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State College Spikes Game Notes - September 7 at Williamsport

Published on September 7, 2015 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
State College Spikes News Release


Monday, September 7 - 1:05 p.m.

Susquehanna Bank Park at Historic Bowman Field - Williamsport, PA

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - St. Louis Cardinals (40-35) at

WILLIAMSPORT CROSSCUTTERS - Philadelphia Phillies (46-29)

Game #76 / Road Game #38

Starting Pitchers:

State College - RHP Juan Perez (4-3, 3.50)

Williamsport - RHP Jose Tavares (7-3, 3.65)

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-SPIKES WRAP UP REGULAR SEASON TODAY: The State College Spikes complete the 10th Season today with a Labor Day matchup on the road against the Williamsport Crosscutters. The Spikes now need help to make the playoffs for a third straight year, as they now sit a game back of West Virginia and are tied for second with Aberdeen in the New York-Penn League Wild Card race. The Spikes must either win today to go with losses by Aberdeen and West Virginia, or win with losses by Staten Island and West Virginia, in order to make the playoffs. Whoever wins the Wild Card berth will face WIlliamsport in the best-of-3 Semifinal Series starting on Wednesday. The Crosscutters have already clinched the Pinckney Division, which the Spikes won in 2013 and 2014. The Crosscutters are 8-2 on the season against the Spikes. Today marks the 119th meeting all-time between the two clubs, with the all-time series sititng at 60-58 in favor of Williamsport.

-LAST GAME: A crowd of 5,071 fans flocked to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park for the State College Spikes' regular season home finale, but the Spikes dropped a 2-1 decision to the Williamsport Crosscutters and took a blow to their playoff chances. The Spikes produced double-digit hits for the third straight night with 11, but were stymied by three Williampsort double plays early. The Crosscutters took the lead in the fifth inning on a two-out RBI single from Austin Bossart, and extended the advantage on an infield single by Jose Pujols in the sixth. State College then made its comeback bid in the eighth as Orlando Olivera walked and R.J. Dennard singled him to second. After a force play erased Dennard for the second out, Jesse Jenner singled in Olivera to cut the deficit in half. The Crosscutters then brought in closer Rob Tasin with runners on first and second, and the right-hander doused the threat by forcing an inning-ending groundout.

-PEREZ STARTS FOR SPIKES: State College right-hander Juan Perez gets his 13th start of the season for the Spikes as he takes the hill today for the regular season finale. Perez earned a spot in the New York-Penn League All-Star Game this season, and his 57 strikeouts lead the Spikes this season. The San Felipe, Venezuela native struck out nine batters over six innings on Wednesday against batavia in his last start. Perez has not yet faced the Crosscutters in 2014.

-CROSSCUTTERS SEND TAVARES TO MOUND: Williamsport right-hander Jose Tavares will make his 13th start of the season for the Crosscutters today. Tavares has recorded 51 strikeouts to 20 walks this season, and his 56 2/3 innings are third-most on the team behing Alejandro Arteaga and Mitch Gueller. Tavares is 3-0 with a 2.55 ERA in three starts against the Spikes.

-MARTIN EARNS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD: Spikes Athletic Trainer Dan Martin has been named the New York-Penn League Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS). The award is given annually to one member of each of the 16 leagues in Minor League Baseball, as well as one award for the Dominican Summer League, with an additional award is given to the Minor League Coordinator of the Year. Martin is now eligible for the Minor League Trainer of the Year award as well, which will be given at the 2015 Winter Meetings in Nashville, TN.

-SPIKES NAME 2015 AWARD WINNERS: The State College Spikes announced their 2015 year-end award winners in a ceremony prior to Sunday's regular-season home finale at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Infielder Casey Grayson was named the club's Most Valuable Player, while right-handed reliever Pedro Echemendia earned the Spikes' Pitcher of the Year Award and catcher Jose Godoy won the inaugural Josiah Viera Perseverance Award.

-SPIKE MARKS: Pedro Echemendia is first in the NYPL with 25 appearances..Echemendia also leads the Spikes with six wins on the mound, and his 11 saves are the most for any Spikes pitcher since Ronald Uviedo posted a franchise record 12 saves in 2007...The Spikes knocked the Crosscutters out of the playoffs in the season's final weekend in both 2010 and 2011...West Virginia faces Mahoning Valley at 1:05 p.m., with Staten Island facing Brooklyn at 5 p.m. and Aberdeen meeting Hudson Valley at 6:35 p.m.

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