Reading Doubles up RubberDucks 8-4
April 23, 2018 - Eastern League (EL1)
Akron RubberDucks News Release
Reading catcher Deivi Grullon slugged a key, solo homer in the fifth inning and later added a sacrifice fly to lead the Fightin Phils to an 8-4 victory over the Akron RubberDucks Monday night at FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading, Pa.
Turning Point
With the score tied, 4-4, Grullon jumped on the first pitch he saw from Aaron Civale leading off the fifth inning and connected for a long homer to left field to give the Fightins (7-11) a 5-4 lead. It was Grullon's third homer of the season.
Mound Presence
Civale (1-1) allowed only five hits in his five innings of work, but three of those were home runs. After the Ducks staked him to a 3-1 lead, the right-hander ran into trouble in the third inning. He served up a leadoff homer to Malquin Canelo and issued a walk to Damek Tomscha. Two batters later, Zach Green hammered a two-run homer to left field to give the Fightins a 4-3 lead. Civale walked one and struck out six.
Duck Tales
The RubberDucks (8-9) briefly tied the game, 4-4, on a run-scoring double by Dorssys Paulino in the fourth inning. Paulino finished 2-3 on the night and also chipped in an RBI single in the RubberDucks three-run third inning. Joe Sever had the big hit in the 3rd, a two-run single, that gave the Ducks a 3-1 lead at the time.
Notebook
Harold Arauz (2-0) started and won for Reading despite giving up four runs in the five innings...Lefty David Speer relieved Civale and allowed three runs with the help of three Akron errors...Reading scored twice in the sixth on sacrifice flies by Grullon and Zack Coppola...Akron committed five errors in the game after committing just two in the previous 52 innings...Mark Mathias led off the Akron third inning with a triple...Time of game: 2:30...Attendance: 2,014.
On the Pond
The RubberDucks and Fightin Phils will play the middle game of the series Tuesday night at 6:45. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1350 AM, the WARF iHeart channel, and the TuneIn Radio App.
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