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 (28-27) vs. Reading Fightin Phils (31-22) Cleveland Indians Double-A Philadelphia Phillies Double-A LHP Tanner Tully (4-4, 3.70) LHP Bailey Falter (4-3, 3.05) akronrubberducks.com @AkronRubberDucks Tuesday, June 4, 2019 • Canal Park • 7:05 p.m. EDT @AkronRubberDuck Game 56, Home Game 28, First Half Game 56, Night Game 37 WARF Fox Sports 1350 AM ● iHeartRadio (Fox Sports 1350) ● TuneIn (Akron RubberDucks) ● MiLB.TV @akronrubberducks Broadcast Powered By FirstEnergy ● Broadcasters: Jim Clark & Marco LaNave Sunday Recap: Ducks rally for 7-2 win, SeaWolves steal 8-5, 11- Ducks host Fightin Phils: The RubberDucks and Fightin Phils are inning finale: Akron RubberDucks Alexis Pantoja and Tyler Friis hit playing the third of four scheduled series this season, with seven games their first home runs of the season as back-to-back game-tying and go- at Canal Park and six at FirstEnergy Stadium. Reading took three of four ahead homers in the fourth inning of a 7-2, seven-inning comeback win in games May 2-5 at Canal Park, and the teams split games May 10-11 in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader. In Game 2, Erie SeaWolves Reading before a rainout May 12. Last season, Akron went 3-6 against designated hitter Kody Eaves hit a game-tying home run in the seventh Reading, including 0-3 at Canal Park. Reading finished fourth in the inning, a game-tying triple in the ninth inning, and walk-off three-run home Eastern Division, at 64-73, last season. run in the 11th inning of an 8-5 Game 2 win at UPMC Park. Ducks get home cooking: The RubberDucks play 12 of their next 20 Tom named Eastern League Player of the Month: Outfielder Ka’ai Tom games through June 23 at Canal Park, where they are 13-14 so far this was named on Tuesday as the Eastern League’s Player of the Month for season after beginning 0-6 at home. The next two road trips – single- May 2019, becoming the first Akron player to earn the honor since Tim series trips to Altoona and Reading – will each include a doubleheader to Fedroff won in May 2011. Tom led the league in May with a .434 OBP, make up for rainouts of road series finales earlier this season. .635 SLG, and 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 Garcia finds a groove in Double-A: First baseman and designated hitter (.333). After hitting .177 with one home run in 23 April games, Tom hit Wilson Garcia has a season-long 11-game hitting streak (tied for Akron’s .333 (32-for-96) with seven home runs (tied for the team high and third in longest this season) and a team season-high 16-game on-base streak. In the league) in 26 May games. Since May 10, he has hit safely in 18 of 21 his first season with the Indians organization and first in Double-A, Garcia games (29-for-74, .392 average, eight home runs, 20 runs, 16 RBI), leads the Eastern League with 35 RBI and is tied for the lead with 17 raising his average from .191 to a team-leading .272. In 2018, he hit .286 doubles (league-high 11 in May), tied for second with 24 extra-base hits in May (his highest monthly average) after hitting .183 in April. Tom was (16 in May to tie for the league lead), third with 90 total bases and tied for also named Eastern League Player of the Week for May 20-26, when he third with 52 hits – all of which lead Akron. He is third on the team with went 9-for-20, with two doubles, two home runs (May 25 and 26), five runs seven home runs, a .457 SLG, and .762 OPS. Originally signed by the and four RBI, with a league-best .850 SLG and 1.392 OPS. He is the first Phillies in 2010, he was traded to the Orioles May 1, 2018, before the RubberDuck this season to win a weekly award. Indians acquired him in the December 2018 Rule 5 Draft. First game without Marabell: Third-year RubberDuck Connor Marabell Clement’s return: Prior to going 0-for-4 on May 25, infielder Ernie played in each of Akron’s first 55 games before his promotion to Triple-A Clement had reached base in 14 straight games (tying the longest