Mark Mathias continued his recent hot stretch, leading off for Columbus and going 3-6 with a home run and two doubles.
A rehabbing Tyler Naquin went 2-5 with a home run and a triple. Ryan Flaherty and Trayce Thompson also both had multi-hit games and hit home runs.
Starting pitcher Asher Wojciechowski was solid, providing a quality start with 7.0 innings. He allowed three runs on five hits while striking out four and walking two.
Josh Smith continued his recent strong run of pitching with a scoreless ninth inning and two strikeouts.
Akron RubberDucks 9, Bowie Baysox 5
Box Score · RubberDucks improve to 27-25
Connor Marabell has been scorching hot as of late and he homered for the third consecutive game Thursday.