Game Recaps 4/27

An update on Chris Archer....he is not hurt and will make his next scheduled start which I think is on Wednesday. The move to put him on the disabled list was more a paper move and another move should be coming for Lake County soon once Archer's turn in the rotation comes up again. No word on why the move was made to get an extra pitcher (John Gaub) up to Lake County, but it should be cleared up soon.

Aeros Hold Off Senators 4-2, Split Series

AKRON, OH – Frank Herrmann tossed six strong innings and the Aeros got contributions from every hitter in the lineup in a 4-2 win over Harrisburg before 3,736 fans at Canal Park Sunday. Akron (9-13) rebounded to win the final two games and split the four-game series with the first-place Senators (14-9).

The Aeros never trailed in the game, opening the scoring with a run in the bottom of the first. Josh Rodriguez laced a one-out single to right, and then raced all the way to third after the ball skipped past Justin Maxwell. Michael Aubrey then came through with a soft liner past the drawn-in infielders and back up the middle to make it 1-0. Rodriguez pushed the lead to 2-0 with a two-out RBI double in the third, and the Aeros tacked on two more runs in the fourth.

Matt Whitney led things off with a double and went to third on a single by Wes Hodges, and a hit-and-run base hit by Chris Gimenez scored Whitney and put runners back on the corners. Ryan Goleski followed with a pop-up to shallow center, and Senators shortstop Ian Desmond made an impressive over-the-shoulder catch for the first out. As Desmond turned back to the infield however, he noticed Gimenez was a long way from first base and tried to double him off. The throw was too high for a leaping Andrew LeFave though, and as it rolled down the first base line Hodges alertly ran home with an insurance run.

Harrisburg got on the board with a solo home run from Mike Daniel in the fifth, and a throwing error by Hodges allowed another run to score in the eighth for the final margin.

Herrmann (3-1) was impressive with his second straight quality start, holding the Senators to one run and scattering eight hits in six innings. He issued two walks and struck out four, and made big pitches at the right time in stranding seven runners (including four in scoring position in the first four innings). Josh Hall (1-3) suffered the loss for Harrisburg, allowing all four runs (two earned) on seven hits in five innings. Sung-Wei Tseng and Shawn Nottingham combined for six outs in relief, and Randy Newsom, pitching for the third straight day, notched his fourth save of the season with a perfect ninth. Rodriguez and Hodges both had two hits at the plate, and every hitter in the lineup reached base at least once.

The Aeros get their first schedule off-day Monday before getting back to work with the opener of a three-game series Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. against the Erie SeaWolves. Lefty Ryan Edell (1-0, 2.22 ERA) will go for Akron against Erie southpaw Luke French (1-2, 5.79 ERA). It will also be a two-for-one Tuesday at Canal Park, with two-for-one deals on tickets and select concessions. The game broadcast begins at 6:50 p.m. on SportsRadio 1350 AM and online at www.akronaeros.com.

K-Tribe Comeback Comes Up Short

Kinston scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, but it wasn’t enough as Lynchburg slipped by the K-Tribe 3-2 Sunday afternoon at Grainger Stadium. Lynchburg jumped out to an early lead when Jim Negrych hit a solo home run in the top of the first inning. Lynchburg increased their lead with another solo home run, this time by Eddie Prasch, in the top of the seventh inning. Lynchburg scored the eventual winning run later in the seventh, when Angel Gonzalez walked with the bases loaded. Kinston got on the board in the bottom of the eighth scoring two runs on RBI’s by Jared Goedert and Cirilo Cumberbatch.

Kinston starter Steven Wright (0-2) took the tough luck loss for Kinston, giving up just three hits (two infield singles) and one earned run in six innings. Wright struck out seven while not walking a batter Heath Taylor gave up three hits and two earned runs in two innings of work from the bullpen. Josh Tomlin pitched a perfect ninth inning to finish the game for Kinston. Lynchburg starter Michael Crotta (3-2) picked up the win for the Hillcats. Matt McSwain notched his first save.

Kinston completes went 4-7 on the 11 game homestand. The K-Tribe takes off Monday on a nine game roadtrip, before returning to Grainger Stadium on May 8th. Kinston starts the trip with a 7:07pm first pitch Monday night in Salem, Virginia. Hector Rondon will take the mound for Kinston.

INTIMIDATORS SHUT OUT CAPTAINS 2-0

(Kannapolis, NC) – Kannapolis pitching held the Captains to just five hits in shutting out the Captains 2-0 on Sunday. This was the conclusion of the game suspended due to weather on Saturday night. The scheduled game was never played as the rain came again and made the field unplayable.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning. John Gaub replaced Captains starter Kelvin De la Cruz at the restart of the game. De La Cruz went 4.2 scoreless innings giving up only two hits and striking out four. Gaub would walk Jose Martinez and then Logan Johnson followed with a two run home run and the Intimidators led 2-0. This was Johnson’s second home run of the series. Gaub would suffer the loss in his first Captains appearance. Levi Maxwell got the win in relief of Anthony Carter. Carter went five scoreless innings prior to the game being suspended. Henry Mabee pitched the final two innings to get his fourth save.

The Captains return home on Tuesday for an eight game home stand with four games each against Greensboro and Kannapolis. Tuesday’s game begins at 7:05 pm with the Captains sending LHP Ryan Morris on the mound (3-0, 1.23).

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