RubberDucks Game RecapFightin Phils 4 RubberDucks 3WP: Drew Anderson (4-2) LP: Leandro Linares (0-1) Save: Colton Murray (2)SummaryBobby Bradley drove in two runs and socked his eighth home run of the year, but Akron's defense kept Reading in the game, falling 4-3 Sunday at Canal Park.
RubberDucks Game Recap
Fightin Phils 4 RubberDucks 3
WP: Drew Anderson (4-2) LP: Leandro Linares (0-1) Save: Colton Murray (2)
Summary
Bobby Bradley drove in two runs and socked his eighth home run of the year, but Akron's defense kept Reading in the game, falling 4-3 Sunday at Canal Park.
Turning Point
Facing a 1-0 deficit in the seventh, the Fightin Phils roughed up reliever Leandro Linares after starter Thomas Pannone pitched 6.2 shutout innings. With the bases loaded, Angelo Mora lined a three-run double to right center. All runs were unearned after a dropped flyball by Luigi Rodriguez.
Winging It
Thomas Pannone faced trouble in the third and sixth innings with two runners on, but escaped any real damage. For the second time in his fifth start as a RubberDuck, Pannone shut out the opponent. Three of his five strikeouts ended the inning. Pannone finished with 6.2 innings pitched, giving up no runs or walks and allowing only four hits before being pulled for Leandro Linares in the seventh. Linares gave up 3 runs, none earned, two hits and two walks in the seventh before Cole Sulser came on in relief. Sulser gave up one earned run on a Mitch Walding single to right field. He finished with 2.1 innings, including a perfect ninth. Reading starter Drew Anderson went six innings, giving up three hits, one run and punching out five. Drew Murray pitched 1.1 hitless innings for his second save of the year.
Duck Tales
Bobby Bradley smoked a homer in the fourth that hit the Canal Park slide to break a 0-0 tie on an 0-1 count with two outs. Joe Sever followed up his two-single night from the previous game with another two-single performance. The Ducks threatened in the eighth after scoring two unearned runs after a fielder's choice error off the bat of Tyler Krieger. Francisco Mejía's sac fly drove in Mark Mathias after he walked in the inning, with Krieger scoring on a Bradley groundball single up the middle to make it 4-3. Rehabbing Cleveland Indians outfielder Lonnie Chisenhall went 0-4 with a strikeout as the designated hitter.
Notebook
Joe Sever has hit safely in his last six games, batting .450 with four RBI and a homer during that stretch… Leandro Linares gave up his first runs as a RubberDuck in six appearances with the three-run double in the seventh… The RubberDucks are now 3-3 against the Fightin Phils this season… Time of Game: 2:41… Attendance: 4,314.
On Deck
The RubberDucks will have an off-day Monday before they head to Portland and New Hampshire for two three-game series. First pitch Tuesday is set for 7:00 p.m. Matt Esparza (1-0, 1.13) is expected to take the mound for Akron against the Sea Dogs' Elih Villanueva. The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1350 AM, the WARF iHeart channel and the TuneIn Radio App.
