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State College Spikes Game Notes

Published on August 28, 2008 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
State College Spikes News Release


-SPIKES RETURN HOME TO MEET SCRAPPERS: The Spikes are back at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park tonight to face the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. State College took two of three games at Eastwood Field in the first leg of its recently concluded road trip, their first road series victory of the year. Mahoning Valley still leads the season series, 6-2, and has won all three games at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park against the Spikes this year.

-LAST NIGHT: Miguel Fermin hit a two-run homer as Jamestown got out to a six-run lead in the first four innings and held on to beat the Spikes, 6-3. Chase d'Arnaud and Butch Biela each delivered RBI doubles to spark a Spikes rally in the seventh. Brian Leach went a single in ning in the start, his shortest start as a professional. David Rubinstein also drove in a run for the Spikes. Although they lost, the Spikes still assured themselves of a .500 road trip, winning three of the six games against Jamestown and Mahoning Valley.

-TONIGHT'S SPIKES STARTER: Carlos Amaro gets the ball for State College. The right-hander makes his fifth start and eighth total appearance for the Spikes in 2008. Last time out, Amaro pitched a season-high five scoreless innings at Eastwood Field against Mahoning Valley to get his first win as a Spike. Amaro has gone five innings in each of his last two starts after going four innings in his two starts prior to those. The right-hander is allowing lefties just a .243 batting average, and just a .227 average to the leadoff hitter.

-TONIGHT'S SCRAPPERS STARTER: Eddie Burns makes his second start of the year for Mahoning Valley tonight. The 6'8" right-hander out of Georgia Tech went two innings in his first start against Batavia five nights ago, allowing no runs on one hit and striking out two. Burns was drafted in the 39th round this year by the Cleveland Indians, and went 7-5 with a 5.84 ERA this spring for the Yellow Jackets.

-NEW SPIKES ADDITION: Today, the Spikes received pitcher Matt Foust from the GCL Pirates in Bradenton. Foust went 2-0 with four saves and a 3.68 ERA in 17 appearances down in the Gulf Coast League. Last year, Foust was with the Spikes and went 3-6 with 4.47 ERA.

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