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Scrappers’ two rallies in vain, lose in 10th, 4-3
The Spikes had lost 10 pone-run games in August.
UNIVERSITY PARK — They battled and scrapped, but in the end, they just came up short.
Battling from behind not once, but twice to tie the game, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers took their only lead of the game with a single run in the top of the tenth.
However, they couldn’t hold on for the win as the State College Spikes scored a pair in the bottom of the 10th to pull out a 4-3 win.
“We didn’t do a lot of hitting and as a result, we didn’t score a lot of runs,” said Scrapper manager Travis Fryman. “We battled to get the lead, but didn’t have enough pitching to hold it.”
The game featured a pitching duel between the Eddie Burns of the Scrappers and Carlos Amaro of the Spikes.
When the final issue was decided, neither pitcher figured in the decision.
Burns has been with the club for just a short time and he was impressive. He worked four innings, allowing just a pair of hits, walking nobody and striking out seven.
“He [Burns] was good. He did real good,” said Fryman. “We were thinking that we would only get three [innings] out of him because we have only had him for about a week-and-a-half. He has had one other start for us and he looked pretty good in that one as well. When he kept his pitch count down, we were able to get four out of him tonight. I just wish that we would have had him all year.”
The Spikes had lost 10 games decided by a single run in August.
“It has been a lot more fun for us the last five days,” said Spikes manager Brad Fischer. “But I think the proudest moment and the most fun we have had all year was that moment that just happened, you know, the guys having a chance to run out onto the field after a come-from-behind win because I don’t think we have done that at all this year.”
The Spikes dented the scoring column first in the second inning when Kyle Morgan, who had seven hits in three recent games against the Scrappers, took an 0-1 offering from Eddie Burns and drove it into the right field bleachers for a 1-0 State College lead.
After having their first nine batters retired in order, the Scrappers tied the game on a double by
Ryan Blair, a single by Cord Phelps and a RBI fielder’s choice off the bat of Tim Fedroff.
With the 1-all deadlock holding into the fifth inning, the Spikes again took their second lead of the game with a single run in the fifth, but again the Scrappers fought back to tie the game at 2-all.
With one out, Lonnie Chisenhall singled to center and went to third on a single to right by Jeremie Tice.
Brock Simpson worked Spike relief pitcher Matt Foust for a base on balls, and when the fourth ball to Simpson got away from the catcher, Chisenhall scored and Tice hustled all the way from first to third.
However, Foust turned to damage control as he struck out Zach Booker looking before coaxing Robby Alcombrack to pop out to second.
Then came the frantic 10th inning when the Scrappers captured their first lead in the game on a walk to Blair, an infield single by Cord Phelps and a RBI single by Tim Fedroff before seeing it evaporate into a frustrating 4-3 loss.
“Our bullpen did OK,” said Fryman. “Mark Rodrigues is just coming off of an injury and he is not to where he had been before and Hinkle has been throwing the ball pretty good for us, but he took the loss tonight.
“Let’s put it this way. It was a good day for State College.”
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SCRAPPERSSTATE COLLEGE
abrhbiabrhbi
Blair lf4220Rubinstein rf3121
Phelps 2b5020Rosero cf5111Fedroff cf5012D’Amaud ss5011
Chisenhall ss4110Farrell 3b4020
Tice 3b4010Morgan dh4121
Simpson dh2000Latimore lf4000
Booker 1b4000Carver 1b4110
Alcombrack c4000Mendez c4030
Hernandez rf4000Rice 2b4000
Totals36372Totals374124
Scrappers0001001001—3
State College0100100002—4
E—Rosero (5); DP— State College 1; LOB— Scrappers 8, State College 8; 2B—Blair (7), Mendez (3), Rosero (10); HR—Morgan (3); CS—Rubinstein 2 (5).
IPHRERBBSO
Scrappers
Burns421107
Rodrigues1 2-351101
Grening2 1-320003
Hinkle (L, 0-1)132211
State College
Amero 521103Foust2 2-331132
Ponder (W, 1-2)1 1-321123
WP— Rodrigues, Foust; HBP—by Burns (Rubinstein); Umpires—Home, Joseph Born, First, Ryan Goodman; T—2:43; AA—3,250.
HOW THEY SCORED
STATE COLLEGE 2nd — Jeremy Farrell struck out swinging, Kyle Morgan hit a solo home run to right field, Quincy Latimore struck out swinging, Mark Carver struck out looking.
MAHONING VALLEY 4th — Ryan Blair doubled to center and went to third on a single to left by Cord Phelps. Tim Fedroff bounced into a fielder’s choice, Blair scoring and Phelps forced out at second. Lonnie Chisenhall bounced out to first base unassisted and Jeremie Tice flew out to right field.
STATE COLLEGE 5th — Quincy Latimore struck out swinging. Mark Carver singled to left, Miguel Mendez singled to first, Carver to second. With Chad Rice at the plate, Carver moved to third and Mendez to second on a wild pitch. Rice popped out to second base. David Rubinstein singled to right field, Carver scored and Mendez moved to third. With Ciro Rosero at the plate, Rubinstein caught stealing, catcher to shortstop.
MAHONING VALLEY 7th — Fedroff grounded out pitcher to first. Chisenhall singled to center and went to third on a single to right by Jeremie Tice. Brock Simpson walked and Chisenhall scored on a wild pitch, Tice moving to third. Zach Booker was called out on strikes and Alcombrack popped out to second.
MAHONING VALLEY 10th — Alcombrack popped out to shortstop. Ramon Hernandez struck out swinging. Ryan Blair walked, Cord Phelps singled to deep short, Blair to second. Tim Fedroff singled to center field, Blair scoring, Phelps to third, Fedroff to second on a fielding error by center fielder. Chisenhall was issued an intentional walk to load the bases. Jeremie Tice struck out looking.
STATE COLLEGE 10th — Davie Rubinstein walked and scored on a RBI double to left by Ciro Rosero. Chase d’Arnaud singled to right field, Rosero scored the winning run from second base.