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State College Spikes Game Notes - July 22 at Aberdeen

July 22, 2015 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
State College Spikes News Release


Wednesday, July 22 - 7:05 p.m.

Ripken Stadium - Aberdeen, MD

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - St. Louis Cardinals (15-15) at

ABERDEEN IRONBIRDS - Baltimore Orioles (15-15)

Game #31 / Road Game #14

Starting Pitchers:

State College - RHP Jorge Rodriguez (2-2, 2.92)

Aberdeen - LHP Robert Strader (0-0, 0.00)

TUESDAY, JULY 28 (7:05 p.m. vs. Vermont): 10th Season T-Shirt Tuesday Giveaway (First 1,000 Fans, All Ages) pres. by McClure Mechanical Services as part of T-Shirt Tuesday series presented by The B94.5

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 (7:05 p.m. vs. Vermont): Half-Price Wednesday presented by BIG Froggy 101

THURSDAY, JULY 30 (7:05 p.m. vs. Vermont): $1 Beer Thursday pres. by 93.7 THE BUS...Ed Randall's Fans for the Cure Prostate Cancer Awareness Night...Guys Night Out...Home Improvement Night...Live Music by StressBusters Entertainment

-SPIKES START ROAD SWING AGAINST IRONBIRDS: Tonight, the State College Spikes continue their 10th Season as they take on the Aberdeen IronBirds in the middle matchup of a three-game series at Ripken Stadium. The series also forms the first half of a six-game road trip for the Spikes, with a three-game set against Hudson Valley to follow. The Spikes are 8-18 all-time against the IronBirds, inclduing a 2-9 mark in games played at Ripken Stadium.

-LAST GAME: Ian McKinney was outstanding over seven scoreless innings, but the State College Spikes came out on the short end of a pitchers' duel, dropping a 1-0 decision to the Aberdeen IronBirds on Tuesday night at Ripken Stadium. McKinney set down the first nine batters in order, and faced the minimum over his first four innings of work. The left-hander gave up just two hits, three walks and a hit batsman on the night while striking out five batters. However, an eighth-inning sacrifice fly by Aberdeen's Kirvin Moesquit would proved to be the difference in the game and score the only run. The Spikes were held to just four hits on the night, but threatened on multiple occasions. State College left nine runners on base, including the bases loaded in the fourth. Ricardo Andujar led off the bottom of the eighth with a single for Aberdeen, and after Cedric Mullins walked, the runners moved to second and third on a passed ball to set up Moesquit's sacrifice fly.

-RODRIGUEZ GETS BALL FOR SPIKES: Right-hander Jorge Rodriguez gets the ball for State College tonight in his sixth start of the year. Rodriguez was outstanding in his last outing, tossing six scoreless innings at West Virginia for the win. The San Cristobal, Dominican Republic native allowed just three hits and a walk while striking out three in the victory. Rodriguez is 2-0 with a 0.56 ERA on the road this year, with his four road appearance coming up tonight. The righty has also produced a 12-to-3 strikeout-to-walk-ratio away from home, with a 5-to-6 ratio in home starts.

-STRADER STARTS FOR IRONBIRDS: Left-hander Robert Strader makes his first start and fifth appearance tonight as he heads to the mound for Aberdeen. Strader, the 12th-round draft choice of the Orioles out of Louisville this year, has not allowed a run over his first five professional innings, recording five strikeouts while allowing two hits and three walks. The southpaw made 20 relief appeaances in his last college season for Louisville, going 1-0 with a 1.27 ERA and 21 strikeouts over 21 1/3 innings.

-PEREZ NAMED NYPL PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Major League Baseball Advanced Media announced on Monday evening that State College Spikes pitcher Juan Perez has been named the New York-Penn League's Pitcher of the Week for the week of July 13-19, 2015. Perez garnered the honors after tying a Spikes single-game record with 10 strikeouts against the Batavia Muckdogs on Saturday over the course of seven shutout innings. The right-hander allowed just two hits and a walk during that time. A native of San Felipe, Venezuela, Perez is 3-1 with a 2.70 earned run average this season, and is slated to make his next start on Friday at Hudson Valley.

-GRAYSON DELIVERING BIG NUMBERS: Casey Grayson is still at or near the top of several leaderboards in the New York-Penn League. The University of Houston product is back to first in the NYPL in batting average with a .366 mark, and his .444 on-base percentage is tops in the league. Grayson also occupies spots in the NYPL's top five in hits (2nd, 37) and runs batted in (T-3rd, 21).

-SPIKE MARKS: Infielder Champ Rowland and catcher Riley Drongesen each debuted for the Spikes yesterday...Rowland started at shortstop while Drongesen was behind the plate for Ian McKinney's gem...McKinney's 35 2/3 innings are tied for second-most in the NYPL this year...Mike Pritchard is tied with Michael Bernal of Brooklyn for the league lead in runs scored with 21...Jacob Evans has held batters to a .125 average, third-best among NYPL relievers

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