AKRON RUBBERDUCKS GAME NOTES Akron Rubberducks Media Relations ● Canal Park ● 300 S
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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 (13-24, 47-59) at Hartford Yard Goats (15-21, 52-51) Cleveland Indians Double-A Colorado Rockies Double-A RHP Eli Morgan (5-2, 3.29) LHP Jack Wynkoop (6-12, 3.60) akronrubberducks.com @AkronRubberDucks Sunday, July 28, 2019 • Dunkin’ Donuts Park • 1:05 p.m. EDT @AkronRubberDuck Game 107, Road Game 57, Second Half Game 38, Day Game 30 WARF Fox Sports 1350 AM ● iHeartRadio (Fox Sports 1350) ● TuneIn (Akron RubberDucks) ● MiLB.TV @akronrubberducks Broadcast Powered By FirstEnergy ● Broadcaster: Marco LaNave Saturday Recap: RubberDucks beat Yard Goats, rain in 6-0, Ducks visit Yard Goats: The RubberDucks and Yard Goats are playing shortened win (Akron 6, Hartford 0, 6 innings): RubberDucks right- the last of two scheduled series this season, with three games – which hander Jordan Stephens (2-1) struck out a season-high eight batters in Akron swept – at Canal Park, and four at Dunkin’ Donuts Park. The five scoreless innings in his first Eastern League start, and with six straight RubberDucks’ three-game sweep of Hartford in June dropped the Yard fourth-inning singles, the RubberDucks extended a 1-0 lead to 6-0 over Goats from a half-game lead to a 1.5-game deficit in the Eastern Division the Yard Goats before rain ended play for the night before the bottom of first half, when the Yard Goats finished two games behind first-half the sixth inning at Dunkin’ Donuts Park, on Saturday night. Akron has won champion Trenton and Reading. Last season, Akron won the series, 4-3, the first six meetings with Hartford this season. The RubberDucks have including 2-2 in Hartford. Since 2005, Akron leads the series, 55-38, and won their first series since June 26, and three straight games for the first is 15-9 against the Hartford-based club. The RubberDucks are 5-5 at time since sweeping Hartford in Akron June 11-13. Akron has scored six Dunkin’ Donuts Park, which opened for the 2017 season. In 2018, runs in three straight games (matching its longest streak this season) for Hartford finished third in the Eastern Division, at 65-72. the first time since three wins in Bowie May 28-30. Akron’s last four-game series sweep was July 19-22, 2018, at home against Richmond. Road trip week: The RubberDucks are on their longest remaining road trip (seven games) to Trenton and Hartford. Akron lost two of three games Clement’s strong return: Shortstop Ernie Clement has three straight in Trenton, where it also lost two of three games April 15-17 to the two-hit games to take the Eastern League batting average lead (.297). He eventual Eastern Division first-half champion. The four-game series in has reached base in 26 of 27 games and hit safely in 24 of 27. Since Hartford is the RubberDucks’ only visit to Hartford, whom Akron swept in a returning from the Injured List on May 9, he has played 68 games, and three-game series at Canal Park June 11-13. After the current road trip, has a league-leading 85 hits, going 85-for-271 (.314, best in the EL) with the RubberDucks will play 20 of their final 33 games at Canal Park. 25 multi-hit games, 10 doubles, three triples, a home run, 37 runs, 18 RBI, 19 walks, a .365 OBP (eighth in the EL) and separate 13- and 14-game Jones arrives in Double-A: Third baseman Nolan Jones, ranked by hitting streaks. He was on the Injured List with a right adductor strain April MLB.com as the Indians’ No. 1 prospect (July 2019) and No. 2 by 16-May 8. In six games prior to going on the IL, the Indians No. 18 Baseball America (entering 2019), made his Double-A debut on July 11, (Baseball America)/No. 24 (MLB.com) prospect was 3-for-25 (.120). becoming the highest-ranked Indians prospect to appear for Akron this season. He came within a double of the cycle and hit his first Double-A Midsummer warmups: While the RubberDucks are only 8-16 in July, a home run July 15, homered again July 16 and finished 6-for-13 with a few players have had notable success at the plate this month. Outfielder triple, two home runs, four RBI and three runs in three games in Erie July Trenton Brooks, playing his first Double-A season, has personal single- 15-17. A 2019 Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star with Class-A month season