Slumbering Lumber
Three Aeros Pitchers combine to put the Senators sticks to bed.

 

-04.08.03 - Perhaps the early start was the reason the Senators defense seemed a little sleepy.

In a game scheduled for a 10:35am start, Harrisburg committed six errors, while giving up 15 runs on 18 hits to Akron.

Unfortunately for the Senators, their bats never woke up.

Akron Aeros right-handers Fernando Cabrera, Aaron Myette and Jose Vargas combined to no-hit the Senators on April 8 before a matinee crowd of 4,852 at Canal Park in Akron.

It was the first no-hitter in the history of the franchise, which dates to 1989.

Cabrera, 21, one of the Cleveland Indians' top pitching prospects, struck out nine in five innings of his first start of the season.

Myette, on assignment from the Indians, and Vargas each pitched two innings and struck out two.

The Akron trio's outing did not go untarnished. The Senators drew seven walks, split between Talmadge Nunnari and Josh McKinley.

The no-hitter was the most-lopsided of the 137 thrown in the EL since the Class AA league started in 1923 and the earliest thrown in the league's 81 seasons.

Not once did the Senators threaten the no-hitter, barely touching the ball, while striking out 13 times.

Left fielder Grady Sizemore provided more than enough offense for the Aeros, collecting 5 hits with four runs scored.