May 10: Ducks take fourth straight behind Curry's six strong and 2-0 shutout of Erie

RubberDucks Game Recap | Box Score

Akron RubberDucks (15-10) 2, Erie SeaWolves (15-13) 0

WP: Xzavion Curry (1-1) LP: Adam Wolf (3-1) Save: Nic Enright (4)

Summary

The Akron RubberDucks shutout the Erie SeaWolves 2-0 for their fourth straight win behind Xzavion Curry’s six scoreless innings on Tuesday night at Canal Park.

Turning Point

Akron jumped out in front early once again starting when Jose Tena singled to start the third inning. After back-to-back walks worked by Ike Freeman and George Valera to load the bases, Will Brennan grounded out to the Erie second baseman, which allowed Tena to score and make it 1-0 RubberDucks.

Mound Presence

Curry allowed a leadoff walk to open the ballgame before settling in and retiring the next 10 SeaWolves in a row. In total, Curry tosses six scoreless innings allowing just two hits while striking out five. Tim Herrin followed with two scoreless innings and four strikeouts. Nic Enright tossed a scoreless inning to pick up the save.

Duck Tales

The RubberDucks added on in the fourth inning when Tena lifted a sacrifice fly to bring home Jonathan Engelmann and make it 2-0 Akron. Erie kept the Akron offense quite the rest of the evening holding the Ducks to 0-for-7 with RISP.

Notebook

Akron’s four straight victories tie a season high…Curry’s six scoreless innings extended the streak of 10 straight starts by a RubberDucks pitcher to allow one run or less..Overall this season, Curry has tossed 10.1 scoreless innings against Erie…Brennan’s RBI in the third was his 27th of the season, which leads the Eastern League…Game Time: 2:25…Attendance: 1,996.

On the Pond

The RubberDucks will continue their series with the Erie SeaWolves on Wednesday, May 11 at 6:35 p.m. Left-hander Jaime Arias (High-A: 1-1, 4.20 ERA) will make his RubberDucks debut against Erie right-hander Garrett Hill (1-0, 2.35 ERA). The game broadcast, powered by FirstEnergy, is on 640 WHLO, the 640 WHLO iHeartRadio channel, and akronrubberducks.com, and available on MiLB.TV. Tickets for all RubberDucks home games, are available at akronrubberducks.com/tickets.