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State College Spikes Game Notes - June 29 at Staten Island

June 29, 2015 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
State College Spikes News Release


Monday, June 29 - 7:00 p.m.

Richmond County Bank Ballpark - Staten Island, NY

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - St. Louis Cardinals (4-5) at

STATEN ISLAND YANKEES - New York Yankees (5-5)

Game #10 / Road Game #5

Starting Pitchers:

State College - RHP Landon Beck (0-0, 0.00)

Staten Island - RHP Domingo Acevedo (0-0, 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...Patriotic Hat-off-the-Head Auction

-SPIKES LOOK TO STRETCH WIN STREAK IN STATEN ISLAND:The State College Spikes continue their 10th Season tonight as they face the Staten Island Yankees in the second game of a three-game series at Richmond County Bank Ballpark. The Spikes are undefeated on their current road trip, taking a pair of games from Mahoning Valley before downing the Yankees yesterday to stretch their winning streak to three games. State College returns home to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Wednesday to start a three-game homestand against West Virginia. The Spikes are now 14-14 all-time against the Yankees, including a 5-8 mark at Richmond County Bank Ballpark.

-LAST GAME: The Spikes produced a four-run fourth inning, and clutch pitching made the lead hold up as they defeated the Staten Island Yankees, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Richmond County Bank Ballpark to run their winning streak to three games. The Spikes were stifled early as Staten Island starter Yoel Espinal retired the first nine batters he faced. However, State College broke through against Espinal in the fourth, taking advantage of two hits, three walks and a hit batsman to plate a quartet of runs and seize the lead. The Yankees made the seventh inning hairy for the Spikes by closing to within a run. However, Pedro Echemendia came into a bases-loaded, one-out situation and force a popout and a flyout to end the threat. In the ninth, Echemendia came to the rescue again, forcing a groundout and recording a strikeout, and Ronnierd Garcia then provided help for the last out by barehanding a slow roller and beating Jake Hernandez by a step with a laser to Casey Grayson stretching at first.

-BECK GETS BALL FOR SPIKES TONIGHT: Right-hander Landon Beck makes the start on the mound tonight for State College. Beck tossed five innings in his first start of the year on Tuesday against Auburn at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, but did not factor in the decision. The Anderson, SC native allowed one unearned run on two hits while striking out four in his initial start. Beck opened the 2015 NYPL season with a perfect inning of work on Opening Night June 19. The righty helped lead Johnson City to the Appalachian League title last year in his debut pro season, going 1-1 with a 3.19 ERA over 13 appearances, eight of them starts, in the regular season. The Anderson University (SC) product also started Game 2 of the Appalachian League semifinals for Johnson City, going five innings in a no-decision.

-YANKEES SEND ACEVEDO TO HILL: Right-hander Domingo Acevedo will get the ball for Staten Island tonight. Acevedo gave up four runs, two of them earned, on five hits over 3 1/3 innings in a no-decision at Connecticut on Wednesday. The Villa Los Almacigos, Dominican Republic native made a single appearance for Single-A Charleston on April 18, 2015, giving up a run on two hits and a walk while striking out out one over 1 2/3 innings. Acevedo made five starts for the Yankees' number two Gulf Coast League affiliate in 2014, posting a 4.11 ERA. In his professional debut season for the number one Dominican Summer League Yankees in 2013, Acevedo went 1-2 with a 2.63 ERA.

-BADER JOINS THE SPIKES: The Spikes welcomed Harrison Bader, the 2015 third-round draft choice of the St. Louis Cardinals, to the club today. The University of Florida outfielder was named to the College World Series All-Tournament Team after hitting. 348 with two home runs and five RBI over four games in Omaha. Bader was named an NCBWA third-team All-American this season after hitting 17 homers and driving in 66 runs over 67 games.

-SPIKE MARKS: The Spikes' scoreless streak was stopped at 24 innings yesterday, their longest since a 26-inning streak last August...The club record is 28 straight shutout frames, set from July 23-26, 2010...Mike Pritchard struck out for the first time in 32 plate appearances yesterday...Ronnierd Garcia is second in the New York-Penn League with a .440 batting average...Garcia's .533 on-base percentage is best in the loop...Juan Perez became one of nine NYPL pitchers with multiple wins as he earned the victory yesterday

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