Spikes edge Scrappers on walk-off single

Staff report

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers’ Claudio Bautista scored the winning run in the New York-Penn League All-Star Game on Tuesday night. A night later, Bautista and his teammates experienced the other side of a walk-off ending.

With Mahoning Valley and State College tied at 1, the Spikes’ Steven Ramos singled to center field against reliever Breily Puerta to start the bottom of the ninth and stole second.

Ramos took third on a single to left field by Cesar Valera and moments later scored the game-winning run when the Spikes’ Brett Wiley smacked a line-drive single to center field.

Both teams scored in the first inning. The Scrappers got their only run on an infield single by Nellie Rodriguez and a throwing error.

David Washington had an RBI single for State College.

The teams meet again at 7:05 tonight.

state college 2, SCRAPPERS 1

ScrappersState College

abrhbiabrhbi

Mejia cf4010Ramos cf4230

Bautsta 3b4110Valera ss5020

Roberts ss4000Castillo dh3010

Rdrguez 1b2010 Wiley ph-dh2021

Hendrix 2b4010Wshingtn 1b3011

McAdms lf3000Kelly 3b3010

Romero rf3000Katz 2b4000

Cervenka c2010Perez lf4010

Ruiz dh3000Voit c2000

Bosco rf3010

Totals291 50Totals332122

Scrappers100000000—1

State College100000001—2

E—Heller, Katz, Perez. DP—Scrappers 3, State College 1. LOB—Scrappers 4, State College 13. 3B—Valera (4). S —Bosco. SB—Ramos 2 (14).

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Scrappers

Mathews 461142

Heller330013

Puerta L, 2-3131101

State College

Bautista751014

DeLeon W, 2-2200024

Puerta pitched to 3 batters in 9th.

Umpires: Home, Dave Attridge; Bases, Nate Caldwell. T—2:27. A—3,536.