Sept. 14: RubberDucks lose season finale in Harrisburg, 5-4
September 14, 2025 RubberDucks Game Recap | Box Score Harrisburg Senators (34-35, 68-70) 5, Akron RubberDucks (34-35, 77-60) 4 WP: Dustin Saenz (6-7) LP: Steven Pérez (2-2) Save: Junior Santos (12) Summary Akron right-hander Yorman Gómez pitched five scoreless innings, but the Harrisburg Senators scored four runs in the eighth
September 14, 2025 RubberDucks Game Recap | Box Score
Harrisburg Senators (34-35, 68-70) 5, Akron RubberDucks (34-35, 77-60) 4
WP: Dustin Saenz (6-7) LP: Steven Pérez (2-2) Save: Junior Santos (12)
Summary
Akron right-hander Yorman Gómez pitched five scoreless innings, but the Harrisburg Senators scored four runs in the eighth inning for a 5-4 victory in the finale of a six-game series and the 2025 season at FNB Field Sunday afternoon.
💪Yorman Gómez
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 14, 2025
5⃣ innings
4⃣ strikeouts
0⃣ runs pic.twitter.com/ljrwSpfcdj
Turning Point
With Akron leading, 4-1, in the bottom of the eighth inning, right-hander Tyler Thornton walked the first two batters before allowing a two-run triple to first baseman Branden Boissiere. After Thornton struck out third baseman Cayden Wallace, left-hander Steven Pérez entered, and right fielder Sam Brown hit his first pitch down the right-field line for a game-tying double. Former RubberDuck and Senators left fielder Joe Naranjo singled to right field, and designated hitter Caleb Lomavita beat a relay throw to first base on a potential inning-ending double play for an RBI fielder’s choice and 5-4 lead.
Mound Presence
Gómez worked around two hits, a walk and a hit batter while striking out four batters in five scoreless innings. Right-hander Zane Morehouse allowed the first tying run in the sixth inning on two hits, including Wallace’s RBI single. Right-hander Hunter Stanley pitched a scoreless seventh inning. Thornton recorded one out and was charged three earned runs, while Pérez allowed the game-winning run in two-thirds of an inning.
Duck Tales
The RubberDucks broke a scoreless tie against left-hander Alex Clemmey in the third inning, when third baseman Alex Mooney walked and stole second base, and second baseman Christian Knapczyk hit an RBI single to right field for a 1-0 lead. In the seventh against right-hander Jack Sinclair, catcher Jacob Cozart drew a leadoff walk, right fielder Guy Lipscomb singled to left field, and Naranjo’s error in left field allowed both to reach scoring position. Center fielder Jake Fox then chopped a two-run double past Boissiere at first base for a 3-1 Akron lead. First baseman Ralphy Velazquez added an RBI single off left-hander Dustin Saenz to make it 4-1.
9⃣th hit of the series + 3⃣rd RBI for @Cknap1
— Akron RubberDucks (@AkronRubberDuck) September 14, 2025
TOP 3 | Akron 1 | Harrisburg 0 pic.twitter.com/qniwQD3icz
Notebook
Velazquez ends the season currently leading the Guardians organization with 22 home runs, 85 RBIs, 128 hits, 59 extra-base hits, nine triples, and 239 total bases between High-A Lake County and Double-A Akron, where he hit .330 with a .994 OPS in Eastern League play…With four strikeouts, Gómez leads the Guardians’ minor league system with 139 this season and currently leads with 12 overall wins…Shortstop Angel Genao’s seven-game hitting streak ended…Akron split the series, 3-3, and the season series, 9-9, with Harrisburg…Game Time: 2:18…Attendance: 3,584.
On the Pond
The RubberDucks open the 2026 season against the Reading Fightin Phils on Thursday, April 2, at 7 17 Credit Union Park. Information about the RubberDucks and their upcoming season is at akronrubberducks.com.