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 (34-32) vs. Portland Sea Dogs (23-40) Cleveland Indians Double-A Boston Red Sox Double-A LHP Tanner Tully (5-5, 4.03) LHP Dedgar Jimenez (1-3, 3.55) akronrubberducks.com RHP Jake Paulson (5-3, 3.43) RHP Denyi Reyes (1-8, 4.71) @AkronRubberDucks Sunday, June 16, 2019 • Canal Park • 1:05 p.m. EDT @AkronRubberDuck Games 67/68-DH6, Home Games 35/36-DH3, First Half Games 67/68, Day Games 20/21 @akronrubberducks WARF Fox Sports 1350 AM ● iHeartRadio (Fox Sports 1350) ● TuneIn (Akron RubberDucks) ● MiLB.TV Broadcast Powered By FirstEnergy ● Broadcasters: Jim Clark & Marco LaNave Saturday rainout makes Sunday a doubleheader: Rain postponed Ducks host Sea Dogs: The RubberDucks and Sea Dogs are playing the Saturday’s game between the RubberDucks and Portland Sea Dogs at first of two scheduled series this season, with three games at Canal Park Canal Park – the third home rainout for Akron and seventh overall this and three at Hadlock Field. Last season, they split the series, 3-3, but season. Sunday’s doubleheader will be the RubberDucks’ third at home Portland went 2-1 at Canal Park. The Sea Dogs finished in sixth place in this season. They are 2-2-1 in doubleheaders this season, including 1-1-0 the Eastern Division, at 63-76, last season, and last made the playoffs in at home. The last doubleheader between the clubs was June 7, 2017, 2014. Since 2005, Akron leads the series, 57-30. when the RubberDucks won, 21-4 and 7-6, at Hadlock Field. League leaders: Offensively, the RubberDucks lead the Eastern League Friday Recap: Sea Dogs quiet Screamers in series opener (Portland in at-bats (2196), runs (285), hits (533), and total bases (825). Akron is 3, Akron 1): Portland Sea Dogs right-hander Konner Wade (1-1) held the tied for the lead in home runs (54) and has struck out the fewest number Akron Screamers – the RubberDucks’ single-night identity – to one run in of times at the plate this season (508). the first seven innings, and single runs in the first, second and ninth were enough to earn a series-opening 3-1 win in front of a sellout crowd of First-half races: The first half concludes with games on Tuesday, June 8,026 at Canal Park on Friday night. In his first start at Canal Park, 18, leaving Akron with three to play. The third-place RubberDucks trail the Akron’s Evan Mitchell (0-2) allowed two earned runs in five innings. Harrisburg Senators – who already clinched the Western Division first half – by 6.5 games. The Eastern Division is led by Reading and Hartford (via Canal Park home-field advantage: After starting 0-6 at home and losing a tiebreaker) over Trenton. Binghamton trails all three teams by 2.5 four of their first five series openers at home, the RubberDucks are 4-0-1 games. The first-place team in each division in each half qualifies for the in the last five home series, going 12-5 in home games in that span. playoffs. If the same team wins both halves, the team with the second- Friday’s loss was Akron’s first in a home series opener since a 9-6, 10- base overall record in the division receives the second playoff spot. inning defeat against Reading on May 2. On Thursday, the RubberDucks earned their third home sweep and fourth overall in a series this season. Garcia finds a groove in Double-A: In his first season with the Indians organization and first in Double-A, RubberDucks first baseman and Tom’s hot stretch: Outfielder Ka’ai Tom has a season-long nine-game designated hitter Wilson Garcia leads the Eastern League with 44 RBI hitting streak and a 24-game on-base streak (began May 21) that is the and 22 doubles (league-high 11 in May), is tied for the lead in extra-base Eastern League’s longest active streak, the longest by a RubberDuck, and hits (31), is second in total bases (114) and tied for second in hits (65) – the league’s second-longest overall (longest was 27). During the on-base all of which lead Akron. He is second on the club with a .264 average, a streak, he is 33-for-82 (.402) with seven doubles, seven home runs, 19 .463 SLG (ninth in the Eastern League), and .763 OPS, and he is third RBI, 19 runs and 16 walks for a .515 on-base percentage. Since May 10, with nine home