Lake County crushed seven homeruns in game two including three from Jesus Aguilar and two from Anthony Gallas, crushing Bowling Green 14-4.
Bowling Green scored the game's only run in game one in the top of the second inning. Nick Schwaner singled to right field. Steve Tinoco followed with a one out walk. Kevin Kiermaier doubled down the right field line scoring Schwaner to make it 1-0 Hot Rods.
C.J. Riefenhauser was brilliant against the Captains Saturday afternoon he took a no hitter into the seventh inning before giving up a one out single to Jason Smit. Riefenhauser tossed 6.1 innings allowing a hit, walking three and striking out two.
Mike Goodnight took the loss; he threw 4.2 innings allowed just one run on five hits, walking one and striking out three.
In game two, the Captains just exploded on Hot Rod pitching hitting seven homeruns en route to a 14-4 win. Jesus Aguilar hit three two-run homeruns: the first one occurred in the first inning, he hit his second homerun in the second inning and finished his career afternoon with his third in the fifth, finishing with a career high six RBI.
Anthony Gallas went 3-for-4 matching his career high with three RBI; Gallas hit s solo homerun to left center in the second and a two run to left.
Tyler Cannon's eleven game hit streak ended in the first game, but bounced back in a big way in game two. Cannon went 2-for-4 with a grand slam homerun in the second inning, driving in a career high four runs.
Carlos Moncrief hit his second homerun of the season, in the fifth inning to straight away centerfield.
Lake County heads to Fort Wayne for a three game set at Parkview Field, first game is Monday night at 7:05PM. The Captains will start RHP Kyle Blair (1-0) vs. TBA for the TinCaps. Catch all the action on AM1330 WELW or online at captainsbaseball.com.
The Captains return home on Thursday April 28th for a three game series with the South Bend Silver Hawks the affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, game time is 7:00PM.
AEROS DROP SUSPENDED GAME, 6-2
The Akron Aeros fell to the Reading Phillies 6-2 Saturday afternoon in the continuation of Friday night’s suspended game at Canal Park.
The game resumed Saturday in the bottom of third inning with runners on first and second, one out, Chun Chen at the plate and the R-Phils leading 3-0.
Left-handed pitcher Matt Packer was the starter in game two of this three-game series and suffered the loss pitching three innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on four hits, walking none and striking out two.
Right-handed pitcher Michael Cisco came in from the bullpen to get the win for Reading pitching 4.2 innings, giving up one earned run on one hit, walking three and striking out five.
Reading (9-5) added to their lead in the top of the fourth inning off Aeros reliever Paolo Espino. Carlos Rivero and Derrick Mitchell started the inning with back-to-back singles. Jeremy Slayden followed with an RBI single that scored Rivero. Fidel Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Mitchell and give the R-Phils a 5-0 lead.
Tim Fedroff hit a solo home run over the bullpen in right field in the bottom of the seventh inning to make it 5-1.
The Aeros (8-8) added a run in the eighth inning when Kyle Bellows reached on an error by Reading shortstop Freddy Galvis that allowed Chun Chen to score and made it 5-2.
The R-Phils added a run in the top of the ninth inning and went on to the win.
Akron and Reading will play the regularly scheduled game three of this series today. This will be a seven-inning contest. Left-handed pitcher Kelvin De La Cruz will get the start for the Aeros. De La Cruz is 1-2 with a 1.80 ERA in 2011. The R-Phils will give the ball to right-hander J.C. Ramirez, who is 2-0 with a 2.03 ERA this season.
Ramirez tosses seven inning complete game shutout to stifle Aeros in series finale
The Akron Aeros were three-hit by Reading Phillies starter J.C. Ramirez and dropped the finale of a three-game series 4-0 Sunday at Canal Park.
The finale was a seven-inning contest and was played following the continuation of Friday’s game between the two clubs.
Ramirez pitched all seven innings for the R-Phils to pick up his third win of 2011 striking out four and walking one.
Kelvin De La Cruz was saddled with the loss for the Aeros pitching six innings, giving up four earned runs on five hits, walking two and striking out six.
The R-Phils (11-5) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a Derrick Mitchell RBI single that scored Cody Overbeck.
Reading added three more off De La Cruz in the top of the fourth inning. Overbeck led off the frame with a single. Later in the inning, Mitchell advanced Overbeck to third on single. Following a Steve Susdorf strikeout and a Fidel Hernandez walk, Tim Kennelly hit a 3-RBI triple just out of the reach of a diving Donnie Webb to give the R-Phils some breathing room.
The four-run lead was enough for Ramirez as the R-Phils won their second straight series over the Aeros this season.
The Aeros (8-9) have an off day Sunday and will begin a four-game series with the Bowie Baysox Monday night at Canal Park. The Aeros will send righty Austin Adams to the mound. Adams is 1-1 with a 2.30 ERA in 2011. He is 0-1 with a 0.00 ERA in one career start against Bowie. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m. The game can be heard on Fox Sports 1350 AM or online at sportsradio1350.com. Coverage begins at 6:50 p.m.
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