Spikes Make it Eight in a Row

What a difference a night makes. On Monday evening, the Spikes were limited to only one run on three hits en route to their seventh straight victory. A day later, the Spikes bats made up for lost time, scoring nine runs on 14 hits to push their win streak to eight. It was a total team effort on Tuesday, as all nine starters collected at least one base hit and seven different Spikes drove in a run. Brian Tracy (2-0) got the win after tossing four strong innings of relief, allowing only one run on two hits.

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7/03 – State College 9 Batavia 3

July 3, 2007
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E Batavia 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   3 6 4 State College 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 X   9 14 0 box | log W: B. Tracy (2-0, 1.80); L: B. Garner (1-2, 9.24) HR: STC: N. Stillwagon (1).

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Spikes Game Notes

BATAVIA MUCKDOGS (5-9) @ STATE COLLEGE SPIKES (9-5)

Tuesday, July 3rd – 7:05 PM

Medlar Field at Lubrano Park – University Park, PA

Game #15 / Home Game # 7

RHP Brandon Garner (1-0, 6.35) vs. RHP Dionis Rodriguez (1-0, 2.38)

TONIGHT’S STARTER: RHP Dionis Rodriguez will make his third start for the Spikes this evening, after spending some time earlier this season with the Hickory Crawdads (SAL – A) and the Lynchburg Hillcats (CAR – A). In five games with Hickory, Rodriguez went 0-2 and had a 10.80 ERA. In his first start with the Spikes, which was against Jamestown, Rodriguez got the win after allowing only one run through seven innings of work. Prior to this season, Dionis had a career record of 11-16, but had struck out 246 batters in 196.2 career innings of work. Conversely, he had walked only 46 batters.

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Former Spike on mend

By Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — David Carpenter holds multiple places in State College Spikes’ lore.

He caught the first pitch in team history and it could be a while before anybody breaks more bats than Carpenter did during the 2006 season.

This week, Carpenter has added to his significance in franchise history.

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Spikes make it seven straight

University Park — The State College Spikes and the Batavia Muckdogs locked up in a pitchers’ duel on Monday, with State College coming out on top, 1-0.

Spikes hurlers combined to allow only two hits, and the Muckdogs never got a runner past first base.

The win was the Spikes’ seventh in a row, matching the franchise high set last season from Aug. 7-13.

Matt Foust, the Pirates’ sixth-round selection in the 2007 draft, tossed six near-perfect innings, allowing only one hit and one walk, while striking out eight.

Originally published in the Altoona Mirror

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Spikes Make It Seven Straight With 1-0 Win Over Batavia

The State College Spikes and the Batavia Muckdogs locked up in a classic pitcher’s dual on Monday evening, with State College coming out on top 1-0. Spikes hurlers combined to allow only two hits on the night, and the Muckdogs never got a runner passed first base in the game. Offensively, the Spikes were not much better, collecting only three hits, but they took advantage of 10 free passes from the Muckdogs to get the victory. The win was the Spikes seventh in a row, matching the franchise high set last season from August 7th – 13th.

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Spikes shut out Batavia to move into tie for first

UNIVERSITY PARK — State College Spikes pitcher Matt Foust spent the past two weeks watching a college teammate record three straight solid outings as a professional.

After the third time Tony Watson controlled New York-Penn League hitters, Foust found his own way to prepare for a professional start.

He lowered his 6-foot-3, 223-pound frame across the clubhouse couch.

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New faces add flavor to offense

By Kate Aras Email
Collegian Staff Writer

Changes were made during the off-season that have entirely revamped the face of the State College Spikes.

With a shift of major league affiliation from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates, everything from uniform colors to the large emblem painted on the field was changed, not to mention an entirely new team and coaching staff.

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Spikes gut out late run in nail-biter

By Kate Aras Email
Collegian Staff Writer

If Sunday night was full of hits and good defensive plays, last night had its fair share of mistakes and walks.

After State College Spikes center fielder Miles Durham hit the first grand slam at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Sunday, all offensive power was zapped from both teams. It was left up to the pitchers to battle it out, seeing who could walk the least amount of batters and survive the night.

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Spikes firstbaseman Daniel Rios attempts to tag out a Muckdog during last night’s game.

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State College trio two-hits Batavia

Foust, Cameron, Uviedo enable Spikes to survive pitchers’ duel

By Alan Friedman / Special to MLB.com

Matthew Foust, Taylor Cameron and Ronald Uviedo combined on a two-hitter as host State College edged Batavia, 1-0, on Monday.

Foust, the Spikes’ starter, allowed one hit — a third-inning single to Steve Gonzalez — while striking out eight and walking one over six frames.

Cameron (2-0) gave up a hit and a walk while fanning three in two scoreless frames to pick up the win. Uviedo tossed a perfect ninth for his third save.
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Matthew Foust didn’t get the decision, but he only allowed one hit over six frames. (State College Spikes)

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