Spikes Rally to Beat 'Days
August 28, 2015 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Auburn Doubledays News Release
STATE COLLEGE, PA - The Doubledays fell to the State College Spikes 5-4 on Friday night after the Spikes made a late rally. The series is now split at 1-1 with after the 'Days took game one Thursday.
Once again, the Doubledays didn't waste anytime taking an early lead. With one out in the first, Max Schrock turned on an inside fastball and launched his first professional homer of the wall in right to give the 'Days a 1-0 lead.
The next inning, Auburn added another run. After Anderson Franco grounded out, Diomedes Eusebio was hit by a pitch. Eusebio then moved to second when Ian Sagdal singled up the middle. After Randy Encarnacion flew out to center, Jorge Tillero knocked in Eusebio with a single up the middle and the Doubledays took a 2-0 lead.
In the third, Darryl Florentino led off with a walk. Florentino then scored all the way from first on a triple to right by Schrock. With Schrock on third, Kelvin Gutierrez brought him in with a ground out to short and the 'Days led 4-0. But after that, Auburn's bats went quiet.
The fourth inning went by quickly and quietly before the Spikes got on the board in the fifth. After back-to-back groundouts, Jhohan Acevedo singles on a groundball to short. The outfielder moved to second on a wild pitch before Mike Pritchard walked to put runners on first and second with two outs. That brought up Leobaldo Pina who brought in both Acevedo and Pritchard with a double to left. Casey Grayson then grounded out to short and after five the Doubledays led 4-2.
The very next inning, the Spikes struck again. Orlando Olivera led off with a triple to left. After Jose Godoy was hit by a pitch, Ronnierd Garcia hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Olivera and put the score at 4-3.
Two innings later in the eighth, the Spikes took their first lead of the series. Casey Grayson walked and was pitch ran for by Craig Aikin who moved to second on an errant pickoff attempt. Aikin then moved to third on a single to right by Olivera before he scored on a double to right by Godoy. Olivera was then pinch ran for by Thomas Spitz while Michael Massi went in to pinch run for Jose Godoy. With runners on second and third in Spitz and Massi, Kevin Mooney replaced Mick Van Vossen on the hill. Mooney got Garcia to ground into a fielder's choice and Spitz was out at home on the play. Then RJ Dennard singled to right and Massi was out at home putting runners on first and second with two outs. That brought up Champ Rowland who walked to load the bases. WIth Acevedo batting, Mooney threw a wild pitch and Garcia scored from third to give the Spikes a 5-4 lead over the Doubledays.
In the ninth inning, the Doubledays went down in order and the Spikes won 5-4.
Auburn and State College have split the first two games of the series and the rubber match is Saturday at 7:05 PM. Jefry Rodriguez (3-5, 4.81 ERA) gets the start for Auburn against Josh Wirsu (0-1, 3.60 ERA) for State College.
• Discuss this story on the New York-Penn League message board...
New York-Penn League Stories from August 28, 2015
- Cutters Silenced by Batavia in Shutout - Williamsport Crosscutters
- 'Cats Drop 8-7 Contest to Lake Monsters - Tri-City ValleyCats
- Renegades Crush Yankees, 10-3 - Staten Island Yankees
- Renegades Score 10 Runs in Victory Over Staten Island - Hudson Valley Renegades
- Spikes Come Back from Four-Run Deficit to Top Doubledays, 5-4 - State College Spikes
- Spikes Rally to Beat 'Days - Auburn Doubledays
- Lake Monsters slip past Tri-City - Vermont Lake Monsters
- Birds Beat Bklyn, 5-2 - Brooklyn Cyclones
- Black Bears Fall to Mahoning Valley 6-1 - West Virginia Black Bears
- Spenser Watkins Brilliant - Norwich Sea Unicorns
- State College Spikes Game Notes - August 28 vs. Auburn - State College Spikes
- Spinners Announce Game Time Changes for August 30, September 5 - Lowell Spinners
- John Kosciak to be Inducted into the Professional Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame - Hudson Valley Renegades
- RHP Casey Shane Promoted to Lake County - Mahoning Valley Scrappers
- Gina DeJesus to Throw out First Pitch at Scrappers Game - Mahoning Valley Scrappers
- Bears Hold Early Lead - Mahoning Valley Scrappers
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
