Scrappers look for better second half of season

It’s not clear if Mahoning Valley Scrappers manager Travis Fryman is a glass half full or half empty kind of guy.

But even with the Scrappers’ season half over, Fryman refuses to look at the year as a whole.

“We talk about taking each game as it is,” Fryman said. “Our focus needs to be on winning today’s game.”

Winning has been somewhat difficult for the Scrappers (14-24). The team was swept by the State College Spikes in its least series, and sits at the bottom of the New York-Penn League’s Pinckney Division. The Scrappers have lost five straight.