Sept. 5: Squirrels walk off Ducks again, 7-6 in 10 innings
September 5, 2024 RubberDucks Game Recap | Box Score** Richmond Flying Squirrels (26-34, 60-69) 7, Akron RubberDucks (39-21, 76-53) 6, 10 innings WP: Tanner Kiest (7-6) LP: Lenny Torres Jr. (1-6) Save: none Summary The Akron RubberDucks erased a 5-0 deficit and retied the game on an eighth-inning home run
September 5, 2024 RubberDucks Game Recap | [Box Score](https://www.milb.com/gameday/750612/final/box)
Richmond Flying Squirrels (26-34, 60-69) 7, Akron RubberDucks (39-21, 76-53) 6, 10 innings
WP: Tanner Kiest (7-6) LP: Lenny Torres Jr. (1-6) Save: none
Summary
The Akron RubberDucks erased a 5-0 deficit and retied the game on an eighth-inning home run by right fielder Jorge Burgos, but Richmond right fielder Victor Bericoto hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th of a 7-6 Flying Squirrels win and third straight victory in the third game of a six-game series at The Diamond Thursday night.
Jorge Burgos ties it!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 6, 2024
Western Reserve Distillers🍸HOME RUN!
99 mph 🚀356 feet
TOP 8 | Akron 6 | Richmond 6 pic.twitter.com/lPblA32pq2
Turning Point
With the game tied, 6-6, and third baseman Justin Wishkoski placed at second base in the bottom of the 10th inning, right-hander Lenny Torres Jr. struck out catcher Zach Morgan before hitting second baseman Jimmy Glowenke with a pitch. After designated hitter Andy Thomas popped out, Bericoto lined a single to right field, scoring Wishkoski to end a second straight 10-inning, walk-off win for the Flying Squirrels.
Mound Presence
Akron right-hander Austin Peterson allowed a walk, double and walk to start the first inning, before an RBI groundout and a two-run single by shortstop Diego Velasquez to make it 3-0. In the fourth, he allowed three more hits with one out, and a run-scoring wild pitch that made it 5-0. He allowed five earned runs on eight hits – both the most against him in the Eastern League –and three walks with five strikeouts in four innings – his shortest Double-A start. Right-hander Zane Morehouse worked around three hits with three strikeouts in two innings. Right-hander Magnus Ellerts allowed a go-ahead run in the seventh on a third-strike wild pitch. Right-hander Davis Sharpe pitched two scoreless innings.
The inning-ending @BBBAkronOhio double play!@FriasDayan @CJK_3121 pic.twitter.com/T1qovwnMtc
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 5, 2024
RHP Zane Morehouse struck out the top 3 Squirrels batters in the 6th
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 6, 2024
2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K pic.twitter.com/vlVyNVch8X
Duck Tales
Trailing, 5-0, in the fifth inning against right-hander Nick Sinacola, Akron scored when first baseman C.J. Kayfus walked, went to second on a groundout and scored on a single by third baseman Dayan Frías. In the seventh inning against left-hander Seth Corry, Burgos walked, Kayfus singled, second baseman Milan Tolentino walked, and Frías walked to force in a run. A wild pitch by right-hander Julio Rodríguez and RBI single by catcher Cooper Ingle cut it to 5-4. Ingle and Frías executed a double steal to score the tying run, capping the four-run inning.
A @FriasDayan RBI single scores @CJK_3121
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 6, 2024
TOP 5 | Richmond 5 | Akron 1 pic.twitter.com/dcW91j0WUA
RBI single by @IngleCooper!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 6, 2024
TOP 7 | Richmond 5 | Akron 4 pic.twitter.com/q1GnNubOeH
A game-tying double steal!@IngleCooper steals 2nd & @FriasDayan steals HOME!
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 6, 2024
TOP 7 | Akron 5 | Richmond 5 pic.twitter.com/0ZX19OYqPG
Notebook
With their third walk-off loss in nine games in Richmond and seventh walk-off loss overall, the RubberDucks dropped to 5-7 in extra innings. They are also 31-25 in 56 one-run games, playing 10 more such games than any other Eastern League club…Akron holds a 10-8 lead in the season series with Richmond…Game Time: 3:23…Attendance: 5,845.
On the Pond
The RubberDucks continue their series in Richmond at 6:35 p.m. Friday at The Diamond. Akron right-hander Aaron Davenport (7-4, 2.78 ERA) is scheduled to face Flying Squirrels right-hander Dylan Cumming (3-6, 4.84 ERA). The game broadcast is on FOX Sports 1350 The Gambler, the FOX Sports 1350 The Gambler iHeartRadio channel, and akronrubberducks.com, and available on Bally Live. Tickets for RubberDucks home games are available at akronrubberducks.com/tickets.