runs. Originally signed by the Phillies in 2010, he was he has hit safely in 28 of 32 games (43-for-112, .384 average, 10 home traded to the Orioles May 1, 2018, before the Indians acquired him in the runs, 26 runs, 23 RBI), raising his average from .191 to a team-best .288. December 2018 Rule 5 Draft. Tom is third in the league in runs (38) and total bases (113), fourth in on- base percentage (.390), slugging (.509) and OPS (.899), tied for fourth in Clement’s return: Infielder Ernie Clement had his first three-hit game of hits (64), tied for fifth in home runs (11), sixth in bases on balls (33), the season last Friday and has a season-long nine-game hitting streak. seventh in average (.288), and tied for ninth in extra-base hits (24). After he was on the Injured List with a right adductor strain April 16-May 8, Clement has played 29 games since coming off the IL, going 34-for-111 Tom named Eastern League Player of the Month: Outfielder Ka’ai Tom (.306) with nine multi-hit games, six doubles, a triple, a home run, 15 runs, was named as the Eastern League’s Player of the Month for May 2019, seven RBI, 10 walks, and a .368 OBP. In six games prior to going on the becoming the first Akron player to earn the honor since Tim Fedroff won in IL, the Indians No. 15 (MLB.com)/No. 18 (Baseball America) prospect was May 2011. Tom led the league in May with a .434 OBP, .635 SLG, and 3-for-25 (.120). 1.069 OPS, and tied for the lead with 21 runs. He was second in hits (32) and total bases (61), and tied for second in average (.333). After hitting Ducks winning the home run margin: The RubberDucks have hit 54 .177 with one home run in 23 April games, Tom hit .333 (32-for-96) with home runs – tied for most in the Eastern League – while allowing only 33 seven home runs (tied for the team high and third in the league) in 26 May home runs – second fewest of any EL club – for a league-best +21 home games. Tom was also the EL Player of the Week for May 20-26, when he run differential. At home, Akron has hit 21 home runs, allowing 16 (+5 was 9-for-20, with two doubles, two home runs (May 25 and 26), five runs, differential). Of the RubberDucks’ 54 home runs this season, 36 have four RBI, and a league-best .850 SLG and 1.392 OPS. He is the first come in 13 multi-homer games, including 13 in four straight games May 9- RubberDuck this season to win a weekly award. In 2018, he hit .286 in 13. Akron’s six home runs on May 11 were the most for the club since May (his best in any month) after hitting .183 in April. hitting seven on July 2, 2008, in a 10-6 win at Erie. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (ALL TIMES EASTERN) – SUBJECT TO CHANGE Tuesday, June 18 7:10 p.m. LHP Sam Hentges (1-7, 4.25) at Reading TBA Wednesday, June 19 5:30 p.m. RHP Eli Morgan (5-0, 1.96) at Reading TBA Doubleheader Game 2 RHP Evan Mitchell (0-2, 4.50) at Reading TBA Thursday, June 20 7:10 p.m. TBA at Reading TBA Double-A Eastern League Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians RUBBERDUCKS STARTING PITCHER – GAME 1 #29 Tanner Tully…LHP, 6-0, 200, Age 24 (11/30/94), Resides: Bristol, IN Acquired: Selected by the Indians out of the Ohio State University in the 26th round of the June 2016 MLB Draft Twitter: @ttully17 Instagram: @16tanner16 Throws: Fastball, Curveball, Changeup LAST TIME OUT (Sunday, June 9, at Altoona, L in 4-2 Loss) Tully breezed through the first three frames, holding the Curve hitless and surrendering just one walk. However, Altoona jumped on him in the fourth, putting up three runs on five singles. Tully stayed in for the fifth, working around two singles to keep the score at 3-0 before being replaced by Anthony Gose in the sixth. The Ducks got a pair of runs in the seventh to come within 3-2 but came up short in a 4-2 final. Season Highlights • Has pitched five innings in 11 of his 12 starts. • Holds a 4-0 record and 3.22 ERA in four starts against Bowie, while going 1-5 with a 4.43 ERA in his other eight starts. • Earned a Major League Spring Training win Feb. 27, with two scoreless innings and two strikeouts against the Seattle Mariners. 2018 • Finished the year 2nd in the Carolina League and 4th in the Indians system with a career-high 147 innings pitched.