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State College Spikes Game Notes - August 30 vs. Aberdeen

July 30, 2014 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
State College Spikes News Release


Wednesday, July 30 - 7:05 p.m.

Medlar Field at Lubrano Park - State College, PA

ABERDEEN IRONBIRDS - Baltimore Orioles (15-29) at

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - St. Louis Cardinals (31-14)

Game #46 / Home Game #24

Starting Pitchers:

State College - RHP Will Anderson (4-1, 2.72)

Aberdeen - RHP Tanner Chleborad (1-1, 2.13)

TONIGHT (7:05 vs. Aberdeen): Half-Price Wednesday presented by BIG Froggy 101...Acoustic Night with Sgt. Bob

TOMORROW NIGHT (7:05 vs. Aberdeen): $1 Beer Night presesented by 93.7 THE BUS...Halloween Night

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 (7:05 vs. Aberdeen): FIREWORKS Night presented by Vision Creative Solutions...Star Wars Characters Appearance...4 for $44 Friday presented by TGI Fridays and MAJIC 99...Geisinger Careworks Kids FREE Friday...Penns Valley Community Night featuring FREE Kids Zone presented by Senator Jake Corman...Kids Run the Bases presented by Clinical Outcomes Group, Inc....Grange Fair Night...Scout Night

-SPIKES HEAD HOME TO START SIX-GAME HOMESTAND TONIGHT: The State College Spikes are now nine games out in front of Batavia and Williamsport for the New York-Penn League Pinckney Division lead, and are just a game off the pace for the best record in the NYPL. Tonight, the Spikes begin a six-game homestand with a matchup against the Aberdeen IronBirds at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The game also starts a three-game series between the two teams. Hudson Valley, the club leading the NYPL McNamara Division, visits from Saturday through Monday in the back half of the homestand. Aberdeen currently sits in fourth place in the McNamara, and 7 1/2 games outside the NYPL Wild Card. State College is 7-15 all-time against the IronBirds, and 5-7 in games played at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

-LAST GAME: The State College Spikes used a 17-hit attack, including home runs from Robelys Reyes and Danny Diekroeger, to bolster a solid start from Ian McKinney in his return to the club and take a 13-8 victory from the Mahoning Valley Scrappers on Tuesday night at Eastwood Field.

Reyes notched his second home run of the season with a solo shot to right field in the third inning as part of a three-hit night in which he came a triple shy of the cycle. Diekoreger added the exclamation point to the night with his fourth long ball of the year, a three-run homer in the ninth that gave the Spikes ample insurance at the end of the game.

State College took a 9-1 lead into the bottom of the sixth, and withstood a Mahoning Valley rally late in the contest to hang on for the win. Seven different Spikes delivered multiple hits, and five players collected multiple runs batted in during the game.

McKinney made his return to the Spikes after compiling a 1.26 ERA over six starts at Rookie-level Johnson City, and put together a quality effort early on in the game. The southpaw retired 14 straight batters from the first through the sixth innings, and yielded just four hits and a hit batsman over the first six frames.

-ANDERSON LOOKS TO CONTINUE WINNING WAYS: Right-hander Will Anderson has won his last four decisions, and gets the ball tonight for the Spikes in the series opener. Anderson made his shortest outing of the year last time out, going four innings and allowing two runs on five hits and a walk against Auburn. The Pleasanton, CA native has gone at least five innings in every start prior to his last appearance, and twice has logged seven innings on the hill in a single outing. Anderson, the 26th-round draft choice of the Cardinals last year, is 3-1 with a 2.41 ERA at home this season.

-IRONBIRDS GO WITH CHLEBORAD FOR STARTERS: Right-hander Tanner Chleborad makes his fourth start of the year and sixth appearance for Aberdeen tonight. Chleborad went a career-long five innings on the mound in a no-decision against Connecticut last time out on Thursday. The Washington State product, who was selected by the Orioles in the 16th round of the 2014 MLB Draft, has recorded just five strikeouts, but only two walks, over his first 12 2/3 innings as a professional. Chleborad's road ERA in two appearances is 3.86, compared to a 1.13 home ERA over three outings at Ripken Stadium.

-WICK PROMOTED TO PEORIA : The St. Louis Cardinals announced last Wednesday that Rowan Wick, the Spikes' single-season home run record holder, earned promotion to the Single-A Peoria Chiefs. Despite his week-longabsence from the league, the Cardinals' 2012 ninth-round draft choice still leads the New York-Penn League with 14 homers, and also tops the league in runs batted in with 38. The Spikes, meanwhile, have scored 51 runs in the seven games since his departure, including a record 17 runs against Auburn on Friday.

-SPIKE MARKS: The Spikes are the highest-scoring team in the NYPL with 251 runs in 45 games, an average of 5.58 runs per game..Alex De Leon is leading the NYPL in runs scored with 33, one more than Hudson Valley's Hunter Lockwood...De Leon's 7 homers are tied for fourth in the league...Brian O'Keefe is tied for the league lead in times hit by pitch with nine...Kyle Grana's 13.68 strikeouts per nine innings are second-most among NYPL relievers, and his 39 strikeouts are fourth in the loop...2006 Spikes catcher/DH Scott Thomas returns to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park tonight as the hitting coach for the IronBirds...Thomas played 39 games for the Spikes that year, 19 of them behind the plate

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