September 14: Stanley, DeLauter and Bracho lead Ducks past Curve 7-1
RubberDucks Game Recap | Box Score Akron RubberDucks (29-37, 64-71) 7, Altoona Curve (31-33, 65-67) 1 WP: Hunter Stanley (4-11) LP: Nick Dombkowski (5-6) Save: N/A Summary Hunter Stanley tosses six scoreless while Chase DeLauter and Aaron Bracho each pick up two hits and three RBI to lead the Akron
RubberDucks Game Recap | Box Score
Akron RubberDucks (29-37, 64-71) 7, Altoona Curve (31-33, 65-67) 1
WP: Hunter Stanley (4-11) LP: Nick Dombkowski (5-6) Save: N/A
Summary
Hunter Stanley tosses six scoreless while Chase DeLauter and Aaron Bracho each pick up two hits and three RBI to lead the Akron RubberDucks past the Altoona Curve 7-1 on Thursday night at Canal Park.
Turning Point
Akron’s offense got rolling in the fifth. A Milan Tolentino double and back-to-back walks by Gabriel Rodriguez and Connor Kokx loaded the bases with no outs. Juan Brito followed with a walk to bring home Tolentino and make it 1-0 RubberDucks. DeLauter followed by lining a single through the hole between second and short to bring home two and stretch Akron’s lead to 3-0. Bracho then launched a no-doubt home run over the Cutwater Tiki Terrace to double the RubberDucks lead to 6-0.
GREAT EYE!!a
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 15, 2023
Juan Brito works a walk with the bases loaded to get us on the board!
BOT 5: Akron 1 | Altoona 0 pic.twitter.com/IGzzaG9PMY
BRACHO 💣
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 15, 2023
BOT 5: Akron 6 | Altoona 0 pic.twitter.com/Y8sTU1Wz9H
Mound Presence
Stanley was dominant for the RubberDucks. The right-hander ran into one jam when he loaded the bases with two outs in the third, but Stanley was able to get a pop up to Rodriguez to escape the inning without damage before cruising the rest of the way. In total, Stanley tossed six shutout innings allowing just two hits while striking out four. Tyler Thornton followed with two scoreless innings. Davis Sharpe tossed the ninth and allowed one run.
Duck Tales
The RubberDucks added on to the big lead in the sixth when DeLauter lifted a sac-fly to score Kokx and stretch the lead to 7-0 Akron.
And the extra point is good!!@Chase_DeLauter1 adds another with the sac-fly!!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 15, 2023
BOT 6: Akron 7 | Altoona 0 pic.twitter.com/GKDzocrf3Y
Notebook
DeLauter’s three RBI are his first RBI in Double-A…Bracho pulls into a tie with Johnathan Rodriguez for most homers by a RubberDuck this season with 18…Game Time: 2:30…Attendance: 3,139.
On the Pond
The RubberDucks will continue their series at Canal Park against the Altoona Curve on Friday, September 15 at 7:05 p.m. Akron left-hander Will Dion (3-4, 2.81 ERA) against Curve righty Aaron Shortridge (11-8, 5.12 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.