Game Recaps 6/3

Lots of moves again today, the biggest being LHP David Huff being called up to Buffalo. This move is not official at the moment, but Huff is already en route to Buffalo. It is possible RHP Josh Tomlin will take Huff's vacated spot in Akron since he was only in Buffalo for a spot start tonight (7 IP, 3 ER....nice job).

Also, RHP J.D. Martin was promoted from Akron to Buffalo. With Jeremy Sowers heading to Cleveland for his next start and Brian Slocum moving to the bullpen, the Indians need starters in Buffalo. Bad. While nothing is official at the moment, Martin could move into the Buffalo starting rotation. RHP T.J. Burton replaced Martin on the Akron roster.

I may have forget to mention this, but last Thursday Chris Nash was put on the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation. This is the same shoulder that has bothered him since spring training, and he has been shutdown for a couple weeks. He should be back at the end of the month or the beginning of July.

Fisher Cats Rebound in 8th, Win 7-5

MANCHESTER, NH – Akron took a brief lead with four runs in the top of the eighth only to see New Hampshire respond with three in the bottom of the frame to claim a 7-5 win before 5,295 fans Tuesday night. The Fisher Cats improved to 22-35 on the year while Akron slipped to 29-26.

Two-run rallies in the first and fourth innings gave the Cats an early 4-1 lead, but the Aeros offense finally awoke in the eighth after going five innings without a hit. Trevor Crowe reached on a broken-bat, infield single with one away to start the rally, and Josh Rodriguez then laced an RBI double to left-center to bring Akron to within 4-2. A walk and a fly out put runners at the corners with two gone for Bronson Sardinha, and he promptly hammered a mistake fastball from Jamie Vermilyea off the video-board in right-center field for a 5-4 Akron advantage.

The Aeros couldn’t hold on however, as the Cats got the winning rally started immediately. Eric Nielsen led off the bottom of the eighth with a single, and Anthony Hatch followed by slicing a double down the left field line to put runners at second and third. Ryan Klosterman then tied the game with an RBI grounder, and two batters later Aaron Matthews delivered his second two-run double of the night to provide the final margin. Akron did make things interesting in the top of the ninth, but Sardinha grounded out as the potential go-ahead run to end the game.

Seth Overbey (2-0) got the win in relief for New Hampshire, while Scott Roehl (1-2) allowed all three runs in the bottom of the eighth to suffer the loss. Zach Dials danced out of trouble in the ninth for his seventh save in nine opportunities. Rodriguez, Matt Whitney, and Stephen Head all had two hits for the Aeros, and Sardinha’s home run was his first in an Aeros uniform and gave him eight RBI in seven games with Akron.

Game two in this three-game series is set for 7:05 p.m. Wednesday night, and will feature lefty Ryan Edell (2-4, 4.72 ERA) for Akron against Cats right-hander Brandon Magee (0-7, 5.90 ERA). The game broadcast begins at 6:50 p.m. on SportsRadio 1350 AM and online at www.akronaeros.com.

K-Tribe game suspended tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth inning

The Tuesday night game between the Kinston Indians and Wilmington Blue Rockswas suspended in the bottom of the ninth inning, with the score tied 2-2.The game will be picked up Wednesday afternoon at 5:05 and then will beplayed in its entirety. Game two will be a nine inning game starting at 7:05or 30 minutes following the completion of game one.

The K-Tribe and Blue Rocks were scoreless until the sixth inning whenKinston strung together three consecutive hits to plate two runs. NiumanRomero's RBI single and Jason Denham's sacrifice fly put the Indians infront. Wilmington responded with an unearned run in the bottom half of theinning on an RBI single by Joe Dickerson. The Blue Rocks right fielder drovein Brett Bigler, who advanced into scoring position on a Romero error.

Steven Wright (2-3) gave up that unearned run, but was effective otherwise,going five and two-thirds, striking out five and allowing only two hits. Thehurler from Hawaii lowered his ERA to 2.17, which leads the Carolina League.The Blue Rocks scored in the ninth when Dickerson hit a triple that bouncedhigh over the first base bag and went all the way into the right fieldcorner. Jeff Bianchi drove Dickerson in with a sacrifice fly off LuisPerdomo. The game was then suspended with one out in the bottom of the ninthwith a 1-2 count on Josh Johnson.

SHOREBIRDS TOP CAPTAINS AGAIN 3-2

(Salisbury, MD) – Ron Rivas had two RBI’s and Lucas Montero scored two runs but it wasn’t enough as the Delmarva Shorebirds defeated the Lake County Captains by one run for the second night in a row, this time 3-2. The Shorebirds are now a half game behind the Captains in the Northern Division of the SAL.

The Shorebirds scored twice in the second inning off of Captains starter Ryan Miller. With two outs, Matt Tucker doubled and scored on a double by Kieron Pope. Pope scored as the next batter Victor Castillo singled and it was 2-0. The Captains cut the lead to 2-1 when Shorebirds starter Luis Noel walked the first two batters of the fifth inning. Two batters later, Lucas Montero scored from third on a ground out by Ron Rivas.

The Birds added a run in the sixth inning off of Captains reliever Kyle Landis on a solo home run by Anthony Martinez to up the lead to 3-1. The Captains got to within one run again in top of the seventh inning against Delmarva relief pitcher Shane Mathews on a sacrifice fly by Rivas that scored Montero and the Captains trailed 3-2.

Miller went five innings gave up two runs on five hits, walking one and striking out five and suffered his first loss of the year to drop his record to 7-1. Landis relieved Miller in the sixth inning and pitched two innings allowing one run and Dallas Cawiezell pitched a scoreless eighth inning. Noel picked up the win to go to 6-1 and Mick Mattaliano secured his twelfth save pitching a scoreless ninth inning.

The Captains play game the final game of the series with Delmarva on Wednesday at 7:05 PM with the Captains sending RHP Joey Mahalic (2-1, 4.15) to the mound against the Shorebirds LHP Cole McCurry (2-4, 5.47). The game can be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM. After Wednesday’s game in Delmarva the Captains will play four games in Hagerstown starting Thursday.

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