Aerodynamics 08/25: Game #130

Game #130 · Wednesday, August 25, 2010 · 7:05 P.M.

Away Game #63 · Prince George’s Stadium· Bowie, MD

Akron Aeros (65-64) vs. Bowie Baysox (68-61)

Cleveland
Indians              
 Baltimore Orioles

Aeros Stat of the Day:

• Akron broke a string of four
  games of scoring no runs or one run with Tuesday’s 6-3 victory over the Baysox.
  The Aeros are 10-47 when scoring three runs or less.

 

Aerodynamics…

•  Part
  One… The first
  game ended up being a two-day pitchers’ duel as the only run of the ballgame
  came in Bowie’s sixth inning when Ryan Adams hit a home run over the left field
  fence. As a result, Chen-Chang Lee took the loss and fell to 5-4 despite giving
  up only two other hits and striking out five batters against one walk in 3.1
  innings of work. Brandon Cooney, now 3-2, earned the win after he pitched the
  sixth inning in relief with just one hit. Pedro Beato recorded his 16^th
  save of the season. Both teams combined for eight hits with Akron tallying five
  and Bowie three.

• The
  sequel… The
  Aeros finally broke out of their offensive slump in the third inning of game
  two. Shortstop Cristo Arnal and centerfielder Tim Fedroff both reached safely
  on separate fielding errors to start the rally. Second baseman Jason Kipnis
  followed with a single to right field scoring Arnal and sending Fedroff to
  third. Third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall capped the inning with a home run to
  left-center field to put Akron up 4-0. Bowie scored in the bottom of the third
  when Jonathan Tucker scored during Xavier Avery’s swipe of second base. Akron
  got the run back in the next inning when Arnal hit a solo home run to left
  field. Errors plagued the Baysox once again in the fifth as right fielder Jerad
  Head scored on a throwing error by Greg Miclat and made the score 6-1. Two
  Bowie runs were scored in the sixth on two-straight bases loaded walks to put
  the game at its 6-3 final.

• Cruzin’…
  Left-handed
  starter Kelvin De La Cruz earned the win to improve to 5-6. The southpaw gave
  up one run on four hits with six strikeouts against two walks over five innings
  of work. Bowie starter Ryohei Tanaka took the loss to fall to 6-12 after five
  runs scored (one earned) on seven hits over four innings. Right-handed reliever
  Omar Aguilar then came in to get the final out of the sixth and retired the
  side in the seventh to record his sixth save.

• Arnal
  night… With
  infielder Cristo Arnal’s home run Tuesday night, the Caracas, Venezuela native
  has now hit safely in 10 of his past 12 games. In his past 10 games, Arnal is
  10-32 for a .313 average with a double, triple, home run, four RBI, and eight
  runs.

• Last
  stand… Akron
  enters tonight 3.5 games back of second-place Harrisburg for the wild card.
  Third-place Bowie is also ahead of the Aeros by three games. Tonight’s game
  against the Baysox is Akron’s last against either club this regular season.

• Triple
  play promotion… Akron
  returns home Thursday for their last home stand of the year with a four-game
  series against the Erie SeaWolves. There will be an Alex White poster giveaway
  sponsored by Busson Digital for the first 2,000 fans through the gates of Canal
  Park. It is also Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank Drive Night sponsored by the
  Akron Plan where fans can bring a canned food item to the game and receive a $5
  ticket! It is also the last Thirsty Thursday of the year where dollar drafts
  and sodas are available through the end of the seventh inning.