7/30 – Mahoning Valley 4 State College 0

July 30, 2007
	Final    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9      R   H   E   State College   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      0   7   0   Mahoning Valley   0   0   0   2   0   0   2   0   X      4   9   0  box | log W: H. Taylor (1-2, 1.78); L: A. Watson (6-1, 1.85) HR: MVS: N. Petrucci (3).

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Watson takes his first loss

Spikes’ bats fail them again and they are shutout 4-0 by Mahoning Valley. Tony Watson (6-1) gave up a two run home run in the fourth inning and that was all that the Scrappers needed. The win enabled Mahoning Valley to move into a tie with the State College for second place in the NYPL Pinckney Division behind division leading Auburn.

Road trip concludes with loss

By The Citizen staff report
Monday, July 30, 2007 10:19 AM EDT

Auburn failed to extend its Pinckney Division lead over second-place State College.

The Doubledays dropped the series finale, 3-2 on Sunday despite impressive pitching performances from Luis Perez and Nate Melek.

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7/30 – Spikes Game Notes

State College Spikes (19 – 19) @ Mahoning Valley Scrappers (18-20)

Monday, July 30 — 7:05 p.m.

Eastwood Field – Niles, OH

Game # 39 / Road Game #18

LHP Heath Taylor (0-2, 2.29) vs. LHP Tony Watson (6-0, 1.63)

STATE
COLLEGE STARTER: LHP Tony Watson will make his eighth start of the
season when he toes the rubber for the Spikes this evening. Watson
enters the evening with a league leading six wins and is third in the
NYPL with a 1.63 ERA. In 38.2 innings of work, Watson has allowed only
27 hits and has more than a 5:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. In his seven
starts, the southpaw has never allowed more than two earned runs and
opponents are hitting only .191 against him. Dating back to his junior
season at Nebraska, Watson has won his last eight decisions and has not
lost a game since May 4th against Coastal Carolina. Watson was the
Pirates’ 9th round selection in the 2007 MLB Draft out of the
University of Nebraska. During the ‘07 season Watson went 6-4 in
15 starts for the Cornhuskers and was named Second-Team All-Big 12
following the season. The 2006 season was Watson’s best collegiate
season, as he went 10-2 with a 2.87 ERA and was named first-team
All-American. Watson was previously drafted in the 23rd round by the Florida Marlins in 2003, and then once again in the 17th round by the Baltimore Orioles in 2006.

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CATCH A GAME AND RAISE AWARENESS – AUG. 8

On Wednesday, August 8th the State College Spikes will celebrate the second annual Paint the Park Pink day to raise awareness about breast cancer. As part of the event, the Spikes will be wearing special pink jerseys that will be auctioned off throughout the game with all proceeds going towards breast cancer research.

In addition, the Spikes will hold a special Baseball 101 Clinic that afternoon from 12-3:00 p.m. The clinic is open to women of all ages and will teach the fundamentals of the game with an emphasis on fun! The clinic is free with the purchase of a ticket to that evening’s game.

Wrapping up the days events, the first 2,000 women in attendance at the 7:05 p.m game against the Lowell Spinners (Single-A Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox) will receive a free Pink Spikes Hat courtesy of Mount Nittany Medical Center.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, call the Spikes front office at 877-99-Spikes.

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Pirates GM visits team, facility with trade deadline near

By Kate Aras

Collegian Staff Writer

After months of baseball, the crucial day is almost here. Only one more day until July 31, 2007, the trade deadline for major league baseball teams.

Tomorrow, the life of a major league baseball player could change
dramatically. Players could move across the country, cross the boundary
between the National League and American League, and maybe even change
positions.

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Key plays at the plate lead to win

By Kate Aras

Collegian Staff Writer

It’s been a week and the State College Spikes, yet again, have not gained nor lost any ground in the standings and are again a .500 team.

After playing three games against a non-conference team, the Spikes had a chance to move up in their division when the Auburn Doubledays came to town. With the rubber match of the series on the line and the chance to be 2.5 games out of first, State College gutted out a 3-2 win.

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Spikes catcher Nick Stillwagon waits for the throw to make a play at home plate during last night’s game.

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McClune’s arm lives up to its reputation

Austin McClune’s game saving three outfield assists only reinforced the reputation that Austin has for having a rifle of an arm. BaseballAmerica.com already anointed the young outfielder with the “best outfield arm” in the Pirates organization.

Go here to read the Baseball American article from pre-season on all the top prospects in the Pirate organization.

SPIKES HANG ON FOR 3-2 WIN OVER AUBURN

Austin McClune went 3-for-3 and had three outfield assiststs as the
Spikes took the rubber-game of three from the Auburn Doubledays
3-2.  The win improved the Spikes record to 19-19.

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Spikes end first half firmly

By Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — It got feisty, especially around the area that will ultimately define the second half of the State College Spikes’ season.

Victor Santana, one of the many hulking players on the first-place Auburn Doubledays, slipped around third base and charged home.

Nick Stillwagon, the catcher of the second-place State College Spikes, stood his ground as Santana approached the plate.

A collision was inevitable.

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State College Spikes’ Smelin Perez (5) turns the double play against Auburn Doubledays’ Luis Sanchez in the 3rd inning on Sunday, July 29, 2007.

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