8/31 – Auburn 9 State College 3

	August 31, 2007
	Final    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9      R   H   E   State College   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0      3   6   1   Auburn   0   0   0   9   0   0   0   0   X      9   10   1  wrap | box | log W: A. Rogers (3-1, 2.43); L: M. Foust (2-6, 4.86) HR: None.

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Errors cost Spikes

From CDT staff reports

AUBURN, N.Y. — Rallies from three deficits, including a seven-run margin, couldn’t prevent State College from being officially eliminated from New-York Penn League playoff contention as the Spikes fell 11-10 in 10 innings against Auburn at Falcon Park on Thursday.

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Spikes Fall In Heartbreaking Marathon To Auburn, 11-10 In 10 Innings

AUBURN, NY – The State College Spikes dropped a heartbreaker in 10 innings Thursday night at Falcon Park by the score of 11-10, in one of the more epic battles in the franchise’s history.The Spikes overcame a great deal adversity before the game even started and showed lots of resiliency as RHP Yoffri Martinez was called upon to make an emergency start for Moises Robles. Martinez struggled through 2.2 innings, giving up seven runs on six hits.

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8/30 – Auburn 11 State College 10

	August 30, 2007
	Final    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10      R   H   E   State College   0   0   0   5   0   2   0   2   1   0      10   19   2   Auburn   2   1   4   0   0   1   1   1   0   1      11   15   3  box | log W: R. Bird (2-1, 1.59); L: B. Tracy (3-2, 4.79) HR: AUB: C. Ebarb (4), D. Mastroianni (2).

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8/30 – Game Notes

STATE COLLEGE SPIKES (32-34) @ AUBURN DOUBLEDAYS (41-26)

Thursday, August 30th – 7:05 PM

Falcon Park – Auburn, NY

Game # 67 / Road Game #35

RHP Moises Robles (4-8, 3.80) vs. LHP Kyle Walter (1-5, 5.75)

SPIKES STARTING PITCHER: RHP Moises Robles will make his 13th start of the year this evening when he takes the mound for State College. He comes into this start with a record of 4-8 and a 3.80 ERA. The native of the Dominican Republic has a decision in each of his previous 12 starts. Over his 64.0 innings of work, he has allowed 28 runs on 68 hits while walking nine and striking out 34. Robles had a rough outing in his last start, allowing six runs on eight hits in only 4.1 innings of work against the Williamsport Crosscutters, but had won his three prior starts. Over that span he allowed only one run in 21.2 innings of work. The former reliever is 1-1 in two starts against Auburn this season. but has allowed only one run in 11.1 innings of work. The right-hander was acquired by the Pirates in the 2007 Minor League Rule V Draft from the NY Mets, where he spent his previous three seasons playing for the Mets’ Domican Summer League team. In 2006, he appeared in 19 games, only one of which was a start, and allowed only two earned runs over 30.0 innings of work for a minuscule 0.60 ERA. Prior to this season, Robles had made only six starts in his three professional seasons.

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Spikes Lose in a Comedy of Errors 7-6

UNIVERSITY PARK – The State College Spikes lost a marathon of a game to the Batavia Muckdogs on Wednesday evening, falling in 11 innings by the score of 7-6. In a game that lasted over four hours, the Spikes committed six errors that lead to three unearned runs. Justin Byler provided the offensive fireworks for State College, collecting three hits in his third straight game while driving in a pair as well.

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Spikes fall to Muckdogs in extras

Jon Blau

Collegian Staff Writer 

Batavia right fielder Jonathan Edwards pounded a solo home run in the 11th inning last night to tally the eventual game-winning run in a 7-6 win against State College.

Edwards smacked the 410-foot-plus bomb over the right-center field fence at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park off of Spikes reliever Jorge Charry to put an end to the longest game of State College’s season. The game ran four hours and 10 minutes.

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Muckdogs win in 11

 By Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com

UNIVERSITY PARK–The State College Spikes played the sloppiest game in their two-year history Wednesday against Batavia.

Still, this wasn’t a sudden form of misery.

This was prolonged misery, meaning the Spikes should have many things to ponder during today’s bus ride to Auburn.

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Batavia’s Ross Oeder is forced out at second base as Spikes Brian Friday makes the tag during the State College Spikes vs. Batavia Muckdogs game. CDT/Nabil K. Mark

8/29 – Batavia 7 State College 6

August 29, 2007
	Final    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11      R   H   E   Batavia   0   1   2   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   1      7   16   0   State College   0   0   3   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0      6   11   6  box | log W: W. Daman (3-2, 3.47); L: J. Charry (0-3, 5.48); SV: J. Dew (14) HR: BAT: J. Edwards (1).

