The Aeros were triumphant over Trenton 10-4 as Akron scored in each of its first five innings and had seven batters with multiple hits Tuesday night at Waterfront Park. Akron improves to 70-66 and gains a game in the wild card race while the Thunder falls to 79-57.

Akron started hot as second baseman Jason Kipnis sparked the first inning with a triple to right field. After a walk by third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall, designated hitter Jerad Head hit an RBI single to score Kipnis. First baseman Beau Mills then highlighted the inning with a three-run home run to right field. Trenton cut the Aeros lead to 4-2 after a pair of RBI singles by Austin Romine and Marcos Vechionacci in the bottom of the first.

The Aeros added to their advantage in the next two frames. A Kipnis double allowed right fielder Lucas Montero to score from second in the second and Mills scored on a sacrifice bunt by catcher Juan Apodaca in the third. However, the Thunder responded once again on another pair of RBI singles by Daniel Brewer and Romine to make the score 6-4.

It was the closest Trenton would get as Akron broke the game open in the following couple of innings. Head hit an RBI-double to score center fielder Jordan Henry and Chisenhall in the fourth and Montero followed with a two-RBI single through the hole at second base to plate shortstop Cristo Arnal and Apodaca in the fifth for a 10-4 Aeros lead.

Both teams remained scoreless from there on out. Right-handed reliever Steven Wright earned the win improved to 2-1. The Torrance, Calif. native gave up four hits and struck out three during his time in the middle three innings. Cory Arbiso took the loss to fall to 5-4 after giving up 10 runs (nine earned) on 13 hits with three walks and three strikeouts in four innings of work.

With the win, Akron gains a game in the Western Division wild card chase as Harrisburg fell 1-0 to New Hampshire in extra innings and Altoona defeated Bowie 9-1. The Aeros are now 2.5 back of the second-place Senators and two games behind the Baysox with six pivotal games remaining in the regular season.

The Aeros will attempt to gain another game on their wild card rivals Wednesday against Trenton’s Andrew Brackman (3-7, 3.23 ERA). Because of right-handed starter Corey Kluber’s promotion to Class AAA Columbus, a starter for Wednesday has yet to be determined. Join Ken Carman for Monday’s radio broadcast beginning at 6:50 p.m. on Fox Sports 1350 AM and at www.akronaeros.com For more information, please call the Akron Aeros team offices at (330) 253-5151.

Game #136 · Tuesday, August 31, 2010 · 7:05 P.M.

Away Game #65 · Waterfront Park· Trenton, NJ

Akron Aeros (69-66) vs. Trenton Thunder (79-56)

Cleveland Indians            
  New York Yankees

Aeros Stat of the Day:

• Three Aeros’ batters lead the
  Eastern League in RBI in the past seven days. Jerad Head leads the pack with
  nine. Lonnie Chisenhall is tied for second with eight and John Drennen has
  seven.

Aerodynamics…

• More is less… Extra innings continued to be a
  bad omen for the Aeros as they fell to Trenton 4-3 in 10 innings Monday. Both
  teams scored in the first inning as Akron took the early lead on an RBI single
  by designated hitter Jerad Head that scored shortstop Cristo Arnal from second.
  Trenton responded with a leadoff home run by Justin Christian to tie the game.
  Lance Berkman, on rehab appearance with the Thunder, provided Trenton with a
  2-1 lead when he scored on a groundout. Trenton increased their lead when Rene
  Rivera hit a solo home run to make it 3-1. The Aeros come back started in the
  eighth when center fielder Jordan Henry tripled to right field and scored on a
  ground out by Arnal. First baseman Beau Mills led off the ninth, also with an
  extra base hit, as he doubled to center field. He would come home on an RBI single
  by catcher Juan Apodaca to send the game into extra frames. The Thunder made
  short work of the situation from there as Daniel Brewer led off with a single,
  moved to second on sacrifice bunt, and home for the game winning run on
  consecutive singles. Right-handed reliever Omar Aguilar took the loss to fall
  to 2-6 as he gave up the three hits and one run in the 10^th. Ryan
  Pope rebounded from blowing the save and earned the win and improved to 4-6.

• Extra
  inning woes… The
  Aeros are 1-9 in extra inning games this year, putting them at the bottom of
  the Eastern League.

• 
  Hammering
  Henry… Center
  fielder Jordan Henry was a home run short of the cycle Monday as he hit a
  single, double and triple in his five plate appearances. It was the Houston
  native’s fifth three-hit game with the Aeros and 23^rd multi-hit game
  of the season.

