series in Richmond
Published on September 12, 2021 under Eastern League (EL)
Akron RubberDucks News Release
The Richmond Flying Squirrels scored three runs each in the second and third innings and rolled to a 10-4 win over the Akron RubberDucks in the finale of a six-game series at The Diamond Sunday night. Akron enters the final series of the year with a one-game lead over Somerset (69-44) for the league's best record and a playoff magic number of five.
Turning Point
In the second inning, Akron left-hander Joey Cantillo walked catcher Andres Angulo with one out. Left-hander Skylar Arias made an errant pickoff throw that moved Angulo to third base. With two outs, Arias walked two batters and allowed a two-run single by third baseman David Villar and RBI double by first baseman Frankie Tostado for a 3-0 Richmond lead.
Mound Presence
In his first Double-A start, Cantillo pitched 1 1/3 innings, allowing an earned run on a hit, three walks and three strikeouts. Arias entered and allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while recording one out. Left-hander Ben Krauth pitched one inning, yielding three earned runs. Right-hander Manuel Alvarez worked two innings, allowing three earned runs. Right-hander Aaron Pinto allowed Tostado's fifth-inning home run in one-third of an inning. Right-hander Nick Mikolajchak pitched two perfect innings, and Clark Scolamiero made his professional pitching debut with a perfect eighth inning - the first pitching appearance by a RubberDucks position player this season.
Duck Tales
The RubberDucks scored a run in the fourth inning. Trailing 6-0, second baseman José Fermín hit a one-out double and scored on center fielder George Valera's RBI single. In the sixth, left fielder Will Brennan was hit by a pitch, Fermín singled, Valera hit a sacrifice fly, and first baseman Ike Freeman hit an RBI single to cut it to 10-3. Fermín added an RBI single in the seventh inning to make it 10-4. Fermín and shortstop Brayan Rocchio each had three-hit games for Akron.
Notebook
Rocchio hit safely in every game of the series and was 10-for-27 in Richmond...Brennan's eight-game hitting streak ended...Akron leads Somerset by one game, Bowie by two games and Portland by 4.5 games with one series remaining. The top two teams will play a best-of-five championship series starting Sept. 21...Time: 3:18...Attendance: 5,379.
On the Pond
Union Home Mortgage Welcomes You Home to Canal Park as the Southwest Division-leading RubberDucks host their final six-game homestand with Northeast Division-leading Somerset. At 11:05 a.m. Tuesday, Akron left-hander Logan Allen (3-0, 2.52 ERA) is scheduled to face the Patriots. 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 RubberDucks home games are available at akronrubberducks.com/tickets.
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