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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