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AKRON RUBBERDUCKS GAME NOTES Akron RubberDucks Media Relations ● Canal Park ● 300 S. Main St. ● Akron, OH 44308 Director of Public & Media Relations: Adam Liberman [email protected] Lead Broadcaster: Marco LaNave [email protected] Akron RubberDucks (14-26, 48-61) vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats (17-24, 48-60) Cleveland Indians Double-A Toronto Blue Jays Double-A RHP Jake Paulson (8-7, 3.96) RHP Hector Perez (7-4, 4.53) akronrubberducks.com @AkronRubberDucks Thursday, August 1, 2019 • Canal Park • 12:05 p.m. EDT @AkronRubberDuck Game 110, Home Game 53, Second Half Game 41, Day Game 32 WARF Fox Sports 1350 AM ● iHeartRadio (Fox Sports 1350) ● TuneIn (Akron RubberDucks) ● MiLB.TV @akronrubberducks Broadcast Powered By FirstEnergy ● Broadcasters: Jim Clark & Marco LaNave Wednesday Recap: Fisher Cats walk past RubberDucks in ninth Ducks host Fisher Cats: In a rematch of the 2018 Eastern League inning (New Hampshire 3, Akron 2): With consecutive two-out, bases- Championship Series, which New Hampshire swept in three games, the loaded walks in the ninth inning by Akron right-hander Henry Martinez, RubberDucks and Fisher Cats are playing the first of two scheduled series the Fisher Cats tied and took the lead and completed a 3-2 win in front of this season, with three games this week at Canal Park, and three next 6,531 at Canal Park Wednesday afternoon. RubberDucks left-hander week Northeast Delta Dental Stadium, where New Hampshire clinched Sam Hentges struck out a season-high nine batters in five innings. The the title last season. In the 2018 regular season, the teams split their six loss sealed Akron’s season-high sixth straight home series loss. meetings, with the road team winning two of three each series. New Hampshire finished 76-62 in second place in the Eastern Division, then Clement’s strong return: Shortstop Ernie Clement has reached base in swept Trenton and Akron to win its first title since 2011. Since 2005, Akron 28 of 30 games and hit safely in 25 of 30. Since returning from the Injured leads the series, 50-35. This six-game homestand begins a stretch where List on May 9, he has played 70 games, and has an Eastern League- the RubberDucks play 20 of their final 33 games at Canal Park. leading 86 hits, going 86-for-282 (.305, third in the league) to reach second in the league with a .290 average with 25 multi-hit games, 10 Notes on the sweep in Hartford: In four straight wins at Dunkin’ Donuts doubles, three triples, a home run, 38 runs, 19 RBI, 20 walks, a .356 OBP, Park last Thursday through Sunday, Akron scored six runs in four straight and separate 13- and 14-game hitting streaks. He was on the Injured List games for the first time since Aug. 31, 2017 at Harrisburg, and Sept. 1-3, with a right adductor strain April 16-May 8. In six games prior to going on 2017 at home against Erie. Akron’s 7-0 regular season sweep of Hartford the IL, the Indians No. 18 (Baseball America)/No. 24 (MLB.com) prospect joined Harrisburg’s 6-0 sweep of New Hampshire this season as the first was 3-for-25 (.120). two between any Eastern League clubs since 2013 (Altoona 7-0 vs. New Hampshire, Richmond 6-0 vs. Portland) and the first by Akron of any club Call him the hottest hitter: RubberDucks outfielder Alex Call has a since 2006 (6-0 vs. New Britain). The last time Akron was swept in a season-long eight-game hitting streak, in which he is 13-for-29 (.448) with regular season series was 2008 (0-6 vs. New Britain). three doubles, a triple, five runs, five RBI, three walks and a .457 OBP. Jones arrives in Double-A: Third baseman Nolan Jones, ranked by Midsummer warmups: While the RubberDucks went only 9-18 in July, a MLB.com as the Indians’ No. 1 prospect (July 2019) and No. 2 by few players had notable success at the plate in the month. Outfielder Baseball America (entering 2019), made his Double-A debut on July 11, Trenton Brooks, playing his first Double-A season, had personal single- becoming the highest-ranked Indians prospect to appear for Akron this month season highs with a .289 average, 28 hits, 11 doubles (tied for third season. A 2019 Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star with Class-A in the Eastern League), two triples, 15 extra-base hits (tied for third), 49 Advanced Lynchburg, Jones led the league in walks (65), on-base total bases (tied for seventh), a .505 slugging percentage (seventh), .860 percentage (.435) and OPS (.860) at the time of his promotion to Akron. OPS (ninth) and 18 RBI (tied for second). Outfielder Mitch Longo, in his He also led Lynchburg with 48 runs. He played 77 games and hit .286 with first Double-A season, had monthly bests of a .312 average (fifth in the seven home runs, 41 RBI, and a .456 slugging percentage. He also league), 24 hits and a .393 OBP (fifth). Shortstop Ernie Clement had 32 represented the Indians in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at hits (tied for seventh) and six stolen bases (tied for eighth). Catcher Progressive Field on July 7, starting at third base and grounding out to the Logan Ice hit .271 in July – his best month after hitting .122, .163 and pitcher in his only at bat. .174 in the first three calendar months of the season. Flying out of the park: The RubberDucks have hit just two home runs Since the All-Star break: Since the Eastern League All-Star break, Akron and allowed 14 in the past 14 games, but overall they have 84 home runs is 7-13, but a few RubberDucks have posted number among the league (third in the Eastern League) while allowing 75 (sixth-most in the EL) for a leaders since the break. Trenton Brooks has 11 doubles and 13 extra- +9 home run differential. In 27 July games, Akron allowed 28 home runs base hits, both tied for the Eastern League lead. Nolan Jones, called up while hitting only 13 (-15 differential). Of the RubberDucks’ 84 home runs to Double-A for the first time during the break, has six doubles (tied for this season, 52 (62 percent) have come in 19 multi-homer games, sixth), 10 extra-base hits (tied for seventh), 38 total bases (tied for ninth), including 13 in four straight games May 9-13. Akron’s six home runs on 15 runs (tied for fourth), and a .529 slugging percentage (10th). Ernie May 11 in Reading were its since hitting seven on July 2, 2008, in a 10-6 Clement has six stolen bases (tied for fifth). win at Erie. Akron allowed six home runs to Binghamton on July 20, marking its most allowed since May 29, 2009, when Erie hit six in an 11-8 League leaders: Akron leads the league in at-bats (3,623), hits (885) and win over the Aeros. The last season Akron led the Eastern League in total bases (1,358). The RubberDucks average 4.15 runs per game this home runs was 2005, when the Aeros hit 151, led by Jonathan Van season, but since June 5, they have scored 190 total runs in the last 53 Every’s 27 (tied for second in the league) among seven with double-digit games (3.58/game, 19-34 W-L), scoring 5 or more in 16 games (13-3). home run totals. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (ALL TIMES EASTERN) – SUBJECT TO CHANGE Friday, Aug. 2 7:05 p.m. LHP Tanner Tully (6-8, 4.58) vs. Binghamton RHP Tommy Wilson (3-4, 4.86) Saturday, Aug. 3 7:05 p.m. RHP Eli Morgan (5-2, 3.41) vs. Binghamton RHP Zach Lee (3-1, 2.36) Sunday, Aug. 4 2:05 p.m. TBA vs. Binghamton RHP Tony Dibrell (0-3, 9.82) Tuesday, Aug. 6 7:05 p.m. LHP Adam Scott (4-1, 3.45) at New Hampshire TBA Double-A Eastern League Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians RUBBERDUCKS STARTING PITCHER #40 Jake Paulson…RHP, 6-7, 225, Age 27 (2/17/92), Resides: Wixom, MI Acquired: Signed as a minor league free agent by the Cleveland Indians on March 21, 2018. Twitter: @JakePaulson Instagram: @JakePaulson17 Throws: Fastball, Slider, Changeup LAST OUTING (Thursday, July 25, at Hartford, W in 6-2 win): Paulson received a 3-0 lead entering the fourth inning, when Alan Trejo hit a leadoff double, and Mylz Jones hit an RBI single. With a 6-1 lead, Paulson allowed a run in the fifth inning. Despite allowing at least one hit each inning, Paulson went five innings for a sixth straight Double-A start, before scoreless relief by Chih-Wei Hu (3 IP) and Henry Martinez (1 IP). 2018 • Made four April starts with Lynchburg (A-Adv) before his first Double-A promotion on May 3 to Akron, where he pitched the rest of the season • Named Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star, the first All-Star selection of his pro career, led EL in ERA (3.04) and was 2nd in WHIP (1.18). • Finished the year tied for the team lead in wins (8) and was second on the team in innings pitched (115.1) and strikeouts (91). • Started Game 2 of the Eastern League Western Division Series against Altoona (ND, 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 HR, 2 BB, 4 K), which the RubberDucks won on a 10th-inning walk-off home run by Nellie Rodriguez at Canal Park.