AKRON, Ohio -- Catcher Juan De La Cruz had a three-run double and right-hander Nick Pasquale pitched five scoreless innings Tuesday as the RubberDucks topped the Richmond Flying Squirrels, 6-1, at Canal Park.
De La Cruz's double in the second inning gave the RubberDucks a 3-0 lead and they cruised the rest of the way.
Luigi Rodriguez brought in a run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth to give Akron a 4-0 lead, and Mark Mathias' two-run homer in the eighth iced it for the RubberDucks.
Pasquale (3-2, 2.