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State College Spikes Game Notes - June 27 at Mahoning Valley

June 27, 2015 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
State College Spikes News Release


Saturday, June 27 - 7:05 p.m.

Eastwood Field - Niles, OH

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - St. Louis Cardinals (3-5) at

MAHONING VALLEY SCRAPPERS - Cleveland Indians (3-5)

Game #9 / Road Game #4

Starting Pitchers:

State College - RHP Juan Perez (1-0, 1.80)

Mahoning Valley - RHP Jared Robinson (0-1, 5.40)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 (7:05 vs. West Virginia): Half-Price Wednesday presented by BIG Froggy 101...Going Green Night...State College Borough Water Authority Water Conservation Awareness Night

THURSDAY, JULY 2 (7:05 vs. West Virginia): Bark in the Park presented by Metzger Animal Hospital & Happy 103...$1 Beer Thursday presented by 93.7 THE BUS...Live Music by StressBusters Entertainment

FRIDAY, JULY 3 (7:05 vs. West Virginia): FIREWORKS presented by the PA Lottery...4 for $44 Friday Northwest Family Value Ticket Package presented by Norhwest and MAJIC 99...First Responders Appreciation Night presented by the Centre Daily Times

-SPIKES LOOK FOR THE SWEEP IN MAHONING VALLEY TONIGHT:The State College Spikes keep their 10th Season going tonight as they play the third game of a six-game road trip, with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers providing the opposition at Eastwood Field. The Spikes have won the first two game of the series, and look to keep a 21-inning scoreless streak going against the Scrappers to finish off the first half of their first extended road trip of the year. State College will next meet the Staten Island Yankees for a three-game series starting on Sunday at Richmond County Bank Ballpark. The Spikes are 47-45 all-time against Mahoning Valley, with a 19-28 mark in games played at Eastwood Field.

-LAST GAME: Dailyn Martinez delivered seven scoreless innings in an outstanding mound performance, and the State College Spikes posted consecutive victories for the first time in 2015 with a 5-0 win over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers at Eastwood Field on Friday night. Martinez gave up a first-inning single to Anthony Santander, then retired the next 15 batters he faced until walking Ka'ai Tom in the sixth. The right-hander gave up just two hits and two walks total while striking out three batters on the evening. Martinez also worked efficiently, throwing 77 pitches, 51 of them for strikes. Jacob Evans, the Cardinals' sixth-round draft choice of Oklahoma this year, retired all six batters he faced, one via strikeout, to finish off State College's victory in his pro debut. Jose Godoy knocked in a pair of runs on the night, while Thomas Spitz reached base three times in the game, twice by walk.

-PEREZ SEEKS SECOND WIN OF YEAR: Right-hander Luis Perez gets the ball tonight for State College. Perez earned the Spikes' first victory of the year on Monday against Auburn at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The San Felipe, Venezuela native threw five innings and gave up one run on seven hits while striking out one. Perez was part of Johnny Rodriguez's championship-winning staff at Rookie-level Johnson City last year, pitching a gem in Game 1 of the Appalachian League Championship Series against Danville, striking out a career-high 10 batters over six innings for the win. The 20-year-old righty also faced 191 battters without allowing a home run while with the 2013 Gulf Coast League Cardinals.

-SCRAPPERS GO WITH ROBINSON ON HILL: Right-hander Jared Robinson will get the ball for Mahoning Valley tonight. Robinson took the loss after allowing three runs on six hits and a a walk over five innings at West Virginia on Sunday. The West Covina, CA native was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 11th round last year, and made his pro debut with the Rookie-level Arizona League Indians. Robinson went 0-2 with a 1.23 ERA over nine relief appearances, compiling a 19-to-7 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

-MAKING MOVES: The Spikes welcomed two new players to State College as outfielder Craig Aikin and infielder Josh Swirchak joined the club Tuesday. Aikin, the Cardinals' 13th-round draft choice this year out of Oklahoma, has now played three games in three nights in three different locations. Swirchak, who signed with the Cardinals as a non-drafted free agent out of Wilmington (DE) University shortly after the draft concluded, also came from Johnson City, and is still yet to make his debut.

-SPIKE MARKS: The Spikes' 21-inning scoreless streak is their longest since a 26-inning streak last August...The club record is 28 straight shutout frames, set from July 23-26, 2010...15 of the innings in that string came against Mahoning Valley...The final pitcher for Mahoning Valley two nights ago was Ryan Perez, the 2nd switch-pitcher the Spikes have ever faced...Perez, Cleveland's 12th-round draft choice in 2015 out of Judson University, only faced one batter and so did not use both arms...The last switch-pitcher to face the Spikes was future major leaguer Pat Venditte of the Staten Island Yankees on Aug. 13, 2008...Mike Pritchard has not struck out yet in 32 plate appearances this year

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