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De La Cruz, Pasquale lead Akron RubberDucks to 6-1 victory

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.