MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -ALTOONA, PA – The Aeros closed out their marathon, 11-game, 10-day road trip with a 7-4 win over Altoona Sunday night.

 

Beau Mills got Akron on the board with a solo homer leading off the second, but Altoona answered in the bottom of the fourth with Hector Gimenez’s two-out RBI single to left. The Curve then pulled ahead in the sixth, as Jason Delaney opened the inning with a double and scored when Aeros starter Ryan Edell threw Steve Lerud’s sacrifice attempt down the right field line for a two-base error. Gimenez then pushed the margin to 3-1 with a sacrifice fly later in the inning.

 

The tide turned in the eighth however, as with a man on and two away Carlos Rivero hit a grounder to the hole at short. Altoona’s Brian Friday made a nice diving stop and fired to second, but Cristo Arnal beat the throw and kept the inning alive. Curve reliever Corey Hamman then walked Nick Weglarz on four pitches to load the bases, and forced in a run when he walked Jared Goedert on five pitches to make it 3-2.

 

That was all for Hamman as Altoona called on right-hander Moises Robels, but John Drennen ripped Robels’ first offering into the right field corner, clearing the bases with a three-run triple and putting Akron ahead to stay at 5-3. Jerad Head then gave the Aeros some breathing room, drilling a two-run homer over the bleachers in left field to make it 7-3.

The Curve managed a run in the ninth thanks to Gimenez’s fifth homer of the season before Vinnie Pestano came in to close out his 14^th save.

 

After an off day Monday, the Aeros will finally return home to Canal Park for the first of a three game set with New Hampshire. Josh Tomlin (5-4, 4.75 ERA) will go for Akron with lefty Luis Perez (4-5, 3.80 ERA) taking the hill for the Fisher Cats.

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