• Beau
  knows… First
  baseman Beau Mills is currently tied with New Hampshire’s Adeiny Hechavarria
  for the third-best batting average in the past week. The Visalia, Calif. native
  is hitting .417 (10-24) over that stretch with three doubles, three RBI, and
  four runs scored. Mills is also fifth in the Eastern league with an on-base
  percentage of .517 in the past week.

• Hit
  me again… and again… Outfielder
  John Drennen has had multiple base hits in five out of his past six games. The
  San Diego, Calif. native has been on a tear in August with 12 multiple hit
  games.

• Playoff
  update… The
  Aeros remain 3.5 games behind Harrisburg as the Senators lost to New Hampshire
  8-7. Bowie improved its post season chances with a 2-0 win against Altoona. The
  Baysox are now three games in front of Akron. The Aeros now have an elimination
  number of five with seven games remaining in the season.

• Player
  of the week… Left-handed pitcher Matt Packer is the
  winner of this week’s Akron Aeros Player of the Week award. Packer (1-2, 3.60
  ERA) earned his first win with the Aeros in Saturday’s 9-0 triumph over the
  Erie SeaWolves. The Germantown, Tenn. native celebrated his 23^rd
  birthday in a big way as he gave up no runs on six hits and struck out eight
  batters over six innings of work. He is scheduled to start in the last game of
  the current series against Trenton.

Extra
innings continued to be a bad omen for the Aeros as they fell to Trenton 4-3 in
10 innings Monday at Waterfront Park. The loss puts Akron (69-66) closer to
elimination from the post-season while the Thunder (79-56) stays ahead of New
Hampshire for first place in the Eastern Division.

Both
teams scored in the first inning as Akron took the early lead on an RBI single
by designated hitter Jerad Head that scored shortstop Cristo Arnal from second.
Trenton responded with a leadoff home run by Justin Christian to tie the game.
Lance Berkman, on rehab appearance with the Thunder, provided Trenton with a
2-1 lead when he scored on a Marcos Vechionacci groundout.

Trenton
increased their lead when Rene Rivera hit a solo home run to center field in
the sixth frame to make it 3-1.

The
Aeros comeback started in the eighth when center fielder Jordan Henry tripled
to right field and scored on a ground out by Arnal. First baseman Beau Mills
led off the ninth, also with an extra base hit, as he doubled to center field.
He would come home on an RBI single by catcher Juan Apodaca to send the game
into extra frames.

Akron
had a chance to take the lead in the top of the 10^th when Arnal
reached third after a single and a pair of wild pitches, but the next two batters
lined out and struck out to end the threat. The Thunder made short work of the
situation from there as Daniel Brewer led off with a single, moved to second on
sacrifice bunt, and home for the game winning run on consecutive singles.

Right-handed
reliever Omar Aguilar took the loss to fall to 2-6 as he gave up the three hits
and one run in the 10^th. Ryan Pope rebounded from blowing the save
and earned the win to improve to 4-6.

The
Aeros remain 3.5 games behind Harrisburg as the Senators lost to New Hampshire
8-7. Bowie improved its post-season chances with a 2-0 win against Altoona. The
Baysox are now three games in front of Akron. The Aeros now have an elimination
number of five.

Akron
will face Trenton in the second of four games Tuesday as they send Alex White
(8-7, 2.28 ERA) to the hill against the Thunder’s Cory Arbiso (5-3, 3.51 ERA). Join Ken Carman for Monday’s radio broadcast beginning at
6:50 p.m. on Fox Sports 1350 AM and at www.akronaeros.com For more information,
please call the Akron Aeros team offices at (330) 253-5151.

Left-handed
pitcher Matt Packer is the winner of this week’s Akron Aeros Player of the Week
award, the team announced today. Packer (1-2, 3.60 ERA) earned his first win
with the Aeros in Saturday’s 9-0 triumph over the Erie SeaWolves. The
Germantown, Tenn. native celebrated his 23^rd birthday in a big way
as he gave up no runs on six hits and struck out eight batters over six innings
of work.

Packer
was promoted from Class A Lake County on August 3 where he finished 8-5 with
one save and a league-leading 1.60 ERA in 95.2 innings pitched. In five games
and four starts with the Aeros, he has allowed 13 runs (12 earned) on 30 hits
with 23 strikeouts against seven walks in 30 innings pitched.

