Erie SeaWolves at Akron RubberDucks - Game Notes
Published on August 30, 2014 under Eastern League (EL1)
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ERIE SEAWOLVES (68-71, 4th PLACE WEST, 8.0 GB) vs. AKRON RUBBERDUCKS (73-66, 2ND PLACE WEST, 3.0 GB)
rhp WILSEN PALACIOS (9-4, 4.49 ERA) VS. RHP CODY ANDERSON (4-10, 5.13 ERA)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 * 7:05 PM * RADIO COVERAGE: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1330 AM, WWW.SEAWOLVES.COM
CANAL PARK * GAME #140 * ROAD GAME #69 * NIGHT GAME #106
Tonight, the SeaWolves look for back-to-back wins as they take on the Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland Indians) in the second game of a four-game series at Canal Park. Last night, the SeaWolves belted out 14 runs on 15 hits en route to a 14-4 win over the Ducks. Erie has now won five straight and seven of the last eight against Akron...Akron can clinch the Western Division Wild Card spot with a win or a Bowie loss... RHP Wilsen Palacios takes the mound for the SeaWolves in making his 26th appearance, 25th start and fifth start against the Ducks. Palacios is 3-0 with a no-decision in his previous four starts against Akron. Palacios earned a win in his last start against Bowie despite a rocky first inning. In the top of the first, Palacios allowed seven runs but settled down and tossed four scoreless innings. He allowed seven runs on 11 hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Erie won the game 10-7...RHP Cody Anderson takes the mound for Akron making his 24th start and fifth against Erie. Anderson is 0-3 with a no-decision and a 9.68 ERA in his previous four starts against the "ËWolves. Anderson took a loss in his last start against Trenton on August 25 allowing seven runs on eight hits with three walks and a strikeout in four innings of work.
SUNDAY vs. AKRON - 2:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Josh Turley (3-4, 3.52 ERA) vs. LHP Shawn Morimando (2-5, 3.60 ERA)
MONDAY vs. AKRON - 1:05 FIRST PITCH
RHP Warwick Saupold (7-11, 5.17 ERA) vs. LHP Nick Maronde (0-2, 12.38 ERA)
- Erie leads the season series over Akron 10-8. The SeaWolves and RubberDucks meet 21 times in 2014.
- The SeaWolves are tied for third in the league with a .272 team average. Akron ranks sixth with a .262 team average.
- The SeaWolves are 34-34 on the road,
- Erie is last league with a 4.73 team ERA. Akron is tied for sixth wit h a 3.95 team ERA.
- The SeaWolves have hit 111 home runs. Steven Moya is the league leader with 34. Moya is tied with Kurt Airoso for the single-season franchise record.
- Dean Green and Steven Moya are tied for the team lead with 38 multi-hit games.
- Steven Moya is the league leader with 69 extra-base hits, 102 RBI, 281 total bases and a .550 slugging percentage. Moya is one RBI away from tying the franchise record of 102 (Eric Munson - 01)
- Dean Green is fourth in the league with a .312 average. Corey Jones is eighth with a .300 average and Devon Travis is ninth with a .297 average.
- Steven Moya is tied for third in the league with 140 hits.
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