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Nettles Homer Lifts Baysox Over Aeros, 9-7

Published on June 25, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
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AKRON, OH - Bowie third baseman Jeff Nettles slugged a two-run homer in the seventh and the Baysox held on to win 9-7 before 4,058 fans at Canal Park Wednesday night. The Aeros, who have dropped three in a row to the Baysox, dropped to 46-31 overall while Bowie improved to 44-34. Akron leads the Southern Division by 1.5 games over Harrisburg, which won Wednesday.

The Aeros built a four-run lead in the fourth inning, tying their season-high with six hits in the frame. Trevor Crowe led off with a single and moved to third on a double to right by Josh Rodriguez. After a groundout, Wes Hodges ripped an RBI single to left that scored Crowe, but left fielder Lou Montanez fired a laser to the plate and catcher Brian Peterson applied the tag on Rodriguez for the second out. Stephen Head followed with a single to put runners on the corners however, and Nathan Panther drilled his second double of the game off the wall in right to bring both runners home to make it 3-0. Wyatt Toregas then singled to right to plate Panther for the fourth run.

The Baysox, though, tagged Akron starter Frank Herrmann for a pair of runs in the fourth and four runs in fifth to take 6-4 lead. Ryan Finan, who homered in Tuesday's doubleheader, pounded a two-run double off the wall over Jose Constanza's head in center in the fourth, and in the fifth, Jonathan Tucker and Mike Rodriguez had RBI singles to tie the game. An error on Wes Hodges at third allowed Rodriguez to score, and Nolan Reimold followed with a sacrifice fly to give Bowie the advantage.

The Aeros were undeterred though, as they tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. With one down, Brandon Pinckney singled, moved to second on wild pitch, and to third on Constanza's fly out. Crowe followed with an RBI single to right and Rodriguez boomed an RBI double off the wall in left-center, scoring Crowe to tie it.

Bowie regained its two-run advantage in the seventh on the two-run rocket from Nettles over the wall in left-center off Aeros reliever Erik Stiller. The Baysox tacked on another run in the eighth on an RBI single by Tucker to make it 9-6, although in the bottom of the eighth Crowe delivered his fourth hit of the night, an RBI single to right field, to cut the lead to two. The Aeros could not recapture any of their trademark dramatics in the bottom of the ninth however, as Bowie closer Julio Manon pitched a 1-2-3 inning to end the game minutes before heavy rain began to fall.

Bowie starter Brad Bergesen (8-2) earned the win, allowing six runs on 11 hits in six innings of work. Stiller (3-2) took the loss after allowing the homer to Nettles. Aeros starter Frank Herrmann surrendered six runs (four earned) on eight hits in six innings, while striking out one. Crowe recorded his sixth multi-hit game in his last seven games going 4-5 with two runs scored and two RBI. Over the seven games, Crowe has jumped his batting average 78 points from .231 to .309. Panther was 2-4 with two doubles and a pair of RBI, and Josh Rodriguez and Pinckney both had a two hits.

The Aeros wrap-up the five-game series Thursday afternoon with a special 12:05 p.m. start. Akron left-hander Ryan Edell (3-5, 5.28 ERA) is expected to be activated prior to the game and will face off against Bowie's David Hernandez (5-1, 2.83 ERA). The game broadcast begins at 11:50 p.m. on SportsRadio 1350 AM and online at www.akronaeros.com. For more information, please call the Aeros at (330) 253-5151.

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