June 3: Leftwich allows no hits, Akron offense collects 22 hits in 15-1 win over Hartford
RubberDucks Game Recap | Box Score Akron RubberDucks (24-25) 15, Hartford Yard Goats (23-26) 1 WP: Jack Leftwich (4-4) LP: Joe Rock (0-1) Save: N/A Summary Jack Leftwich tosses six no-hit innings while Akron’s offense collects 22 hits as the Akron RubberDucks rout the Hartford Yard Goats 15-1 on Saturday
RubberDucks Game Recap | Box Score
Akron RubberDucks (24-25) 15, Hartford Yard Goats (23-26) 1
WP: Jack Leftwich (4-4) LP: Joe Rock (0-1) Save: N/A
Summary
Jack Leftwich tosses six no-hit innings while Akron’s offense collects 22 hits as the Akron RubberDucks rout the Hartford Yard Goats 15-1 on Saturday night at Canal Park.
Turning Point
Already on top 3-0, the RubberDucks broke the game open in the bottom of the sixth. Juan Brito and Angel Martinez knocked back-to-back RBI singles to make it 5-0 Akron. Jose Tena brought both of them home with a two-run triple into the gap to make it 7-0 RubberDucks.
Hot Soup!!!!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) June 4, 2023
Juan Brito with an RBI single to stretch the lead!
BOT 6: Akron 4 | Hartford 0 pic.twitter.com/plvysi4Sou
Runs are fun!!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) June 4, 2023
Angel Martinez with an RBI single of his own!
BOT 6: Akron 5 | Hartford 0 pic.twitter.com/SR8lJOGk0Z
And the two-point conversion is good!!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) June 4, 2023
Jose Tena triples home two more!
BOT 6: Akron 7 | Hartford 0 pic.twitter.com/Zv8VvRZYJ4
Mound Presence
Leftwich was untouchable in his start retiring the first nine 10 Yard Goats in order. The right-hander allowed his only baserunner in the fourth with a one out walk before rolling a double play and then setting down the final six he faced to complete six no-hit innings while striking out four. Randy Labaut allowed one run on two hits in his inning of work. Jordan Jones struck out four over two scoreless innings to finish the game.
Duck Tales
Akron scored first in the bottom of the second on Gabriel Rodriguez’s sac-fly to make it 1-0 Ducks. Akron pushed across two more in the second on Johnathan Rodriguez’s RBI single and an error on a Joe Naranjo fly ball, which allowed Rodriguez to score from first and push the lead to 3-0. After the four spot in the sixth, the RubberDucks put another big inning together in the seventh. G. Rodriguez got the scoring started with a RBI double before Brito brought Alexfri Planez home on a RBI double. Martinez brought Brito and G. Rodriguez into score on a two-run single to make it 11-1 Akron. J. Rodriguez capped the big inning by singling home Martinez to make it 12-1 Ducks. Akron added some extra insurance in the eighth, Brito launched a two-run home run off the Duck Club by Firestone to make it 14-1 Akron. Bryan Lavastida closed the scoring by singling home Tena and making it 15-1 RubberDucks.
Playing from in front!@Eldetejero lifts a sac-fly to give us the early lead!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) June 3, 2023
BOT 2: Akron 1 | Hartford 0 pic.twitter.com/L3lXQyKYST
HOT SHOT!!@jjrodz55 with a liner back up the middle to stretch the lead!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) June 3, 2023
BOT 3: Akron 2 | Hartford 0 pic.twitter.com/kTf8t7Bmed
Another one!!@jjrodz55 comes around from first on the hard hit ball to left!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) June 3, 2023
BOT 3: Akron 3 | Hartford 0 pic.twitter.com/oKNg7W99Rc
And another one!!!@Eldetejero doubles to the triangle!!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) June 4, 2023
BOT 7: Akron 8 | Hartford 1 pic.twitter.com/a98flnBcPj
Double trouble!!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) June 4, 2023
Juan Brito doubles home a run of his own!!
BOT 7: Akron 9 | Hartford 1 pic.twitter.com/Db521DePpD
Did someone ordered more runs!?
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) June 4, 2023
Angel Martinez knocks in two more with an single into right!
BOT 7: Akron 11 | Hartford 1 pic.twitter.com/kO9vzSMH76
Notebook
RubberDucks manager Rouglas Odor is now eight wins away from becoming the winningest manager in Akron franchise history (1989-present)…Brito’s home run was his first in Double-A and came against his former organization…22 hits are the most for an Akron team since they collected 23 on 6/19/2021 against Bowie…15 runs are the most this season for the RubberDucks…Game Time: 2:42…Attendance: 6,312.
On the Pond
The RubberDucks will conclude their series at Canal Park with the Hartford Yard Goats on Sunday, June 4 at 2:05 p.m. Akron left-hander Doug Nikhazy (1-2, 3.82 ERA) will take the mound against Hartford righty Chris McMahon (1-1, 6.50 ERA). The game broadcast is on 640 WHLO, the 640 WHLO iHeartRadio channel, and akronrubberducks.com, and available on Bally Live. Tickets for all RubberDucks home games, are available at akronrubberducks.com/tickets.