EASTERN LEAGUE
AKRON RUBBERDUCKS AT RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS
08/13/2023
BNN Index | EL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
 
AKRON RUBBERDUCKS AT RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS
GAME ID: 5315 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 13TH , 2023
GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Akron RubberDucks (59-62) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 9 1
Richmond Flying Squirrels (70-51) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1
Akron Beats Richmond, 5-1
No one was more impactful than Joshua Mears in the 5-1 Akron win over Richmond. Mears, who is tied for 4th in the EL with a .882 OPS, belted 2 home runs. He drove in 3 runs and scored twice. The 4th-place RubberDucks are 59-62.

Mears had a game-changing home run in the top of the sixth. On a full count fastball from Diego Quintana, he banged a 2-run home run to left, giving the RubberDucks a 2-0 lead. It was the 30th home run of the year for Mears.

Mears said his team "played with focus."

AKRON BATTING LINESCORES RICHMOND BATTING LINESCORES
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Lugo LF 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 .255 8 41
M. Rivero 3B 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .247 3 15
N. Gonzales 2B 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .305 8 31
J. Mears DH 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 .263 30 81
B. Ryan RF 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 .274 12 49
Q. Holmes CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .282 3 30
V. Shields 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .262 7 38
J. Villegas C 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .176 1 12
M. McLeod SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .192 0 1
Totals 36 5 9 5 3 7 12      
BATTING
Doubles: V. Shields (16, 7th Inning off P. Turner, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: J. Mears 2 (30, 6th Inning off D. Quintana, 1 on, 1 out; 8th Inning off P. Turner, 0 on, 1 out) , B. Ryan (12, 8th Inning off P. Turner, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: F. Lugo , M. Rivero , N. Gonzales , J. Mears 8 , B. Ryan 4 , Q. Holmes , V. Shields 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Rivero , V. Shields , M. McLeod
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: J. Villegas (5)
Double Plays: 1 (McLeod-Gonzales-Shields)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Valdéz SS 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .189 3 17
G. Lunn RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .307 17 46
M. Hiraldo 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .284 14 69
R. Hughes DH 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .244 18 61
D. Gingras CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .266 9 32
A. Hughes LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 0 0
R. Román C 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .264 7 28
R. Carroll 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .311 0 0
   a-L. Miller PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .284 11 34
F. Cummins 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .247 1 20
Totals 30 1 5 1 3 5 9      
a - L. Miller pinch hit for R. Carroll in the 7th

BATTING
Triples: M. Hiraldo (2, 4th Inning off M. Abel, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: R. Hughes (18, 7th Inning off M. Abel, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Valdéz , M. Hiraldo 3 , R. Hughes 4 , A. Hughes , R. Carroll
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Hughes , A. Hughes , F. Cummins
GIDP: G. Lunn
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
CS: J. Valdéz (7)

FIELDING
Errors: F. Cummins (6)
OF assists: 1 (Hughes(Villegas at home))
AKRON PITCHING LINESCORES RICHMOND PITCHING LINESCORES
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA
M. Abel W (5-1) 6.2 5 1 1 1 5 1 94 60 2.56
C. Green SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 19 3.93
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Abel 64
Batters Faced: M. Abel 25, C. Green 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Abel 8-5, C. Green 3-3
Pitches - Strikes: M. Abel 94-60, C. Green 31-19
Inherited Runners - Scored: C. Green 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA
D. Quintana L (9-8) 6.0 3 2 2 2 6 1 97 60 4.03
P. Turner 1.1 4 3 3 1 1 2 35 20 20.25
R. Harris 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 13 2.10
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Quintana 62
Batters Faced: D. Quintana 24, P. Turner 8, R. Harris 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Quintana 6-6, P. Turner 1-1, R. Harris 4-1
Pitches - Strikes: D. Quintana 97-60, P. Turner 35-20, R. Harris 20-13
WP: D. Quintana , P. Turner
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Joshua Mears
Ballpark: The Diamond
Weather: Partly Cloudy (72 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 1:00 PM ET
Time: 3:19
Attendance: 6214
Sunday, August 13th , 2023 - OOTP Baseball 22.12 Build 89