EL1 Akron RubberDucks

RubberDucks Dropped in 10

Published on August 21, 2019 under Eastern League (EL1)
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The Harrisburg Senators won a back-and-forth affair 6-5 in ten innings by adding two critical runs in the top of the tenth inning to stymy the RubberDucks power surge Wednesday night at Canal Park.

Turning Point

The top of the tenth inning was the difference in Wednesday's matchup as the Harrisburg Senators mounted a rally that began with a leadoff Michael A. Taylor single to left field, advancing Luis Garcia to third base. After Garcia was thrown out at the plate, a double steal from Taylor and Dante Bichette, Jr. resulted in a RubberDucks throwing error, scoring Taylor from third. An additional insurance run proved vital as Tres Barrera drove home the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly to left field, giving the Senators the 6-4 lead at the time.

Mound Presence

Akron RubberDucks starter Eli Morgan worked through trouble in the first three innings to put together six solid innings, allowing four earned runs on seven hits. The Harrisburg Senators had their first batter reach base safely in the first six innings, including a Andrew Stevenson's first inning double which opened the scoring for Harrisburg. Then, in the third David Masters led off with a double over the head of Bradley Zimmer in in center field and scored on a Luis Garcia sac fly to tie the score 2-2, before Michael A. Taylor homered off Eli Morgan, giving the Senators the 4-2 lead. Jake Paulson was solid out of the Akron bullpen, going three innings of scoreless ball while only allowing two hits and striking out four.

Duck Tales

The RubberDucks offense played long ball Wednesday night at Canal Park, scoring its four runs on two, two-run home runs. The first of which came from Nellie Rodriguez in the bottom of the second inning, taking a middle-in, 3-2 fastball deep to left, over the ribbon scoreboard. The very next inning, Nolan Jones would hit his second home run in as many days, this time taking Harrisburg starter Tyler Mapes deep to left field, tying the score at 4-4. Nellie Rodriguez was nearly the hero for the RubberDucks in the bottom of the ninth when he flied out to deep left field, but the Ducks would not give up easily as they pushed a run across in the bottom of the tenth on an Ernie Clement RBI double.

Notebook

All six of the Rubberducks' first hits went for extra-bases, as they collected eight hits at home, where the Ducks have hit .231 on the season as compared to their .250 mark on the road ...Since his double-A Akron debut on July 11th, Nolan Jones is tied for third in the Eastern League with seven home runs, amassing a slash line of .257/.366/.486 and including 16 extra-base hits ... Eli Morgan has now allowed four or fewer runs in his past seven starts for the Akron RubberDucks, dating back to June 29th and has lowered his ERA to an impressive 3.49 mark ... Time of Game: 2:51... Attendance: 4,623

On the Pond

The RubberDucks will now take on the Richmond Flying Squirels in a four-game series, starting Thursday night at 7:05 p.m. at Canal Park. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1350 AM, the WARF iHeart channel, and the TuneIn Radio App. RHP Kyle Dowdy (0-0, 2.92) will take the mound for the RubberDucks against LHP Caleb Baragar (3-5, 3.45) in the series opener.

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