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 (8-15, 42-50) vs. Bowie Baysox (17-5, 47-43) Cleveland Indians Double-A Baltimore Orioles Double-A RHP Jake Paulson (6-6, 4.11) LHP Zac Lowther (9-5, 2.64) akronrubberducks.com Sunday, July 14, 2019 • Canal Park • 2:05 p.m. EDT @AkronRubberDucks Game 93, Home Game 50, Second Half Game 24, Day Game 26 @AkronRubberDuck WARF Fox Sports 1350 AM ● iHeartRadio (Fox Sports 1350) ● TuneIn (Akron RubberDucks) ● MiLB.TV @akronrubberducks Broadcast Powered By FirstEnergy ● Broadcasters: Jim Clark & Marco LaNave Saturday Recap: RubberDucks win wild shootout with Bowie (Akron Ducks host Baysox: The RubberDucks and Baysox are playing the last 10, Bowie 7): The RubberDucks erased three deficits and scored four of 21 games across six scheduled series this season, with 10 games runs in the pivotal bottom of the eighth inning for a 10-7 win over the scheduled at Canal Park and 11 at Prince George’s Stadium. Akron leads Baysox in front of a season-high 8,299 at a sold-out Canal Park on the series, 13-7, and since 2005, leads 170-134. Last season, Akron went Saturday night. Rallying after a 15-minute delay in the middle of the eighth 13-8 against Bowie, including 8-3 at Prince George’s Stadium. Bowie won inning for Lock 3’s Italian-American Festival fireworks, Akron won for the the last series of the season, 3-1, in Akron. In 2018, Bowie finished fourth first time all season when trailing through seven innings (had been 0-38). in the Western Division, at 67-71. RubberDucks batters were struck out a season-low once at the plate. Jones arrives in Double-A: Third baseman Nolan Jones, ranked by Clement’s strong return: Since returning from the Injured List on May 9, Baseball America and MLB.com as the Indians No. 2 prospect, made his shortstop Ernie Clement has played 54 games, collecting 68 hits (tied for Double-A debut Thursday. A second-round pick in 2016 from Holy Ghost most in the Eastern League) and going 68-for-217 (.313, second in the Preparatory School (Bensalem, PA), he became the highest-ranked EL) to move to fifth in league with a team-high .293 average with 19 multi- Indians prospect to appear for Akron this season. A 2019 Carolina League hit games (including six in his current 13-game hitting streak), eight Mid-Season All-Star with Class-A Advanced Lynchburg, Jones led the doubles, three triples, a home run, 29 runs, 13 RBI, 14 walks, and a .361 league in walks (65), on-base percentage (.435) and OPS (.860) at the OBP (eighth in the EL). He was on the Injured List with a right adductor time of his promotion to Akron. He also led Lynchburg with 48 runs. He strain April 16-May 8. In six games prior to going on the IL, the Indians No. played 77 games and hit .286 with seven home runs, 41 RBI, and a .456 15 (MLB.com)/No. 18 (Baseball America) prospect was 3-for-25 (.120). slugging percentage. He also represented the Indians in the SiriusXM All- Star Futures Game at Progressive Field on July 7, starting at third base League leaders: Akron leads the league in games (92), at-bats (3,070), and grounding out to the pitcher in his only at bat. runs (390), hits (746), home runs (79), total bases (1,170), and slugging percentage (.381). The RubberDucks average 4.24 runs per game this Ducks flying out of the park: The RubberDucks have hit an Eastern season, but since June 5, they have scored 128 total runs in the last 36 League-leading 79 home runs while allowing only 56 home runs (fourth games (3.55/game, 13-23 W-L), scoring 5 or more in 11 games (8-3). fewest among EL clubs) for a league-best +23 home run differential. In 45 home games, Akron has hit 30 home runs, allowing 25 (+5 differential). Of Salazar makes rehab start: Cleveland Indians right-hander Danny the RubberDucks’ 79 home runs this season, 52 (66 percent) have come Salazar made his first Double-A rehab start for the Indians on Thursday, in 19 multi-homer games, including 13 in four straight games May 9-13. taking a loss after going 2 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and allowing an Akron’s six home runs on May 11 in Reading