Lake County Sentinel
RubberDucks pounded by Curve 10-5
BY DAVID WILSON
RUBBERDUCKS MEDIA
Summary
Akron’s Clint Frazier was 4-5, with a three-run homer, but the RubberDucks succumbed to a 16-hit attack by the Altoona Curve and lost a 10-5 decision Saturday night at PNG Field.
Turning Point
The Curve (54-45) scored four times in the fourth inning to blow the game open with an 8-0 lead. After sending eight men to the plate in the third (when they scored three times), the Curve duplicated the feat in the fourth against Akron starter D.J. Brown (10-5). Altoona’s Kevin Newman had an RBI single, Harold Ramirez crushed a two-run triple and Eric Wood added an RBI double.
Winging It
Brown allowed 12 hits and and nine earned runs in 4.1 innings. With the RubberDucks operating with a very thin bullpen, he came back out for the fifth, but gave up a one-out double to Stetson Allie and was lifted in favor of Louis Head. Head allowed an RBI single to Newman to make it a 9-0 game. Head lasted 2.2 innings and gave up one run of his own. Casey Weathers worked the ninth without allowing a run. The Curve were not retired in order in any inning.
Duck Tales
Frazier snapped out of a 1-21 slide with his four hits. He was 4-5 with a pair of singles, a double and a homer. He blasted a three-run home run to left-center in the eighth off Jhondaniel Media. It was his 13th of the year and his 48th RBI. Bradley Zimmer was 2-4 with an RBI. Zimmer also had an outfield assist. Eric Haase homered for the second straight night. He crushed a long home run to center field in the sixth inning off Altoona starter Brandon Waddell (7-5).
Notebook
The RubberDucks (54-47) dropped their second straight game and fell to third place in the EL West, two games behind Harrisburg and one behind the Curve…Waddell worked six innings and allowed only the Haase homer…Newman was 4-4 with four singles, two RBI and two runs to lead the Curve…Time of game: 2:57… Attendance: 5,539.
On Deck
The RubberDucks will play the third game of the series against Altoona on Saturday night at 6:00. RHP Julian Merryweather is scheduled to start for Akron, and RHP Tyler Eppler is the announced starter for the Curve. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1350 AM, the WARF iHeart channel, and the TuneIn Radio App..
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POSTED 07/23/2016 22:00
