Pitch By Pitch

The Spikes lost their 3rd consecutive 1-run game, as the Mahoning Valley Scrappers outlasted State College 2-1. Michael Felix, Marc Baca, and Mike Williams combined to allow just 5 hits, and they struck out 6 Scrappers’ batters.

In the top of the 3rd inning, Andy Vasquez singled with 1 out. Tony Sanchez followed with a ground ball to shortstop that could have been a double-play ball. An error on the second baseman kept the inning alive. Kyle Morgan tripled to score Sanchez and give the Spikes the lead.

The bottom of the 6th, started the Marc Baca hitting Jason Smit with a pitch. A Roberto Perez double scored Baca and Jordan Henry hit a ball to third baseman, Freizer Pedron. A Pedron error allowed Perez to score the go-ahead run.

     Game of 6/23/2009 -- State College at Mahoning Valley (N)

  State College      AB  R  H RBI    Mahoning Valley    AB  R  H RBI  
Holt B, 2b            4  0  1  0   Basabe L, 2b          3  0  1  0   
Vasquez A, ss         3  0  1  0   Greenwell B, lf       2  0  0  0   
Sanchez T, c          4  1  2  0   Bellows K, 3b         4  0  2  0   
Morgan K, 1b          4  0  1  1   Allman J, rf          4  0  1  0   
Rubinstein D, rf      4  0  0  0   Smit J, 1b            3  1  0  0   
Irvine P, lf          4  0  0  0   Chen C, dh            4  0  0  0   
Rosero C, dh          3  0  0  0   Smith K, ss           4  0  0  0   
Byler J, ph           1  0  0  0   Perez R, c            3  1  1  1   
Pedron F, 3b          3  0  1  0   Henry J, cf           3  0  0  0   
Parry C, ph           1  0  0  0   
Garcia E, cf          3  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  1  7  1                        30  2  5  1   

State College    001 000 000 --  1
Mahoning Valley  000 002 00x --  2

  State College        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Felix M               4.0  3  0  0  1  2
Baca M (L)            2.0  2  2  1  1  1
Williams M            2.0  0  0  0  0  3

  Mahoning Valley      IP  H  R ER BB SO
Popham M              5.0  6  1  0  1  4
Kirk N (W)            3.0  1  0  1  0  4
Burns C (S)           1.0  0  0  0  0  3

E -- Felix M, Pedron F 2, Sanchez T, Basabe L
DP -- State College 1
LOB -- State College 7, Mahoning Valley 8
2B -- Perez R
3B -- Morgan K
SB -- Smit J
CS -- Basabe L, Chen C
HBP -- by Felix M (Basabe L), by Baca M (Smit J)
PB -- Sanchez T
T -- 2:35
A -- 4682

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

The State College Spikes finished their 3 game series against the Williamsport Crosscutters tonight. The Spikes are still looking for their first win at Medlar Field.

After falling behind 4-0 after the first 5 innings, the Spikes’ rallied in the bottom of the 7th to score 3 runs, but it would end there. The Cutters held on to win by the 4-3 final.

Tony Sanchez played six innings and went 0-3.

The Spikes now hit the road for a series against the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.

     Game of 6/21/2009 -- Williamsport at State College (N)

  Williamsport       AB  R  H RBI    State College      AB  R  H RBI  
Dabbs M, rf           5  0  3  0   Garcia E, lf          4  1  2  1   
Castro L, cf          4  1  1  0   Vasquez A, ss         5  1  1  0   
Barnes J, ss          5  1  1  0   Sanchez T, c          3  0  0  0   
Batts S, 1b           4  2  2  3   Parry C, c            2  0  0  0   
Warren T, lf          5  0  3  1   Morgan K, 1b          3  0  1  0   
Hewitt A, 3b          4  0  1  0   Byler J, ph-1b        1  0  0  0   
Rodriguez J, c        4  0  0  0   Payne M, 3b           5  0  0  1   
Porter E, 2b          4  0  1  0   Rosero C, cf          3  0  0  1   
Uhl C, dh             4  0  0  0   Irvine P, dh          2  0  0  0   
                                   Hernandez J, ph-dh    1  0  0  0   
                                   Biela B, rf           2  1  0  0   
                                   Willemburg B, 2b      3  0  0  0   
                                   Summerlin T, 2b       1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  4 12  4                        35  3  5  3   

Williamsport     300 010 000 --  4
State College    000 000 300 --  3

  Williamsport         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ballestas F           3.2  2  0  0  1  5
Arroyo S (W)          2.1  0  0  0  2  1
Lugo E                0.2  2  3  3  1  0
Jimenez E             1.1  1  0  0  1  2
Hyatt A               1.0  0  0  0  0  2

  State College        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pereira N (L)         3.0  6  3  3  1  4
Paulino R             4.0  4  1  1  0  3
Erickson J            2.0  2  0  0  0  1

E -- Ballestas F, Barnes J, Vasquez A
LOB -- Williamsport 10, State College 11
2B -- Hewitt A, Dabbs M 2, Batts S
HR -- Batts S
SB -- Warren T, Dabbs M, Biela B
CS -- Warren T
HBP -- by Jimenez E (Byler J), by Erickson J (Batts S)
WP -- Pereira N, Arroyo S, Lugo E
Balk -- Paulino R
PB -- Sanchez T
T -- 3:15
A -- 4486