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Spikes Continue Home Run Frenzy, But Fall to Muckdogs, 8-3

July 8, 2018 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
State College Spikes News Release


BATAVIA, N.Y. - Brady Whalen smashed his second home run in as many night, and Andres Luna went deep for this first State College Spikes home run, but the Batavia Muckdogs used a big seventh inning to down the Spikes, 8-3, on Sunday afternoon at Dwyer Stadium.

Whalen's two-run blast to left field in the third inning gave State College (9-14) a 3-1 lead. The Spikes' first baseman, who hit his first homer of the year on Saturday to right field as a left-handed hitter, hit his second as a right-handed hitter on Sunday.

Luna's solo home run to left field started the third for the Spikes and tied the game at 1-1. State College has now hit six home runs as a team during the first five games of the six-game road trip after going without a homer in the 16 games prior to the New York swing.

Batavia (11-11) opened the scoring in the first when Sean Reynolds hit a sinking line drive to right field that was originally ruled to have been caught by State College right fielder Justin Toerner but was reversed, after further discussion, to an RBI single.

The Muckdogs then scored in the fourth on Igor Baez's two-out single to center, and tied the game when Reynolds hit a solo home run to right field in the sixth.

In the eighth, Batavia plated five runs to break the game open, with Brayan Hernandez's RBI single and a two-run double from Denis Karas serving as the key base hits.

State College starter Angel Rondon (0-4) took the loss after being charged with four runs on seven hits and two walks over six-plus innings of work. Rondon also struck out three batters during his mound tenure.

Batavia reliever Dylan Cyphert (1-0), a native of Clarion, Pennsylvania, picked up the win in relief. Cyphert yielded two hits and a walk while striking over 1 1/3 scoreless innings.

The Spikes and Muckdogs will meet in the rubber match of their three-game series at Dwyer Stadium on Monday night at 7:05 p.m. State College will have right-hander Jim Voyles (1-0) on the mound. Voyles tossed seven one-run innings for the win in the opener of the Spikes' road trip at Auburn on the Fourth of July.

Batavia will send right-hander Bryce Howe (0-0) to the mound for his first start of the season.

After the series against the Muckdogs, and an off day on the New York-Penn League slate on Tuesday, the Spikes are home at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park for a six-game homestand from Wednesday, July 11 to Monday, July 16, with three games each against the Vermont Lake Monsters (Oakland Athletics) and Tri-City ValleyCats (Houston Astros).

Highlights include the return of $1 Beer Thursday, presented by BIG Froggy 101, on Thursday, July 12, FryDay the 13th Night featuring a National French Fry Day Celebration and Salute to Horror Movies on Friday, July 13, and the Spikes Youth Baseball Clinic presented by Penn State Health, Official Healthcare Provider of Penn State Athletics at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 14.

In addition, Military Appreciation Night presented by Lion Country Kia and FIREWORKS presented by First National Bank will take place on Sunday, July 15, and Super Splash Day I with a noon start happens on Monday, July 16.

Tickets for all six games from July 11-16, as well as the 2018 New York-Penn League All-Star Game presented by the Central PA Convention & Visitors Bureau, the 2018 NYPL All-Star Tailgate Gala presented by Reinhart Foodservice, and every game on the 2018 Spikes home schedule, are currently on sale through the Spikes Ticket Office.

Tickets can be purchased by calling (814) 272-1711 or by visiting the Ticket Office in person from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Fans can also buy and download single-game tickets by visiting StateCollegeSpikes.com.

Catch all of the action on Monday via the Spikes Radio Network, presented by Penn State Sports Medicine, Official Healthcare Provider of Penn State Athletics, at 6:50 p.m. with Spikes Live, presented by Mount Nittany Health, on the air from Dwyer Stadium. The Spikes' radio broadcast can also be heard worldwide through the "Listen Live" link on StateCollegeSpikes.com, provided by the club's flagship radio home, Newsradio 1390 WRSC, as well as the TuneIn Radio app.

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