were the most for the club earned run on two hits and a walk in the third inning, before the Akron since hitting seven on July 2, 2008, in a 10-6 win at Erie. bullpen relieved him. Salazar has not pitched in the major leagues since the 2017 American League Division Series and has made two rehab starts Warming up the bats: While shortstop Ernie Clement has the team’s (June 30 and July 5) this season for the rookie-level Arizona League longest active hitting streak at 13 games, RubberDucks outfielder Trenton Indians (0-1, 6.23 ERA, 4.1 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 11 K), his first regular Brooks is also on his longest hitting streak of his first Double-A season. season action since he was placed on the Injured List for the entire 2018 Brooks has 11 RBI in an 11-game hitting streak (including five two-hit games) regular season with right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis. He is currently in which he is 17-for-46 with four doubles, a triple, three home runs and 11 on the Indians 60-day Injured List. After 13 starts for Akron between 2012 RBI. Outfielder Mitch Longo, also in his first Double-A season, had a seven- and 2013 (6-3, 2.26 ERA, 67.2 IP, 74 K), Salazar has pitched 2013-2017 game hitting streak snapped on Thursday. He was 12-for-25, with four multi-hit in the major leagues with the Indians. games, three doubles, a home run, two RBI and five walks. Also, first baseman Nellie Rodriguez has hit four home runs in the last 12 games RubberDucks All-Stars: The RubberDucks had five players selected as and has 10 this season – tied for second on the club – to give him 45 in All-Stars for the Western Division, and four played in the Eastern League his Double-A career – his most at any level. All-Star Game, won by the Western Division, 5-0, on Wednesday in Richmond. Connor Marabell played the whole game as the designated Call named Player of the Week: RubberDucks center fielder Alex Call hitter and was 0-for-4 with a strikeout. Ka’ai Tom went 1-for-2 with a was named the Eastern League Player of the Week for June 24-30, after strikeout and was promoted after the game to Triple-A Columbus. Right- he led the league with 22 total bases and was tied for the lead with three hander Eli Morgan allowed one of the two Eastern Division hits but was home runs (including consecutive games Saturday, when he hit Akron’s the only Western Division pitcher to strike out two batters in his scoreless first grand slam of the season, and Sunday), five extra-base hits, and fifth inning. Left-hander Kyle Nelson struck out Binghamton’s Braxton Lee eight RBI. He hit safely in six of seven games on the road trip, going 10- to end the seventh inning. First baseman Wilson Garcia did not for-32 with a double, a triple, and four runs. He is the second RubberDuck participate because of right foot sprain. to be named Player of the Week (Ka’ai Tom was May 20-26). UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (ALL TIMES EASTERN) – SUBJECT TO CHANGE Monday, July 15 7:05 p.m. RHP Chih-Wei Hu (IL: 1-4, 7.95) at Erie RHP Alex Faedo (5-5, 3.44) Tuesday, July 16 7:05 p.m. RHP Danny Salazar (0-1, 3.38; MLB Rehab) at Erie RHP Matt Manning (6-4, 2.77) Wednesday, July 17 12:05 p.m. LHP Sam Hentges (1-8, 4.96) at Erie LHP Tarik Skubal (0-1, 0.90) Thursday, July 18 7:05 p.m. TBA vs. Binghamton 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 (Sunday, July 7 at Binghamton, L in 5-2 loss): The Rumble Ponies hit Paulson early, as they scored one in the first inning on a triple and sacrifice fly and another in the second after three straight singles. Binghamton tacked on two more in the third after a pair of doubles, but Paulson pitched perfect innings in the fourth and fifth. His last inning was the sixth after a solo home run, and Ben Krauth and Robert Broom each pitched one inning in relief. 2018 • Began the season with Lynchburg (A-Adv), making four starts in April, before his first promotion to Double-A on May 3, joining the RubberDucks. • Pitched the rest of the season with Akron and led the EL in ERA (3.04) and was 2nd in WHIP (1.18).