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State College Spikes Game Notes - August 12 at Brooklyn

Published on August 12, 2015 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
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2015 STATE COLLEGE SPIKES GAME NOTES

Wednesday, August 12 - 7:05 p.m.

MCU Park - Brooklyn, NY

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - St. Louis Cardinals (26-24) at

BROOKLYN CYCLONES - New York Mets (25-25)

Game #51 / Road Game #25

Starting Pitchers:

State College - RHP Landon Beck (1-3, 2.79)

Brooklyn - RHP Tyler Badamo (2-5, 3.10)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 (7:05 p.m. vs. West Virginia): Cowboy Monkey Rodeo Appearance and FIREWORKS presented by Penn State Federal Credit Union...Scratch n' Win Saturday presented by P.J. Harrigan's...Lion County Kia Plinko...Nuts For You $1,000 Sheetz Gift Card Giveaway...Post-Game Kids Run the Bases presented by Clinical Outcomes Group, Inc....Ag Night..Country Western Night

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 (6:05 p.m. vs. West Virginia): Pyro Muscial FIREWORKS pres. by First National Bank...Star Wars Night...Bellefonte Community Night pres. by Swartz Fire & Safety Equipment featuring FREE Kids Zone! pres. by Friends of Jake Corman...Kids Day pres. by First National Bank...Kids Eat & Play Free pres. by Dairy Queen Grill & Chill...Pre-Game Catch on the Field (5:00-5:30 p.m.)...Post-Game Kids Run the Bases pres. by Clinical Outcomes Group, Inc....State College Borough Water Authority Water Conservation Awareness Night...Extra Innings Club On-Field Batting Practice (11 a.m.)

-SPIKES TAKE ON CYCLONES TONIGHT: The State College Spikes continue their 10th Season this evening as they start a three-game road series against the Brooklyn Cyclones at MCU Park. The set will be the last interdivisional action the Spikes will see this year, with the remainder of the regular season featuring action against only Pinckney Division teams. The Spikes are currently third by a percentage point behind second-place Connecticut in the New York-Penn League Wild Card race, with both teams a half-game back of Lowell. Brooklyn is also bidding for an NYPL playoff berth as they sit just 1 1/2 games behind Staten Island in the McNamara Division standings, while also behind Lowell by the same distance in the Wild Card standings. The Spikes are 8-19 all-time against the Cyclones, including a 4-8 record at MCU Park.

-LAST GAME: The Spikes let go of a four-run lead, but Orlando Olivera capped a four-RBI night with a two-out, two-run single in the seventh as the Spikes completed a three-game sweep of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers with a 7-5 victory on Tuesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Olivera collected a total of three hits on the night, with an RBI single in the first and a run-scoring double in the third. The Missouri Baptist product is now hitting .359 with 16 runs batted in over 19 games with State College. The Spikes took the lead early, countering a first-inning solo home run from the Scrappers' Ka'ai Tom with a pair of runs, the first scoring on Leobaldo Pina's triple. A three-run third ran the State College lead to 5-1 before Mahoning Valley tied it with a four-run fifth. Kender Villegas got the win in relief, with Jery Then earning the save.

-ALL-STAR BECK ON THE MOUND FOR SPIKES TONIGHT: The Spikes send their second straight NYPL All-Star to the hill this evening as right-hander Landon Beck gets the ball this evening. Beck makes his eighth start and tenth appearance tonight. The Anderson University (SC) product is sixth in the league in ERA with a 2.79 mark, and has posted 44 strikeouts, the third-most in the NYPL. Beck has also struck out 17 batters over his last 11 1/3 innings. Last time out, the right-hander logged 5 2/3 innings and gave up two runs in a no-decision at West Virginia.

-CYCLONES SEND BADAMO TO HILL: Brooklyn will put right-hander Tyler Badamo on the mound tonight for his tenth start of the year. The Mount Sinai, NY native has gone st least six innings on the mound on six occasions, inclduing a season-long seven innings three different times. However, Badamo lasted just 2 2/3 innings against Lowell on August 4, and skipped his last start before returning to the rotation tonight. Badamo, the 2014 24th-round draft choice of the Mets, posted a 1.74 ERA over 10 appearances with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Mets last year.

-FIVE SPIKES HEADED TO NYPL ALL-STAR GAME: Casey Grayson, Leobaldo Pina, Mike Pritchard, Landon Beck and Juan Perez were all selected to the South roster for the 2015 New York-Penn League All-Star Game, as announced by the league on Saturday. The quintet ties a Spikes record for most players headed to the annual showcase of future stars, last set in 2013. The All-Star Game is set to take place on Tuesday, August 18 at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium, home of the Aberdeen IronBirds.

-SPIKE MARKS: The Cyclones played a lengthy game last night, falling to Staten Island, 10-7, in 12 innings...Grayson is now third in the league with a .317 batting average, and is tied for fourth in the league in hits with 52...Pritchard is second in the league in runs scored with 31....Josh Swirchak's four triples are tied for third-most in the NYPL...Jorge Rodriguez has moved into second place in the NYPL in ERA at 2.49...Pedro Echemendia's seven saves are now fifth-most in the NYPL...The Spikes' win last night was their first of the year on a Tuesday...State College's four-game winning streak is the longest active string in the league

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