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8/19 – Game Notes

BATAVIA MUCKDOGS (26-38) vs. STATE COLLEGE SPIKES (32-33)Wednesday, August 28 – 7:05 PM

Medlar Field at Lubrano Park – University Park, PA

Game # 66 / Home Game #32

RHP Blake King (1-3, 3.98) vs. RHP Kyle McPherson (0-1, 5.40)

SPIKES STARTING PITCHER: RHP Kyle McPherson will make his Medlar Field at Lubrano Park debut tonight, after making his Spikes debut last Friday at Jamestown. McPherson, a 6′3″, 205 pounder from Creola, Alabama was taken by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 2007 MLB draft this June out of the University of Mobile. Kyle, who will turn 20 in November, started this year by making 12 appearances (10 starts) for manager Tom Prince and the GCL Pirates. With the Baby Buccos, McPherson went 4-2 with a 2.61 ERA in 51.2 innings pitched while striking out 35 and walking just 10 batters. In his debut versus Jamestown, McPherson took the loss, but pitched well. His undoing was the third inning against the Jammers in which he allowed three successive hits and then issued a bases loaded walk before giving up two-straight sacrifice flys. McPherson enjoyed three, 1-2-3 innings, and retired the last seven batters he faced en route to his 5.0 innings of four-hit baseball. McPherson has taken the spot in the Spikes rotation that was vacated by the promotion of Tony Watson earlier this month.

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Late rally lifts Spikes to victory

By Jon Blau

Collegian Staff Writer

When Smelin Perez was tagged out at third to end the eighth inning, his body was stretched out in a desperate attempt to continue the Spikes rally by reaching third.

But in fact, he had already outdone what Batavia Muckdog manager Mark DeJohn had expected of him by putting the ball in play. They had intentionally walked .253 hitter Nick Stillwagon to face Perez, putting two runners on base. With the score tied and a .216 batter taking warm-up swings, the Muckdogs sought an easy escape into the ninth.

But Perez fooled them all by mustering every decimal point of his flickering power. He shot a long drive into the gap between the left and center fielders , doubling in both runners. Those Spikes scored the eventual game-winning runs in a 6-4 win for State College (32-33) last night.

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Infielder Smelin Perez (6) barely sneaks under the tag in last night’s game.

PSU’s Amato joins Spikes late

By Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Pitcher Gary Amato encountered two problems during his trip from Bradenton, Fla., to State College on Tuesday.

First, his cell phone didn’t stop receiving messages.

“I have had like 37 phone calls each hour,” he said.

He then didn’t have an intermediate stop between University Park Airport and Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, so he sweltered away in pants as teammates wore shorts during batting practice.

Still, these were good problems for the former Penn State pitcher.

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Simon closes deal for Spikes

By Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — State College Spikes reliever Adam Simon’s mound celebrations don’t resemble the ones displayed by the old closer.

His mouth never opens wide enough to yell.

And the crazy first-pounding sessions that Ronald Uviedo used to celebrate saves?

Forget it.

Simon is a change-up compared Uviedo’s fastball when it comes to mound antics.

Yet, the results are similar.

Simon uses an aggressive approach — fastball only on this occasion — to help the Spikes earn victories such as the one they recorded Tuesday.

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Gary Amato (right), a former Penn State player, talks with fellow Spikes pitcher Tom Boleska in the bullpen prior to State College’s game against Batavia on Tuesday August 28. CDT/Christopher Weddle

Spikes Dig Longball in 6-4 Win

UNIVERSITY PARK- The State College Spikes won a thriller on Tuesday evening, beating the Batavia Muckdogs by the score of 6-4 in comeback fashion. Smelin Perez, who was 10 for his last 77 coming into the at-bat, provided the winning margin with a two-RBI double in the bottom of the eighth. Justin Byler also added a 3-for-4 night with two runs scored and one of thee Spikes home runs to pace the offense.

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8/28 – State College 6 Batavia 4

August 28, 2007
	Final    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9      R   H   E   Batavia   2   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0      4   11   1   State College   0   0   0   1   3   0   0   2   X      6   11   0  box | log W: H. Bishop (1-0, 3.86); L: T. Eager (1-6, 4.61); SV: A. Simon (4) HR: STC: J. Byler (8), M. Cavagnaro (3), N. Stillwagon (3).

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