
Harrisburg Senators Game Information - August 20 at Akron
Published on August 20, 2026 under Eastern League (EL)
Harrisburg Senators News Release
Harrisburg Senators (58-57, 24-22) @ Akron RubberDucks (56-58, 21-25)
Game #116, Second-Half Game #47
Thursday, August 20, 6:35 p.m. - 7 17 Credit Union Park
LH DJ Herz (MLB) (0-0) vs RH Braylon Doughty (1-1)
TODAY'S GAME: The Harrisburg Senators and Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland Guardians) play the third game of their six-game series this week at 7 17 Credit Union Park. The teams met three times in the first half. Harrisburg won the first series on the Island four games to two. They split the next two series at Akron and again in Harrisburg.
LAST GAME: The RubberDucks took an early 5-0 lead over the Senators Wednesday night, but Harrisburg came back and won 10-6. Trailing 5-0 in the fourth, Devin Fitz-Gerald homered with one out for the Sens first run and baserunner of the game. A Devin Ortiz sac fly RBI in the fifth cut the deficit to 5-2. In the sixth, Ethan Petry doubled to score Branden Boissiere. The next hitter, Kevin Bazzell, drove in Elijah Green with a sac fly. The Senators trailed 5-4. Then eight men came to the plate in the seventh. An RBI single from Fitz-Gerald, a bases-loaded walk drawn by Green and a two-RBI single from Bazzell scored four runs in the frame putting Harrisburg in front 8-5. Akron scored in the bottom of the inning, but the Sens responded with Sam Brown's leadoff homer in the eighth to push the lead to 9-6. Petry followed with a homer in the ninth to extend the lead to 10-6.
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