streak Columbus on Tuesday. He started 44 straight April 8-May 26, before by a RubberDuck this season) since April 7 and had a season-long seven- coming off the bench May 27 to replace Indians right fielder Tyler Naquin game hitting streak. After he was on the Injured List with a right adductor on his rehab assignment. Marabell was tied for second on the team in hits strain April 16-May 8, Clement has played 18 games since coming off the (50) and was second in doubles (11) and runs (29). He made 4 starts at IL, going 21-for-67 (.313) with seven multi-hit games, two doubles, a triple, first base, 17 in left field, 5 in center field, 23 in right field, and 4 as a DH. a home run, 11 runs, six RBI, nine walks, and a .405 OBP. In six games prior to going on the IL, the Indians No. 15 (MLB.com)/No. 18 (Baseball Ducks winning the home run margin: The RubberDucks have hit an America) prospect was 3-for-25 (.120). Eastern League-high 48 home runs, while allowing only 29 home runs – tied for the fewest of any EL club – for a league-best +19 home run Stingy starters: In 22 of 25 games since May 7, Akron’s starting pitcher differential. Akron had 31 home runs in May – six more than any other had allowed two earned runs or fewer (Jake Paulson 4 ER in 6 IP May Eastern League club. Of the RubberDucks’ 48 home runs this season, 32 25, Tanner Tully 5 ER in 6 IP Wednesday, Sam Hentges 3 ER in 5.1 IP have come in 11 multi-homer games, including 13 in four straight games Friday). Included are 12 quality starts (6+ IP, 3 ER or fewer). The May 9-13. Akron’s six home runs on May 11 were the most for the club RubberDucks are 15-10 in that span (7-5 in the quality starts). In 24 of the since hitting seven on July 2, 2008, in a 10-6 win at Erie. last 25 games, Akron’s starter has pitched 5+ innings (Sam Hentges went three innings May 21). Call begins his season: Outfielder Alex Call joined the RubberDucks on May 30 to begin his first season in the Indians organization. In his debut Finishing May: Akron finished 15-13 in May, led the Eastern League with Friday, Call singled in his first at bat against Erie’s Casey Mize and 31 home runs (six more than any other club), and was second in runs finished 3-for-4 with a ninth-inning solo home run. Call was traded from (137), RBI (128), total bases (384) and slugging percentage (.397). the White Sox to the Indians in exchange for Yonder Alonso on Dec. 14. Overall, Akron leads the league in runs (242) and is tied for the home run With Double-A Birmingham (67 games) in 2018, he hit .242, 7 HR, 30 RBI. lead (45). In May, its 3.13 ERA ranked second in the Eastern League. UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (ALL TIMES EASTERN) – SUBJECT TO CHANGE Wednesday, June 5 7:05 p.m. RHP Jake Paulson (3-3, 4.17) vs. Reading TBA Thursday, June 6 7:05 p.m. LHP Sam Hentges (1-7, 4.55) vs. Reading TBA Friday, June 7 7:00 p.m. TBA at Altoona TBA Saturday, June 8 4:30 p.m. TBA at Altoona TBA Doubleheader Game 1 Double-A Eastern League Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians RUBBERDUCKS STARTING PITCHER #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 (Wednesday, May 29, at Bowie, W in 9-8 Win) Tully had a rough first inning, giving up four runs on five singles. After a scoreless second, he allowed one more in the third on a leadoff homerun by Ademar Rifaela. From there, Tully gave up just one hit over the next three innings through the sixth inning. Akron tied the game with a three-run fifth inning and took the lead with a three-run eighth, eventually holding on for a 9-8 win. Tully improved to 4-0 against Bowie. Season Highlights • Earned a Major League Spring Training win Feb. 27, when he pitched two scoreless innings with two strikeouts for the Indians 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. 2017 • Began the year with Lake County (A) before making a spot start for the RubberDucks in Akron against Portland on June 17 (6 innings, 3 unearned runs, 6 hits, 2 walks, 1 strikeout) for his Double-A debut.