Matt McBride, the former Lehigh slugger, had been on a tear during his time with the Kinston Indians, a Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, this spring. The 2006 Patriot League Player of the Year was batting .405 through 31 games with 51 hits, 15 doubles and six home runs, and thought he would be taking on the Wilmington Blue Rocks on Tuesday evening in Delaware. However McBride received news earlier in the day that he had been called up to play for the Akron Aeros, a Double A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, and so he made his way to Ohio for a game on Tuesday versus the Bowie Baysox. The Bethlehem native started in right field and proceeded to go 1-for-4 at the plate as Akron fell to the Baysox 7-4.