Edell dominant, Santana historic in 9-0 win
July 27, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
Akron RubberDucks News Release
AKRON, OH - Ryan Edell tossed seven shutout innings and Carlos Santana tied a franchise record with a home run for the fourth straight game as Akron systematically dismantled Erie 9-0 before 2,579 fans at Canal Park Monday night. The Aeros (62-41) won for just the fourth time in 16 games against the SeaWolves (57-44), and pushed their lead back to four games over Erie in the Southern Division. It was also Akron's biggest win since a 12-0 whitewash of New Hampshire June 10th.
Erie starter Jon Kibler retired the first six hitters he faced, but the Aeros broke loose in the third as Carlos Rivero and Jerad Head started the inning with singles. Mickey Hall followed with an RBI knock to make it 1-0, and Jesus Merchan added a sacrifice fly to double the advantage. Beau Mills lined a solo homer into the right field bleachers in the fourth to make it 3-0, and the outpour continued in the fifth as Nick Weglarz looped an RBI single to right and Merchan scored on a wild pitch.
Akron got on the board for the fourth inning a row in the sixth, as Mills socked his second homer of the game and third in his last five at-bats. Matt McBride followed with a double and Rivero collected his second single to put runners on the corners, and McBride made it 7-0 when he slid in underneath the tag from Erie catcher Alex Avila on an RBI fielder's choice by Head.
Futures Game participants Weglarz and Santana would put an exclamation point on the affair in the seventh, as Weglarz drove a solo homer to left-center to start the inning and Santana followed with a solo shot of his own on the very next pitch. The native of Santo Domingo, DR became just the second player in franchise history to homer in four straight games, joining Kevin Kouzmanoff who turned the trick from July 16th-19th, 2006.
In his longest start of the season, Edell improved to 3-1 in permitting just four hits and two walks while striking out seven in his seven innings of work. He struck out the side on two occasions, victimizing the leadoff trio of Deik Scram, Danny Worth and Brennan Boesch in both the first and sixth innings. Kibler (6-6) took the loss allowing seven runs and 10 hits in six innings, while Aeros reliever Neil Wagner struck out three and surrendered just one hit over the final two innings. Mills finished 2-4 with his second two-homer game of the season against Erie, following his performance May 29th at Jerry Uht Park. Santana's 19th home run moved him into a tie for second place in the Eastern League, while every Aero got at least one hit and Arnal and Head each finished 1-4 to extend their season-long hitting streaks to six games apiece.
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