Spikes Take Pinckney Lead
July 4 – The Williamsport Crosscutters fell to the State College Spikes 7-6 in 10 innings Wednesday afternoon.
The Cutters held a four run lead after three at bats, three of which were driven in by Matt Rizzotti. The Spikes rallied to tie the score in the fifth at five, and each team tacked on a run in the sixth.
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Extra-inning win moves State College into first place
By Benjamin Hill / Special to MLB.com
Michael Ambrose was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and two outs in the 10th inning to lift State College to a 7-6 win over visiting Williamsport on Wednesday afternoon.
The Spikes’ victory was their ninth in a row and snapped the Crosscutters’ five-game winning streak. State College now has a one game lead over Williamsport in the New York-Penn League’s Pinckney Division.
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UNIVERSITY PARK — The State College Spikes rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to beat the Williamsport Crosscutters 7-6 in ten innings on Wednesday afternoon. In the bottom of the tenth, the Spikes took advantage of nine straight balls reliever Matt German (0-1) to push their winning streak to nine in a row and take sole possession of first place in the Pinckney Division for the first time in franchise history.
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Brandon Williams will make Spikes history tonight, as the first Spikes player to play for Altoona. Williams will be in the Curve bullpen tonight in Trenton. Williams was expected to pitch in State College his afternoon when they took on Williamsport, however this morning he got the call up to Double-A due to an overtaxed Curve bullpen.
Williams was the Pirates’ 29th round selection in the 2006 MLB Draft out of the University of South Carolina – Upstate. In two games with State College this season, the Tega Cuy, SC native is 0-1 with a 1.42 ERA. Williams is expected to return to the State College squad later this week.
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TRANSACTIONS: RHP Dustin Molleken (see page 6) was promoted from Short-Season State College to Lynchburg today…The 22-year-old right-hander went 1-0 with a 1.08 ERA to begin the year with the Spikes.
From the Hillcats’ Game Notes
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Andrew Walker might have landed in the perfect organization for a 21-year-old catcher.
Walker became one of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ top catching prospects when he started his professional career with the State College Spikes earlier this week.
The Pirates selected Walker, who played at Texas Christian University, in the fifth round of last month’s draft. The Pirates have used only two higher picks this millennium on catchers.
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RHP Brandon Williams will unexpectedly make Spikes history this evening when he suits up for the Altoona Curve. Williams was promoted earlier this morning and is expected to pitch in relief tonight when the Curve take on the Trenton Thunder. The 29th round selection in the 2006 MLB, Williams will stay with the team for the next three days to help the ailing Curve bullpen. RHP Michael Crotta was called up from Hickory and will make the start in front of a sell-out crowd in Trenton. The Thunder have the best record in the Eastern League at 51-31.
From today’s Spike’s Game Notes
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WILLIAMSPORT CROSSCUTTERS (10-5) @ STATE COLLEGE SPIKES (10-5)Wednesday, July 4th – 1:00 PM
Medlar Field at Lubrano Park – University Park, PA
Game #16 / Home Game # 8
RHP Tyson Brummett (0-1, 3.00) vs. RHP Nicolas Suero (1-0, 1.64)
TONIGHT’S STARTER: RHP NICOLAS SUERO will be making his third appearance of the 2007 season, and his second against his former club. Suero made a “relief” start on June 21st against Williamsport. The game began in the top of the third after being suspended due to rain two days prior. Suero tossed five shutout innings, scattering only three hits while striking out five. In his second appearance of the season, Suero tossed six strong innings against Jamestown, allowing two runs on four hits. So far this season, opponents are hitting only .171 against him. Suero was obtained by the Pirates as an 18-year old free agent from the Dominican Republic in 2002. In 2003, he posted a 7-1 record, and allowed only six earned runs in 41.2 innings of work. In 2005, he was 10th in the GCL with a 3.28 ERA. Last year, he only walked two batters in 48.1 innings of work. Suero split last season between full season Hickory of the South Atlantic League and Williamsport. Suero also spent the latter half of the 2005 season in a ‘Cutters uniform.
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UNIVERSITY PARK — State College Spikes shortstop Michael Ambrose started something when he laced a Brandon Garner curveball to left field to begin the bottom of the second inning Tuesday against Batavia.
It took another plate appearance in the same inning for Ambrose to realize the magnitude of what he started.
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CDT/Nabil K. Mark
State College Spikes Andrew Walker safely dives into home plate during the second inning as Batavia catcher Nick Derba is late with the tag Tuesday, July 3, 2007.
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