highs with a .287 average, 25 hits, nine doubles (third in Advanced Lynchburg, Jones led the league in walks (65), on-base the Eastern League), two triples, 13 extra-base hits (tied for third), 44 total percentage (.435) and OPS (.860) at the time of his promotion to Akron. bases (tied for seventh) and 17 RBI (tied for second). Outfielder Mitch He also led Lynchburg with 48 runs. He played 77 games and hit .286 with Longo, in his first Double-A season, has monthly bests of a .319 average seven home runs, 41 RBI, and a .456 slugging percentage. He also (sixth in the league), 22 hits and a .400 OBP (sixth). Shortstop Ernie represented the Indians in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Clement has 31 hits (tied for second) and a .310 average (eighth). Progressive Field on July 7, starting at third base and grounding out to the Catcher Logan Ice is hitting .295 in July – his best month after hitting pitcher in his only at bat. .122, .163 and .174 in the first three calendar months of the season. Flying out of the park: The RubberDucks have hit an Eastern League- Since the All-Star break: Since the Eastern League All-Star break, Akron leading 84 home runs and allowed 73 (sixth-most in the EL) for a +11 is 6-11, but a few RubberDucks have posted number among the league home run differential. However, in 24 July games, Akron has allowed 26 leaders since the break. Trenton Brooks has nine doubles (tied for home runs while hitting only 13 (-13 differential). In 56 road games, Akron second in the EL) and 11 extra-base hits (tied for second). Nolan Jones, has hit 54 home runs, allowing 39 (+15 differential). Of the RubberDucks’ called up to Double-A for the first time during the break, has 33 total bases 84 home runs this season, 52 (62 percent) have come in 19 multi-homer (tied for eighth) and 13 runs (tied for fifth). Ernie Clement has 21 hits (tied games, including 13 in four straight games May 9-13. Akron’s six home for fourth) and five stolen bases (tied for fifth). runs on May 11 in Reading were its since hitting seven on July 2, 2008, in a 10-6 win at Erie. Akron allowed six home runs to Binghamton on July League leaders: Akron leads the league in at-bats (3,520), hits (858) and 20, marking its most allowed since May 29, 2009, when Erie hit six in an total bases (1,323), and are tied for the lead in games (106/Reading) and 11-8 win over the Aeros. The last season Akron led the Eastern League in home runs (84/Erie). 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 178 total runs in the last 50 Every’s 27 (tied for second in the league) among seven with double-digit games (3.56/game, 18-32 W-L), scoring 5 or more in 15 games (12-3). home run totals. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (ALL TIMES EASTERN) – SUBJECT TO CHANGE Tuesday, July 30 7:05 p.m. LHP Adam Scott (4-1, 3.79) vs. New Hampshire TBA Wednesday, July 31 12:05 p.m. LHP Sam Hentges (1-10, 5.38) vs. New Hampshire TBA Thursday, Aug. 1 12:05 p.m. RHP Jake Paulson (8-7, 3.96) vs. New Hampshire TBA Friday, Aug. 2 7:05 p.m. TBA vs. New Hampshire TBA Double-A Eastern League Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians RUBBERDUCKS STARTING PITCHER #35 Eli Morgan…RHP, 5-10, 190, Age 23 (5/13/96), Resides: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (EL All-Star) Acquired: Selected by the Indians out of Gonzaga University in the 8th round of the June 2017 MLB Draft Twitter: @eliimorgan Instagram: @eli__morgan Throws: Fastball, Slider, Curveball, Changeup LAST START (Tuesday, July 23, at Trenton, CG, L in 3-1, 7-inning Game 1 loss) In his first Eastern League start since July 4, Morgan was given a 1-0 lead to begin the first inning, but he allowed a leadoff home run to Hoy Jun Park to tie the game. A two-out single and double scored the go-ahead run for the Thunder. Morgan allowed a fifth-inning run on a walk and two hits but pitched all six innings for his first pro complete game in a 3-1 loss. Season Highlights • Was Carolina League’s first Pitcher of the Week for April 4-14, after 11 scoreless innings (3 H, 2 BB, 15 K), beginning two combined shutouts for Lynchburg (A-Adv). • Began the season with 14 consecutive scoreless innings. • Promoted to Akron for his first Double-A callup on May 6 and has allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of his first nine Eastern League starts.