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State College Spikes Game Notes

Published on August 26, 2008 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
State College Spikes News Release


-SPIKES PLAY TWO TONIGHT IN JAMESTOWN: The Spikes will play their first full-fledged doubleheader of 2008 when they take on the Jamestown Jammers in a twin bill at Diethrick Park. The first game is a makeup of the game originially scheduled for June 18th between the two teams, and the second is the contest scheduled for this date. Both games will be seven innings. Jamestown has taken six of the seven games between the two teams this year, and leads the all-time series, 16-11. The Spikes last played a doubleheader that was completed on August 23rd of last year, also at Jamestown against the Jammers.

-LAST NIGHT: Mahoning Valley scored four runs in the sixth inning to take the lead, and held on for an 8-7 win over the Spikes at Eastwood Field. The Spikes had a couple of big innings in the game, with David Rubinstein's bases-clearing double in the second inning giving the Spikes an early 3-0 lead, and four runs (three unearned) in the fifth staking them to a 7-3 lead. However, the Scrappers put together six straight single to start the sixth inning. Mahoning Valley's Tim Fedroff collected four hits in the game. Kyle Morgan singled in the second inning for his seventh hit of the three-game set at Eastwood Field.

-TONIGHT'S SPIKES STARTERS: Right-handers Ramon Aguero and Kyle McPherson go to the hill for State College tonight, starting games one and two respectively. Aguero faced the Jammers in his last appearance, allowing two runs on three hits four nights ago at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. McPherson pitched four innings of relief the next night against the Jammers, yielding an unearned run in the ninth to tie the game. McPherson also struck out four over four innings in that appearance.

-TONIGHT'S JAMMERS STARTERS: Geury Ramirez gets the start in game one for Jamestown. Ramirez faced the Spikes on August 21st, allowing four runs on six hits over six innings in a no-decision. The right-hander makes his 12th start of the year. On the flip side, Brad Hand makes his first start for Jamestown in game two after being called up from the Gulf Coast League today, where he was 2-0 with a 2.48 ERA in nine appearances.

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