Scrappers fall to ValleyCats; Aviles hit hard

Staff report

TROY, N.Y.

The Tri-City ValleyCats scored five runs in the third inning to seize control of Saturday’s 8-3 victory over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.

Starter Robbie Aviles (0-2) took the loss for the Scrappers, giving up five earned runs in the two-and-two-thirds innings he pitched.

M.P. Cokinos and Dan Gulbransen led off the ValleyCats’ third inning with back-to-back homers for a 2-1 lead. Later in the inning, Cokinos contributed a RBI single.

The Scrappers’ Robel Garcia hit a RBI double then scored on a Logan Vick single in the seventh inning. Vick also scored the Scrappers’ first run in the first inning.

VALLEYCATS 8, SCRAPPERS 3

ScrappersTri-City

abrhbiabrhbi

Vick lf4121Aspin ss4100

Siliga cf4011Johnson 2b3232

Wendle 2b4020Elkins ss 4010

Valerio c2001Tucker 1b3200

Lucas c2000Heineman c5122

Sever dh4000McKinney rf3000

Frazer 1b4110Dineen 3b2001

Romero rf4000Cokinos dh4122

Gonzalez4010Gulbran lf 3111

Garcia ss3121

Totals35394Totals31898

Scrappers100000200—3

Tri-City00501200x—8

E—Wendle (8). DP —Scrappers 0, Tri-City 1. LOB—Scrappers 5, Tri-City 9 2B—Wooten (13). SB—Russell (1), Kelly 2 (2), CampSiliga (7), Garcia (7), Heineman (9).

SB—Johnson (8).

IPHRERBBSO

Scrappers

Aviles L 0-22.255521

Martin3.143332

Encarnacion200031

Tri-City

Day W 3-06.283306

Cotton2.110003

WP—Encarnacion. HBP—Tucker (by Aviles), Dineen (by Aviles). Umpires—Home, Ben Lebin; Bases, Ryan Simmons. T—2:44. A—5,304.