NYPL State College Spikes

State College Spikes Game Notes - July 14 vs. Staten Island

July 14, 2014 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
State College Spikes News Release


Monday, July 14 - 12:00 p.m.

Medlar Field at Lubrano Park - State College, PA

STATEN ISLAND YANKEES - New York Yankees (15-14) at

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - St. Louis Cardinals (21-8)

Games #30-31 / Home Games #17-18

Pitchers:

State College - RHP Daniel Poncedeleon (1-1, 4.66) /RHP Fernando Baez (1-0, 1.71)

Staten Island - RHP Matthew Borens (0-1, 6.48)/RHP Jordan Cote (0-0, 7.71)

TODAY (12:00 vs. Staten Island): Super Splash Day...Buck Day presented by 95.3 FM 3WZ...Acoustic Day with Sgt. Bob

TUESDAY, JULY 22 (7:05 vs. Mahoning Valley): T-Shirt Tuesday Giveaway (First 500 Fans, All Ages) presented by T&B Medical...Chick-fil-A Spikes Student All-Stars Night...Super Hero Night

SATURDAY, JULY 26 (7:05 vs. Auburn): Duck Dynasty Night featuring Cast Memmber Mountain Man presented by Service Master by Holobinko & Merry Maids and BIG Froggy 101

-SPIKES FINISH SUNDAY'S GAME, SERIES VS. YANKEES TONIGHT: The State College Spikes, leaders of the New York-Penn League's Pinckney Division and winners of 10 of their last 11 games, take on the Staten Island Yankees today in a makeshift doubleheader to complete a three-game series at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The two teams will complete the game suspended last night in the middle of the third inning with the score 0-0, then play a seven-inning contest. The Yankees currently sit in third place in the New York-Penn League McNamara Division. The Spikes are first in the Pinckney Division by four games over Batavia. State College is 11-14 all-time against Staten Island, including a 7-6 mark at home against the Yankees. Staten Island has not visited Medlar Field at Lubrano Park since 2012.

-LAST OFFICIAL GAME: Will Anderson produced another strong start on the mound, and Rowan Wick increased his New York-Penn League-leading RBI total to 32 over the first 29 games of the year as the State College Spikes topped the Staten Island Yankees, 6-3, on Saturday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park for their 10th victory in the last 11 games.

Anderson won his third straight start after allowing three runs on six hits and a walk over 5 2/3 innings. The right-hander from Cal State-Monterey Bay struck out three batters on the night as well. Anderson's walk, which was given to Staten Island leadoff batter Collin Slaybaugh in the first inning, was his first in 15 innings of work since June 24.

Wick doubled home the first of two State College runs in the fifth inning, and went 2-for-4 to bring his average to .389 on the year. The North Vancouver, BC native still leads the NYPL with 12 homers as well.

Anderson Gerdel allowed two hits and struck out one during a scoreless ninth inning to grab his first save.

-PONCEDELEON, BAEZ TO GO FOR SPIKES: Right-hander Daniel Poncedeleon will take over for Dewin Perez on the mound in the fourth inning. Poncedeleon will be making his fifth appearance of the year, and has made three starts for the Spikes this year. The Cardinals' 2014 ninth-round draft choice allowed three runs on two hits and four walks over 2 2/3 innings for the loss against Brooklyn last time out, but also struck out nine. Hard-throwing right-hander Fernando Baez will get the start for State College in the second game today after getting the win against Auburn last time out. Baez yielded on run over five innings on Tuesday. The Dominican is making his eighth appearance and fourth start.

-YANKEES TURN TO BORENS AND COTE: Right-hander Matthew Borens, the New York Yankees' 11th-round draft choice out of Eastern Illinois this year, makes his fourth appearance for Staten Island today and his first in a relief role as he takes over for Sean Carley in the resumption of the suspended game. Borens tossed four scoreless innings against Aberdeen on Monday in his last outing. The Monee, IL native has allowed just two hits over his last seven innings of work. Right-hander Jordan Cote gets the ball for Staten Island in the second game. Cote, the Yankees' third-round draft choice in 2011, has made five appearances, four of them starts, and has given up 29 hits over 18 2/3 innings.

-WICK IT...WICK IT REAL GOOD : Rowan Wick grabbed more laurels to begin the 2014 season as he earned the St. Louis Cardinals Player of the Month award last Wednesday and set the Spikes' single-season home run record with his 11th homer later that night. Wick has continued his torrid start to the year, notching his 12th homer of the year on Tuesday. The North Vancouver, BC native is currently bidding for the NYPL's Triple Crown, as he is leading the league with 32 RBI and his .389 average is four points ahead of Tri-City's Bobby Boyd for the league lead.

-SPIKE MARKS: The Spikes stopped the Yankees' three-game winning streak two nights ago...State College's 2.69 team ERA is now the best in the New York-Penn League after Hudson Valley yielded 10 runs to Batavia on Saturday...Brian O'Keefe has been hit by seven pitches this season, and is in the NYPL lead in that category...Wick leads the NYPL with a .496 on-base percentage and .832 slugging percentage...Jacob Booden is tied with Staten Island's Andury Acevedo for the most pitching appearances in the NYPL this year with 11...Kyle Grana has the third most strikeouts per nine innings among NYPL relievers (13.5)

Check out the State College Spikes Statistics



New York-Penn League Stories from July 14, 2014


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.

OurSports Central