Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Akron's Stellar Pitching Helps Take Two From Portland This Past Weekend

The Aeros had a successful weekend taking two out of three games from the Portland Sea Dogs (AA-Boston). Pitchers Ryan Edell and Hector Rondon pitched great over the weekend and helped Akron top Portland.

Edell & Rondon's Combined Stats From This Weekend:
IP---R---H---K---BB
9----1----5---9----4


Saturday June 13, 2009

----------------R---H---E
Sea Dogs---1----7---0
Aeros--------5---11---0



Sunday June 14, 2009

----------------R----H---E
Sea Dogs---0----2----1
Aeros--------8----9----1

Left Fielder Matt McBride was activated from the disabled list prior to Saturday's game and came out on fire! He homered twice, including a grand slam in the first inning on Sunday, off of Portland's ace Junichi Tazawa.

Here's McBride's Stats From His Career Weekend:

AB---H----2B--RBI---HR---R---K---BB
8-----4-----2------6-----2------3----2----1

The Aeros improved its record to an Eastern League best 40-21 and is currently 3.5 games ahead of Reading in first place in the Southern Division.

*Stay tuned to Talkin' Sports With Sabol, as I will be posting exclusive interviews in the next week from Aeros players, including Beau Mills, Nick Weglarz, Jared Head and Kyle Haines.

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