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Elvin Rodriguez spins five perfect innings to lead Erie over Akron

A three-run third inning doomed Drew Hutchison’s start for the Hens on Wednesday. The offense mounted a push in the middle innings but ultimately Indy pulled away with the victory.

Just like Matt Manning the night before, Hutchison racked up plenty of strikeouts, but he was undone by a pair of home runs in the third inning. The Hens fought back in the fifth with Zach Short picking up an RBI double, while Victor Reyes added a sacrifice fly to score Derek Hill and make it a one run game. Unfortunately, a Hutchison balk and an Isaac Paredes error at second put Indy in scoring position in the bottom of the frame, and Hutchison wild pitched in a run to open the deficit back to two runs.