The Spikes saw their 4th consecutive 1-run game last night, but this time they managed to score the win.

Tyler Cox gave up 6 hits and a walk in 5 innings, but he left allowing just 1 run. Brandon Holden, Diego Moreno, and Alan Knotts shut things down in the 7th, 8th, and 9th.

Tony Sanchez went 1-4 and scored 1 of the Spikes’ 2 runs. David Rubinstein went 2-5 and scored the other.

The Spikes have gone 1-2 in both of their first two series’. They look for their first series win, starting tonight, against the Auburn Doubledays.

     Game of 6/24/2009 -- State College at Mahoning Valley (N)

  State College      AB  R  H RBI    Mahoning Valley    AB  R  H RBI  
Holt B, 2b            5  0  1  0   Henry J, cf           3  0  2  0   
Vasquez A, ss         5  0  0  0   Greenwell B, lf       4  0  0  0   
Sanchez T, c          4  1  1  0   Bellows K, 3b         3  1  1  0   
Byler J, 1b           4  0  0  0   Allman J, dh          4  0  2  0   
Rubinstein D, rf      5  1  2  0   Smit J, 1b            4  0  2  1   
Parry C, dh           3  0  2  1   Folgia G, rf          3  0  1  0   
Hernandez J, lf       1  0  0  0   Smith K, ss           4  0  1  0   
Garcia E, ph-lf       1  0  0  0   Vera R, 2b            4  0  0  0   
Irvine P, 3b          3  0  2  1   Childs D, c           1  0  0  0   
Saukko K, cf          3  0  0  0   Basabe L, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Chen C, c             0  0  0  0   
                                   Johnson J, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  2  8  2                        31  1  9  1   

State College    011 000 000 --  2
Mahoning Valley  000 100 000 --  1

  State College        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Cox T (W)             5.0  6  1  1  1  5
Holden B              1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Moreno D              2.0  1  0  0  0  2
Knotts A (S)          1.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Mahoning Valley      IP  H  R ER BB SO
Anthony R (L)         3.0  5  2  2  2  2
Mead K                3.0  1  0  0  3  5
Adams A               2.0  2  0  0  0  2
Johnson J             1.0  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Bellows K
DP -- State College 3, Mahoning Valley 1
LOB -- State College 12, Mahoning Valley 7
2B -- Allman J, Sanchez T, Bellows K
SB -- Hernandez J
SH -- Folgia G, Henry J
SF -- Parry C
HBP -- by Cox T (Childs D), by Mead K (Hernandez J)
WP -- Mead K
PB -- Childs D, Chen C
T -- 2:58
A -- 2066