Scrappers lose, but stay in 1st

Mahoning Valley was hurt by three inning-ending double plays.
ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The Mahoning Valley Scrappers couldn't find a way to score Monday night and suffered a 6-1 setback to the Oneonta Tigers.
The Scrappers, who dropped two out of three to the Tigers, had nine hits in the contest, but three of their rallies were wiped out by inning-ending double plays by Oneonta.
The Scrappers (15-12) managed to stay in first place in the Pinckney Division of the New York-Penn League as second place Batavia lost 5-4 to Tri-City.
J.D. Martin made his sixth start for the Scrappers and pitched three innings, allowing two runs and five hits, while reliever Dan Frega was battered for four runs in the fourth and Dan Miltenberger allowed the final run in the eighth.
Early lead
The Tigers wasted little time getting on the scoreboard. Brennan Boesch, a third round pick for Detroit, hit his third homer of the season off Martin in the first inning to give Oneonta a 1-0 lead. The Tigers added a run in the second to take a 2-0 lead.
Martin allowed two runs in three innings, ending his scoreless innings streak at 142/3 innings.
Mahoning Valley got a run back in the fourth on an RBI single by Kelly Edmundson, but the Tigers broke it open with a four-run fourth off Frega. Oneonta got their four runs on five hits and an error. Only three of the hits reached the outfield.
Strong pitching
Brenden Wise allowed one run over four innings as Oneonta's starter. Lauren Gagnier, Casey Fein, and Brett Jensen shut the Scrappers down over the final five innings.
Martin (0-1) took the loss for the Scrappers. He was making the start on rehab out of AA Akron.
Stephen Douglass and Josh Roberts were the offensive standouts for the Scrappers, each going 2-for-4.
Mahoning Valley starter Luis Valdez was named the New York-Penn League pitcher of the week, going 2-0 over 10 shutout innings and allowing just one hit.
The Scrappers open a six-game homestand at 7:05 tonight against Hudson Valley.
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SCRAPPERSONEONTA
abrhbiabrhbi
Denham cf5010Scram cf4010
Lytle 2b4010Sizemore ss5022
Goedert 3b4010Boesch rf5111
McBride dh3000Bourquin 3b4030
Rodriguez ss4000Newton c4110
Realini 1b3110DeLeon dh4121
Douglas lf4020Strieby 1b4120
Edmundson c4011Timm lf4100
Roberts rf4020Leon 2b3221
Totals35191Totals377145
Scrappers000100000--1
Oneonta11040001x--7
E--Roberts, Leon, Bourquin, Strieby. DP--Scrappers 1, Oneonta 4. LOB--Scrappers 10, Oneonta 8. 2B--Denham (1), Bourquin (4), DeLeon (5). HR--Boesch (3). SB--Newton (2).
IPHRERBBSO
Scrappers
Martin L, 0-1)352203Frega364313
Miltenberger231110
Oneonta
Wise 441120
Gagnier W, 1-0340003
Fien100000
Jensen110000
WP--Frega, Miltenberger; HBP--Lytle (By Wise); Umpires--Home, Travis Hatch, First, Jason Cooksey; T--2:30. A--626.
HOW THEY SCORED
Oneonta 1st -- Scram flied out (F8). Sizemore struck out. Boesch homered to right. Bourquin doubled to left. Newton struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors.
Oneonta 2nd -- De Leon doubled to left. Strieby singled to left, De Leon to 3rd. Timm grounded into double play (6-4-3), De Leon scored, Strieby out at 2nd. Leon singled to right. Scram flied out (F8). 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors.
Scrappers 4th -- Realini singled to center. Douglas singled to right, Realini to 2nd. Edmundson singled to center, Realini scored, Douglas to 2nd. Roberts grounded into double play (4-6-3), Douglas to 3rd, Edmundson out at 2nd. Denham grounded out (3U). 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors.
Oneonta 4th -- Pitching change: Frega replaced Martin. Newton singled to third. Newton stole 2nd. De Leon singled to shortstop, Newton scored. Strieby singled to right, De Leon to 3rd. Timm reached on a fielder's choice, De Leon out at home, Strieby to 2nd. Leon singled to right, Strieby and Timm scored, Leon to 2nd. Scram flied out (F8). Sizemore singled to center, Leon scored. Boesch grounds into a force out, Sizemore out at second. 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors.
Oneonta 8th -- Strieby popped out (F2). Timm grounded out (5-3). Leon walked. Scram singled to right, Leon to 3rd. Sizemore singled to right, Leon scored, Scram to 3rd. Boesch grounded into a force out, Sizemore out at 2nd. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors.