Defs beat Akron 4-1 behind Joey Martinez....

7 innings of 3 hit shutout ball in Ohio tonight. Juston Hedrick bails out Adam Cowart's jam in the 8th inning and earns his 9th save. Martinez improves to 8-9 on the season with a 2.51 ERA.
Connecticut took the lead on a solo homer by Ryan Rohlinger in the third inning, his sixth HR since joining the team from SJ. An inning later Adam Witter hit his team leading 16th homer, a two run shot to make it 3-0 Defenders. Olmo Rosairo closed out the scoring for CT with a RBI single in the fifth.
Connecticut is now tied for third place with the B-Mets and remain two games behind the SeaDogs for the final playoff spot in the EL Northern Division.

Misc fan notes: Went thru the rosters of the indy baseball Golden League and found some ex-Giants Navigators/Defenders: Playing for the Chico Outlaws is 1B Julian Benavidez. OF Dan Trumble is with the Long Beach Armada. James Garcia pitches for the Yuma Scorpions.