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State College Spikes Game Notes - July 23 at Aberdeen

Published on July 23, 2015 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
State College Spikes News Release


Thursday, July 23 - 7:05 p.m.

Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium - Aberdeen, MD

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - St. Louis Cardinals (15-16) at

ABERDEEN IRONBIRDS - Baltimore Orioles (16-15)

Game #32 / Road Game #15

Starting Pitchers:

State College - RHP Dailyn Martinez (2-2, 4.97)

Aberdeen - RHP Jean Cosme (1-3, 4.71)

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 finale of a three-game series at Leidos Field 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 8-19 all-time against the IronBirds, inclduing a 2-10 mark in games played in Aberdeen.

-LAST GAME: Jorge Rodriguez stretched his streak of scoreless innings on the road to 16 frames, but the Spikes yielded a pair of late runs to take a 2-1 loss at the hands of the Aberdeen IronBirds on Wednesday night at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium. Rodriguez, who had won his last two road outings, gave up just one hit and two walks during his tenure on the mound while striking out three batters. However, the 79 pitches he threw over his five innings hastened the end of his start. The Spikes (15-16) moved ahead in the second inning when Josh Swirchak singled and came in to score on R.J. Dennard's double down the right-field line. However, despite threatening on several other occasions, State College could not extend its lead. Aberdeen was held hitless until Mike Odenwaelder's leadoff single in the fifth, but came alive in the seventh with three straight singles off State College reliever Jacob Evans, the last by Steve Laurino, to tie the game. Two batters later, Drew Turbin's groundout plated the eventual game-winning run.

-MARTINEZ MAKES START FOR SPIKES: Right-hander Dailyn Martinez gets the ball for State College tonight in his sixth start of the year. Martinez yielded five runs on seven hits and four walks over four innings to take the loss at West Virginia in his last outing. However, the Santiago, Dominican Republic native also had his best start of the season on the road when he tossed seven shutout frames at Mahoning Valley on June 26. Martinez put together a string of 16 1/3 straight innings without allowing an earned run from June 26 to July 10.

-COSME HEADS TO MOUND FOR IRONBIRDS: Right-hander Jean Cosme makes his seventh start of the year for Aberdeen this evening. Cosme has taken the loss in each of his last two outings despite not allowing more that three runs in either. The Toa Alta, Puerto Rico native has gone at least five innings in each of his last four appearances, but holds a 7.36 ERA at home compared to a 1.93 ERA on the road. Cosme is holding right-handed hitters to a .178 batting average this season, with lefties hitting .281 off him.

-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 .359 mark, and his .446 on-base percentage is tops in the league. Grayson also occupies spots in the NYPL's top five in hits (T-2nd, 37) and runs batted in (4th, 21).

-SPIKE MARKS: Infielder Champ Rowland and catcher Riley Drongesen each debuted for the Spikes on Tuesday...Rowland started at shortstop while Drongesen was behind the plate...Mike Pritchard is tied for second in the NYPL in runs scored with 21...Jorge Rodriguez has held batters to a .188 average, third-best among NYPL starters

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