EL1 Akron RubberDucks

Split for RubberDucks and SeaWolves

Published on July 28, 2018 under Eastern League (EL1)
Akron RubberDucks News Release


A six-run second inning by Erie led to a 13-4 SeaWolves win in Game 1 and game-tying and go-ahead RBI by Joe Sever backed strong pitching from Matt Whitehouse and Dominic DeMasi to win Game 2 and split Saturday night's doubleheader at Erie.

Turning Point

Three Erie home runs in the second inning of Game 1 off Akron starter Aaron Civale helped the SeaWolves score six runs in the frame on the way to a 13-4 win. In Game 2, Joe Sever's run-scoring single in the third inning and his sacrifice fly that scored Tyler Krieger in the fifth inning gave Akron a lead it would hold on until it finished with a 7-2 split of the doubleheader.

Mound Presence

Aaron Civale (5-4) struggled in Game 1, allowing nine runs on 10 hits over 2.2 innings, including four home runs. Mitch Brown came on in the third inning and threw 1.1 scoreless innings. Argenis Angulo allowed three runs in 0.2 innings and Kieran Lovegrove gave up a run in 1.1 innings. In Game 2, Matt Whitehouse allowed one hit over four innings and one run, walking none and fanning five. Dominic DeMasi came on in relief and allowed a run in three innings with four strikeouts to improve to 7.2.

Duck Tales

The RubberDucks (63-43) managed four runs on nine hits in Game 1. Krieger, Daniel Salters and Dorssys Paulino each had two hits. Krieger and Ka'ai Tom each doubled and Bobby Bradley got Akron on the board with his 23rd homer of the season in the second inning. In Game 2, Sever tied the game with a run-scoring single in the third inning and put Akron up 2-1 in the fifth on a sacrifice fly. Tom's RBI double in the sixth made it 3-1 and the RubberDucks scored four times in the seventh on run-scoring singles by Krieger and Tom, and a two-run double by Mark Mathias. Mathias, Tom and Krieger each had two hits as part of the team's 11 in the game.

Notebook

The RubberDucks have won two of the first three games of the four-game series...The Ducks are now 4-6 vs. Erie in 2018...This was the second and third games in Erie this season and this is the first of three trips there remaining in 2018...Akron has won 12 of 17 since the All-Star Break...Krieger now has a 22-game hitting streak, tops in the EL this season..Bradley's homer in Game 1 was his EL-best 23rd...Akron now leads second-place Altoona by 6.0 games in the Western Division.

On the Pond

The RubberDucks will conclude the four-game series at Erie on Saturday, starting at 1:35 p.m. LHP Sean Brady will get the start for Akron. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1350 AM, the WARF iHeart channel, and the TuneIn Radio App.

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