Defs rally falls short as Steve Head leads

Akron to a 9-6 victory over Connecticut tonight at Dodd. Head hit three homers in the game, the first off the right field foul pole to put the Aeros up 2-0. He hit solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings as the Aeros would build a 8-0 lead after 5 and half innings. Connecticut answered with doubles by Olmo, Witter and Klink to make it 8-2 in the bottom half of the sixth.
Connecticut rallied with four runs in the bottom of the 9th to make it close at 9-6.
Connecticut starter Ben Snyder takes the loss to fall to 1-6 with a 6.66 ERA. Josh Sharpless gives up four runs in two innings of work. JP throws two shutout innings and in a scary moment caught a liner right back at him turning it into a double play.

Misc fan notes: At last! A Connecticut player shows some motion on the field as Carlos Sosa tossed his bat and helmet in disgust after a K.
The drive toward 200K stays alive with 3200 on hand tonight. And speaking of attendance the 2009 home schedule has been released on the team's website. I asked Charlie Dowd about it a while back and he was very happy about it and you can see why you you view it. Only seven games in April! They open at home April 16th against Trenton the latest home opener ever. The schedule features three homestands in May, June, July and August and wraps up with a seven game homestand in Sept. There are 34 weekend home days out of a possible 71 gates.
Note to the front office: Please keep the 6:35 starts!! And how about making those seven dates in April all day games?

2008 Olympic stats so far: Brooks McNiven is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA in 8 IP. Chris Begg is 1-1 with a 0.75 ERA in 12 IP with 14 Ks. Nate Schierholtz is 6 for 30 (.200 BA) with a homer and 6 RBIs.
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