June 23, 2009
For the second night in a row, the State College Spikes had a late-inning comeback that just fell short. The Spikes really didn’t deserve to be in this game, though. Outhit 13-6, the Spikes were able to take advantage of 5 Mahoning Valley errors, including 4 by the second-baseman Lurvin Basabe.
Kyle McPherson struggled in 4.2 innings, giving up 10 hits and 6 runs (4 earned). He did strike out 6. Zach Foster pitched 3.1 nice innings in relief, giving up just 3 hits and 1 run. He walked 3 batters.
From the plate, David Rubinstein and Miguel Mendez were both 2-3, and they each scored a run.
The teams play game 2 of their 3 game series tonight at Mahoning Valley.
Game of 6/22/2009 -- State College at Mahoning Valley (N) State College AB R H RBI Mahoning Valley AB R H RBI Holt B, 2b 5 0 0 0 Basabe L, 2b 4 2 2 0 Vasquez A, 3b 5 0 1 0 Greenwell B, lf 5 1 2 1 Hernandez J, lf 3 0 1 0 Smit J, cf 4 0 1 0 Morgan K, ph 1 0 0 0 Henry J, cf 1 0 1 0 Byler J, 1b 2 1 0 0 Head S, rf 4 1 1 1 Irvine P, dh 3 1 0 0 Palincsar T, rf 0 0 0 0 Rubinstein D, rf 3 2 2 0 Allman J, dh 3 1 1 2 Saukko K, cf 3 1 1 1 Bellows K, 3b 4 1 2 0 Mendez M, c 3 1 2 2 Vera R, 1b 4 1 1 0 Summerlin T, ss 4 0 0 1 Smith K, ss 4 0 2 2 Chen C, c 3 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 6 7 4 36 7 13 6 State College 000 000 420 -- 6 Mahoning Valley 310 030 00x -- 7 State College IP H R ER BB SO McPherson K (L) 4.2 10 6 4 0 6 Foster Z 3.1 3 1 1 3 1 Mahoning Valley IP H R ER BB SO Guilmet P 4.0 2 0 0 2 5 Fonseca G (W) 3.0 3 4 2 3 1 Urena J 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 Grening B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Saukko K, Summerlin T, Basabe L 4, Bellows K DP -- State College 1, Mahoning Valley 2 LOB -- State College 7, Mahoning Valley 8 2B -- Allman J, Vera R, Mendez M 3B -- Basabe L HR -- Head S CS -- Vasquez A, Henry J SF -- Saukko K HBP -- by Urena J (Byler J) T -- 2:47 A -- 2696
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