Scrappers drop third straight

Staff report

STATE COLLEGE, PA

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers struck first in their New York-Penn League game against the State College Spikes on Saturday night, but they couldn’t hold the early lead.

After Mitch Nilsson’s RBI double in the first inning, Mahoning Valley gave up nine runs in a 9-2 defeat in State College.

Marcus Bradley scored that first run and the Scrappers (2-4) got another across in the sixth.

State College plated runners in the second, fourth, seventh and eighth innings. Pirates 2012 second-round draft Barrett Barnes stole his fourth base of the young season. He reached base on a walk and scored. Gourley led with three RBIs.

Bradley has the Scrappers’ only multi-hit game with a pair of singles. Joe Wendle doubled.

Geoffrey Davenport dropped his first decision of the year on the hill for Mahoning Valley. Dalton Friend earned his first win of the year for the Spikes in relief of Jason Creasy.

State College (4-2) goes for the sweep today at 6:05 p.m.

SPIKES 9, SCRAPPERS 2

ScrappersState College

abrhbiabrhbi

Kelly ss4000Carvajal 2b5011

Bradley cf5120Diaz s4000

Wendle dh4010Barnes cf5100

Nilsson 1b5011Stallings dh4121

Jones rf4010Crumlich 3b4330

Gonzalez 3b4110Hornback c4221

Siliga lf3010Gonzalez 1b2221

Lucas c3010Gourley lf2003

Garcia 2b3000Jones rf4000

Totals35281Totals349107

Scrappers100001000—2

State College01020015x—9

E—MV-Garcia (2, fielding), Peoples (1, fielding), Gonzalez, Er (2, fielding). SC-Diaz, C 2 (3, throw, missed catch), Hornback 2 (3, throw, pickoff). DP—MV-(Garcia-Nilsson, M). SC-(Carvajal-Gonzalez, S). 2B—Nilsson (MV), Wendle (MV), Gonzalez (SC), Carvajal (SC), Stallings (SC), Hornback (SC).

IPHRERBBSO

Scrappers

Davenport453302

Lee321104

Peoples023230

Wagoner0.212030

Encarnacion0.100000

State College

Creasy431114

Friend W, 1-01.221012

Smith H, 11.110010

Haynes H, 1110001

Breedlove110001

WP—Davenport, Friend. Umpires—Home, Blake Carnahan; Bases, Clayton Hamm. T—3:04. A—4,367.