The Akron
Aeros will award their Player of the Week honor to an individual player every
Monday for the rest of the season. In the case of a Monday closure of the team
offices, the Aeros will announce the award Tuesday. Akron outfielder Jerad Head
won the award last week. This week, the separate Eastern League Player-Pitcher
of the Week Awards went to Portland’s Ryan Lavarnway and Reading’s Michael
Cisco, respectively.

Erie
avoided a four-game sweep with a 7-4 defeat of Akron Sunday afternoon in front
of 4,234 fans at the regular season finale at Canal Park. It was the SeaWolves
first win in Akron this year and first in 20 attempts dating back to 2009. The
Aeros drop to 69-65 while the SeaWolves improve to 60-74.

Erie broke out of its series-long slump in a big way with six runs
in the second inning. The rally started when Billy Nowlin hit an RBI-double to
score Rawley Bishop. Nowlin eventually came around to score on a throwing error
by left-handed starter Scott Barnes. Brent Wyatt singled through the hole at
shortstop to bring around Andy Bouchie and Matt Mansilla to make the score 4-0.
Brandon Douglas added another pair of runs with a double to end the big inning.
The SeaWolves scored again in the fourth when Wyatt advanced home on a
sacrifice from Bryan Pounds.

The Aeros had a big inning of their own in the sixth as five
straight hits led to four runs. Second baseman Jason Kipnis scored the first
run on a double that brought in center fielder Jordan Henry. Third baseman
Lonnie Chisenhall then singled to left to bring in Kipnis. After a pitching
change, catcher Miguel Perez hit an RBI single to bring in Chisenhall. Right
fielder Jerad Head scored the final run on a groundout by left fielder John
Drennen.

Akron had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth, but
could not take advantage and left two runners on base.

Barnes took the loss and fell to 6-10 on the season. He gave up
seven runs on seven hits while striking out four against two walks in four innings
of work. Erie southpaw starter Duane Below earned the win to improve to 5-12.
Below gave up four runs on six hits with three strikeouts and one walk in 5.1
innings. Lester Oliveros came on in the ninth to record his 12^th
save.

The Aeros now travel to the Garden State for a four-game series
against the Trenton Thunder. Akron will send Eric Berger (5-5, 4.68 ERA) to the
hill to battle Adam Warren (4-2, 3.05 ERA). Join Ken Carman for Monday’s radio
broadcast beginning at 6:50 p.m. on Fox Sports 1350 AM and at www.akronaeros.com
For more information, please call the Akron Aeros team offices at (330)
253-5151.

The
Aeros pulled away from Erie in the second half of the game to defeat the
SeaWolves 5-2. It was Akron’s fourth-straight victory Friday night as they
improved to 68-64 in front of 7,188 fans at Canal Park. Erie fell to 59-73.

A
scoreless tie was broken in the bottom of the fifth inning when the Aeros
rallied with two outs to score a pair of runs. After catcher Juan Apodaca and
shortstop Cristo Arnal both hit singles, center fielder Jordan Henry walked to
load the bases. Second baseman Jason Kipnis also walked to force in the first
run. Arnal scored soon after on a wild pitch by Brayan Villarreal to give Akron
a 2-0 lead. Erie answered in the sixth when Brandon Douglas scored from third
when Bryan Pounds grounded out unassisted to first with one out.

The
Aeros cushioned their lead when they earned the run back on a second bases
loaded walk when third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall took a base on balls to force
in Arnal in the seventh. Designated hitter Jerad Head proceeded to hit a double
to left center field that brought in Henry and Kipnis which made the score 5-1.

The
SeaWolves struck back in the eighth after Rawley Bishop hit an RBI-single to
score Douglas, but could not take advantage and left the bases loaded. Closer
Omar Aguilar came on in the ninth to record his seventh save of the season.
Right-handed starter Corey Kluber earned the win with one run on eight hits. He
struck out five against one walk over seven innings of work.

Akron
remains 3.5 games out of the wildcard as Harrisburg defeated Trenton tonight
4-3. No ground was made on Bowie either as they were winners of a 4-3 decision
against New Britain.

On Saturday, the first 1,000 fans will receive a foam finger
giveaway sponsored by the Akron Canton Airport. The airport will also give away
a free AirTran airline voucher to two lucky fans in attendance. Join Jim Clark
for Saturday’s radio broadcast beginning at 6:50 p.m. on Fox Sports 1350 AM and
at www.akronaeros.com as left-handed pitcher
Matt Packer (0-2, 4.50 ERA) faces SeaWolves southpaw Jon Kibler (4-5, 5.65
ERA). For more information, please call the Akron Aeros team offices at (330)
253-5151.