8/2 – State College 8 Auburn 4

August 2, 2007
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E State College 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3   8 12 0 Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1   4 5 2 wrap | box | log W: D. Welker (2-1, 2.10); L: W. Aguirre (0-5, 4.60) HR: STC: J. Byler (3), N. Stillwagon (2). AUB: A. Calderone (6).

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SPIKES LOOK TO DOUBLE UP THE DOUBLEDAYS – 7:05

Last weekend the Spikes took two of three from the Auburn Doubledays to get within 2.5 games of first. After being swept by the Mahoning Valley Scrappers the Spikes find themselves 5.5 games back.

STATE COLLEGE STARTER: RHP DUKE WELKER will get the ball for the Spikes this evening. Welker is 1-1 with a 2.61 ERA in four starts for State College. In 20.2 innings of work, he has allowed six runs on 21 hits while walking eight and striking out 16. Welker, the Pirates’ 2nd round selection in the 2007 MLB draft, was the second Razorback hurler selected in the first 70 picks as his team Nick Schmidt was selected 23rd overall by San Diego. In his only season at Arkansas, he held opponents to a .224 batting average. In three starts against Florida, MississippiState and Vanderbilt, the 6-7 hurler allowed only four earned runs and struck out 23 through 23.1 innings of work. Before transferring to Arkansas, Welker attended Seminole State JC (OK). Welker has also been drafted in the 39th round of the 2005 draft by the Seattle Mariners and in the 34th round of the 2003 draft out of Woodinville HS (WA).

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Scrappers sweep Spikes

By JON MOFFETT Tribune Chronicle correspondent

Tribune Chronicle / Steve Schenck

NILES — Whatever the Scrappers have done to improve themselves, if they keep going at the pace they are, they could challenge division-leader Auburn sooner rather than later.

Wednesday night brought the Scrappers another home win as they defeated the State College Spikes, 7-2. The win marks the fourth in a row for the Scrappers, which is a season high, and brought their record to 21-20. It also marked the first series sweep of the season.

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Todd Martin of Mahoning Valley doubles up James Barkdale of State College Wednesday night at Eastwood Field.

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Spikes fail to capitalize in 7-2 defeat

 

By Kate Aras

Collegian Staff Writer

For another night in a row, it was the State College Spikes themselves that killed their chances in taking a game from the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.

Errors by the fielders, leaving men in scoring position and missed opportunities were the commonalties of the game at Eastwood Field, leading to a 7-2 Spikes loss.

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SPIKES LOSE THIRD STRAIGHT TO SCRAPPERS, 7-2

NILES, OH — The State College Spikes were swept by the Mahoning Valley Scrappers dropping the final game of the series 7-2 at Eastwood Field.

Mahoning Valley scored runs in every inning except the first and the fourth. The Scrappers scored a pair in the second and one each in the third, fifth, six, seventh, and eighth.

Starting pitcher Nicolas Suero (1-3) allowed four runs on ten hits (the third time he’s given up 10 hits in an outing this year). Brandon Williams returned from the Altoona Curve and gave up one run in the sixth. Michael Felix gave up a run in each the seventh and eighth.

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Scrappers complete sweep of Spikes

NILES, Ohio — The State College Spikes will wobble into their three-game series with the Pinckeny Division’s first-place team.

Mahoning Valley recorded 16 hits against four Spikes pitchers to complete a three-game sweep with a 7-2 victory Wednesday at Eastwood Field.

The loss dropped the Spikes (19-22) to three games below .500 for the first time since June 25. The Spikes also dropped to 51/2 games behind Auburn (25-17) in the Pinckney Division standings. The Spikes and Doubledays begin a three-game series tonight at Falcon Park. Mahoning Valley (21-20), the second team to sweep the Spikes this season, is 31/2 games behind the Doubledays.

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