Game Recaps: Friday 6/26
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June 27, 2009
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Rochester beat the Clippers 6-1 in the finale of an eight-game road swing.
Both starters, Chuck Lofgren and Brian Deunsing, were on top of their game. The Wings scored two runs in the third, assisted by a defensive miscue, to take an early lead. The Clippers scored their only run in the fourth. Tony Graffanino smashed his second of three doubles, and Andy Marte scored him with a single to make it 2-1.
The score held until the eighth with Lofgren and Deunsing dueling back and forth, but Rochester got to Lofgren in a big way, scoring three times off and adding one more off reliever Frank Herrmann.
Deunsing allowe only one run in eight innings while earning the victory. Jesse Crain pitched the scoreless ninth.
Aeros continue hot streak
The best team in professional baseball continued its hot play, as the Aeros defeated the Binghamton Mets by the final score of 3-1 in front of 7,403 fans at Canal Park Friday night. It was the 16th win in 20 games for Akron, as they improved to a season-high 26 games over .500 at 49-23 behind the efforts of Nick Weglarz offensively and starter Hector Rondon on the mound. The B-Mets fell to 6-19 in the month of June and 27-45 overall. Akron
