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State College Spikes Game Notes - August 9 at Auburn

Published on August 9, 2012 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
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Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 7:05 p.m.

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - Pittsburgh Pirates (26-24) at

AUBURN DOUBLEDAYS - Washington Nationals (29-20)

Game #51 / Road Game #27

LHP Joely Rodriguez (2-1, 2.72) vs. RHP Ivan Pineyro (1-1, 2.81)

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-SPIKES CONTINUE UPSTATE NEW YORK TOUR TONIGHT: The State College Spikes continue a six-night, three-city trip through upstate New York tonight with the first of two games against the Pinckney Division-leading Auburn Doubledays at Falcon Park. The Spikes and Doubledays will face each other ten times over the final 26 games of the NYPL season. State College is 28-32 against Auburn all-time, with a 13-16 mark at Falcon Park.

-LAST GAME: The State College Spikes weathered the Batavia Muckdogs' early offensive fireworks to bring the tying run to the plate in the eighth inning, but fell just short of completing a comeback from a six-run deficit in a 6-3 defeat on Wednesday night at Dwyer Stadium. D.J. Crumlich delivered an RBI double, while Jacob Stallings added a run-scoring single. Jason Creasy took the loss for State College. Spikes center fielder Tyler Gaffney left the game in the first inning, suffering a black eye on a diving catch attempt.

-SPIKES RELYING ON RODRIGUEZ TONIGHT: Left-hander Joely Rodriguez makes his tenth start of the year for the Spikes this evening. Rodriguez tossed five shutout innings against Hudson Valley in his last start back on Friday, allowing just three hits in the process. Rodriguez has allowed just two earned runs in 19 1/3 road innings this year for a 0.93 ERA, and has thrown at least five shutout frames in a single outing three times this year.

-DOUBLEDAYS PIN HOPES ON PINEYRO: Right-hander Ivan Pineyro is slated to start for the Doubledays tonight. Pineyro started his season with the Gulf Coast League Nationals and posted a 2.38 ERA in five starts, three of which went five innings. The San Cristobal, Dominican Republic native then joined Auburn and has made three starts of between five and six innings. Pineyro allowed one run on seven hits and two walks while striking out five last time out at Staten Island.

-TRIO OF SPIKES SELECTED FOR ALL-STAR GAME: Outfielders Barrett Barnes and Tyler Gaffney joined infielder D.J. Crumlich on the National League roster for the 2012 New York-Penn League All-Star Game, to be played Tuesday at Eastwood Field in Niles, OH. Barnes will be unable to play due to injury, but Gaffney and Crumlich will be on the field looking to lead the NL'ers to victory.

-SPIKE MARKS: Clay Holmes and Luis Heredia were each under consideration for All-Star berths, but their next starts each fell too close to the game to allow them to pitch in it...Jacob Stallings is tied for third in the league with 16 doubles, just two shy of the league lead in that stat...Holmes leads the loop in opponents' batting average (.132) and ERA (0.83)

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