Whitehouse Lifts RubberDucks to Split

August 15, 2018 - Eastern League (EL1)
Akron RubberDucks News Release

Akron's Matt Whitehouse was nearly flawless on the mound, and Ka'ai Tom homered, as the RubberDucks captured a 3-0 shutout to gain a split of a doubleheader with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies Wednesday night at NYSEG Stadium in Binghamton, New York.

Turning Point

The RubberDucks (68-53) grabbed a 2-0 lead in the third inning of the nightcap on a sacrifice fly by Nellie Rodriguez and a two-out, RBI single by Tyler Krieger against Ponies starter Harol Gonzalez (0-6).

Mound Presence

Whitehouse (4-1) was brilliant as Akron's spot-starter in Game 2. The lefty allowed a single to lead-off hitter Kevin Taylor in the bottom of the first and then proceeded to retire the next 15 batters he faced. Whitehouse walked none and struck out five and needed only 61 pitches to complete five innings. Lefty Rob Kaminsky followed Whitehouse and worked the final two innings to complete the whitewash and collect his third save.

Duck Tales

Tom cracked a solo homer to left field on a 2-1 pitch from Gonzalez leading off the fourth inning to extend the lead to 3-0. It was Tom's 12thof the season. Krieger and Tom had two hits apiece. Andrew Calica was 1-3, with a double.

Notebook

The Rumble Ponies (56-65) took the opener, 5-4...Akron coughed up a 2-0 lead when the Ponies scored three times in the third inning against Kyle Dowdy (3-7)...Akron newcomers Ernie Clement (2-4, RBI) and Li-Jen Chu (1-3, 2 RBI) each picked up his first Double-A hit and RBI...Altoona won and Harrisburg lost on Wednesday, leaving the Ducks 1.5 games up on the 2nd-place Curve and 5.5 games ahead of the 3rd-place Senators with 19 games left...Time of games: 2:39/1:39... Attendance: 3,144.

On the Pond

The RubberDucks and Rumble Ponies will conclude the series on Thursday night at 6:35. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1350 AM, the WARF iHeart channel, and the TuneIn Radio App.

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