Pitch By Pitch

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

The State College Spikes played the 2nd game of their season tonight, and they beat the Williamsport Crosscutters 4-3. Pirates’ #1 draft pick, Tony Sanchez, entered the game in the bottom of the 6th inning. In the top of the 9th inning, with runners on 1st and 2nd, Sanchez hit a go-ahead single that turned out to be the game-winner.

Jose Hernandez, the Pirates’ #23 draft pick had a nice game, going 3-4, with 2 singles and a double.

     Game of 6/20/2009 -- State College at Williamsport (N)

  State College      AB  R  H RBI    Williamsport       AB  R  H RBI  
Summerlin T, 2b       5  0  0  0   James J, cf           4  0  1  0   
Willemburg B, ss      5  1  1  0   Castro L, rf          4  1  1  0   
Irvine P, dh          4  0  0  0   Barnes J, ss          3  2  2  2   
Byler J, 1b           3  1  2  1   Murillo F, 1b         4  0  1  0   
Rubinstein D, rf      4  1  1  0   Dabbs M, dh           4  0  3  1   
Payne M, 3b           3  0  0  1   Hewitt A, 3b          3  0  0  0   
Hernandez J, lf       4  1  3  0   Porter E, 2b          4  0  2  0   
Saukko K, cf          4  0  1  0   Doss D, c             4  0  0  0   
Mendez M, c           2  0  0  0   Uhl C, lf             4  0  0  0   
Sanchez T, c          2  0  1  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  4  9  3                        34  3 10  3   

State College    000 003 001 --  4
Williamsport     200 001 000 --  3

  State College        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Miller Q              4.0  5  2  2  0  2
Moreno D              3.0  3  1  1  1  2
Williams M (W)        2.0  2  0  0  0  1

  Williamsport         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pettibone J           5.0  2  0  0  1  6
Simon R               1.0  4  3  3  0  0
Wertz L               2.0  0  0  0  0  2
Ellis J (L)           1.0  3  1  1  0  2

E -- Hewitt A
DP -- State College 2
LOB -- State College 7, Williamsport 6
2B -- Castro L, Byler J, Rubinstein D, Hernandez J
3B -- Porter E
HR -- Barnes J
SB -- Barnes J, Dabbs M, Saukko K
CS -- James J
SF -- Payne M
HBP -- by Miller Q (Barnes J)
WP -- Simon R
Balk -- Simon R
PB -- Doss D
T -- 2:38
A -- 1725

Four errors and a whole lot of hits in two disastrous innings doomed the State College Spikes on their opening night against the Williamsport Crosscutters. The Cutters got 8 hits in the top of the 5th, and they took advantage of a Spikes’ error and hit-by-pitch to score 8 runs and blow the game wide open. They added 5 more hits and 5 more runs in the top of the 9th to complete their destruction of the Baby Bucs.

Friday night’s game at sold-out Medlar Field at Lubrano Park featured some of the Pirates’ 2008 draft picks and some of the 2009 draft picks that have already signed with the club.

2008
11th Round – David Rubinstein
34th Round – Matthew Payne
35th Round – Tyler Cox
36th Round – Kyle Morgan
38th Round – Alan Knotts
39th Round – Albert Fagan
50th Round – Craig Parry

2009
23rd Round – Jose Hernandez
24th Round – Jason Erickson
30th Round – Ty Summerlin
33rd Round – Patrick Irvine
42nd Round – Marc Baca

Pirates’ first round draft pick, Tony Sanchez, will join the team today in Williamsport where they will finish out the final two games of the opening series.

     Game of 6/19/2009 -- Williamsport at State College (N)

  Williamsport       AB  R  H RBI    State College      AB  R  H RBI  
James J, cf           5  1  1  0   Garcia E, cf          3  1  1  0   
Castro L, lf          6  2  5  2   Hernandez J, ph-lf    1  0  0  0   
Barnes J, ss          6  1  2  1   Vasquez A, ss         3  0  2  0   
Murillo F, 1b         5  2  2  3   Willemburg B, ss      0  0  0  0   
Batts S, 2b           4  2  1  1   Byler J, dh           3  0  0  0   
Hewitt A, 3b          4  1  1  1   Irvine P, ph-dh       1  0  0  0   
Dabbs M, rf           4  2  1  0   Morgan K, 1b          4  0  1  0   
Warren T, dh          5  3  3  4   Rubinstein D, rf      2  0  0  0   
Rodriguez J, c        5  1  3  2   Parry C, c            4  0  0  0   
                                   Payne M, 3b           4  1  1  0   
                                   Rosero C, lf-cf       4  0  2  1   
                                   Pedron F, 2b          3  0  0  0   
                                   Summerlin T, 2b       0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44 15 19 14                        32  2  7  1   

Williamsport     100 180 005 -- 15
State College    110 000 000 --  2

  Williamsport         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lebron S (W)          5.2  6  2  2  1  5
Massingham E          1.1  1  0  0  0  2
Long J                1.0  0  0  0  1  2
Grieve S              1.0  0  0  0  1  1

  State College        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Cox T (L)             4.2 10 10  8  1  4
Knotts A              1.1  3  0  0  0  1
Erickson J            1.0  0  0  0  0  1
Baca M                1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Fagan A               1.0  5  5  5  1  0

E -- Cox T, Vasquez A, Rubinstein D, Pedron F
DP -- Williamsport 1, State College 2
LOB -- Williamsport 6, State College 6
2B -- Garcia E, Payne M, Murillo F 2, Warren T, Morgan K
3B -- Warren T
HR -- Castro L
SB -- Vasquez A
CS -- Castro L
SF -- Hewitt A
HBP -- by Cox T (Dabbs M)
PB -- Rodriguez J
T -- 2:42
A -- 5593