Purdue Fort Wayne
18-33
Akron
13-41
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stills, Rex (2-2)
L: Taed Heydinger (2-10)
S: Miller, Justin (4)
Batting:
HR: Lake, Garett 1 ; Fitzpatrick, Cade 1
RBI: Higgins, Ben 1 ; Lake, Garett 2 ; Fitzpatrick, Cade 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Bickel, Jarrett 1 ; Higgins, Ben 2 ; Lake, Garett 1 ; Nelis, Cade 1 ; Fitzpatrick, Cade 1
SB: Bickel, Jarrett 1 ; Lang, Jack 1 ; Nelis, Cade 1
PO: Bickel, Jarrett 1 ; Lang, Jack 1
Batting:
2B: Michael Sprockett 1
3B: Nick Arrivo 1
RBI: Tate Wargo 2 ; Nick Arrivo 1 ; Bryant Shellenbarger 1 ; Zac Granger 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tate Wargo 1 ; Nick Arrivo 1 ; Michael Sprockett 1 ; Zac Granger 1 ; Justin Barr 1
CS: Tate Wargo 1
HBP: Tate Wargo 1 ; Nick Arrivo 1
Game Leaders
Players Mentioned
Mastodons Split Pair of One-Run Games at Akron
5/20/2022 3:53:00 PM | Baseball
AKRON, Ohio – Justin Miller rose to second place in program history in career strikeouts and Jack Lang took second in career games played during the Mastodons' doubleheader at Akron on Friday (May 20). The two clubs split the twinbill. The 'Dons won game one 6-5, but fell 7-6 in the nightcap.
Game One | Purdue Fort Wayne 6, Akron 5
The 'Dons earned a one-run win in the opener with Miller getting out all four batters he faced for his fourth save of the season. He retired one via strikeout to bring his career total to 179. That tied Miller with Samuel Walker, who also had 179 from 2008-11. Miller started game two and earned another strikeout to pass Walker and hold second place all to himself with 180.
Rex Stills started for the Mastodons in game one and didn't allow a hit in 4.0 scoreless innings. He got the win and is now 2-2. Brendan Reid didn't allow a run in 2.2 innings of work.
Mastodon pitchers kept the ball on the ground, earning 14 ground balls in the contest.
The Mastodons got on the board early with a four-run first. The big hit was a three-run opposite field home run by Cade Fitzpatrick over the right field wall. It was his eighth home run of the 2022 campaign. Ben Higgins also had an RBI in the inning.
The Mastodons' other two runs came in the fifth inning on a two-run home run by Garett Lake, his sixth of the season. The 'Dons now have 49 home runs on the season, tying the 1998 team for second most home runs in a season.
Akron scored three runs in the fifth and two in the eighth to make it closer.
GAME NOTES
» The Mastodons out-hit the Zips 10-7.
» Purdue Fort Wayne pitchers limited Akron to just 1-for-8 (.125) with runners in scoring position.
» Cade Nelis was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
» Akron was led offensively by Nick Arrivo, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and run batted in.
» Taed Heydinger went all nine for the Zips. He suffered the loss and is now.
Game Two | Akron 7, Purdue Fort Wayne 6 | 8 innings | scheduled seven-inning game
The 'Dons trailed 4-1 entering the fifth when they scored two in the fifth and then three in the sixth. Isaiah Hart and Karter Hann both knocked in a run in the fifth. The Mastodons' three runs in the sixth came on two singles, two walks, a hit by pitch and a wild pitch. Higgins, Lake, and Nelis scored in the frame.
Miller went 2.0 innings and earned a no decision in a starting role. JD Deany entered and went the next four in relief, giving up a pair. Michael Madura gave up a run in the seventh for Akron to tie the game, but it could have been worse. He made sure Akron stranded the bases loaded to end the frame.
The 'Dons were aggressive in extras. Dylan Stewart walked with two outs and then tried to score on a Garrett Maish hit, but Stewart was thrown out at the plate. Akron won it in the eighth with a solo home run by Nick Arrivo. Madura took the loss and is now 0-2.
Lang had two doubles, a run batted in and a walk in his 202nd game. Higgins walked three times to help the 'Dons record nine walks as a team.
Nelis finished with two hits, two walks, two stolen bases, a run scored and a run batted in.
GAME NOTES
» The 'Dons left 12 men on base.
» Every Mastodon starter reached base in both games.
» Purdue Fort Wayne pitchers limited Akron to just 1-for-12 (.083) with runners in scoring position.
» Akron's Michael Sprockett went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a home run and three RBI.
» Brett Dietrich led the Zips pitching staff, throwing two scoreless innings for the win.
» The Mastodons are now 18-34. Akron is 14-41.
ON DECK
» The 'Dons will play the rubber game of the series on Saturday (May 21) in the Rubber Capital of the World against the Zips. First pitch is set for noon.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
