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If there's been one theme that's been present in the three games I've seen State College this week, it's this: quiet bats, good pitching, mistakes on the field. That's pretty much the summary of tonight's game, as State College lost to Williamsport 3-0, falling for the eighth game in a row. The Spikes offense only managed two hits, while the [...]

Lineups: State College-Williamsport 9/3

WILLIAMSPORT -- Two hours to first pitch ... Game: State College Spikes at Williamsport Crosscutters, 7:05 p.m. Site: Historic Bowman Field. Pitching: LHP Zack Dodson vs. RHP Jake Borup. Weather: 87 degrees. Game Updates: My Twitter Feed Lineups: State College Spikes: 1. Drew Maggi, SS 2. Mel Rojas Jr., CF 3. Kelson [...]

Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 9/2/10

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA) Indianapolis beat Louisville 7-5. Dana Eveland (8.87) pitched four innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, with two walks and nine strikeouts. Justin Thomas (W, 5-0, 2.58) pitched two innings, allowing a run on one hit, with no walks and three strikeouts. Steven Jackson (3.58) pitched two shutout innings, [...]

Spikes Don’t Take Advantage of Opportunities, Lose 7th in a Row

The State College Spikes suffered their seventh loss in a row tonight, falling 3-2 to the Auburn Doubledays. Tyler Waldron had a rough first inning for State College, allowing all three runs to score in the inning. Meanwhile, the Spikes had plenty of opportunities throughout the game, but only managed two runs, stranding 11 runners on base, [...]

Lineups: State College-Auburn 9/2

STATE COLLEGE -- Two hours to first pitch ... Game: State College Spikes vs Auburn Doubledays, 6:35 p.m. Site: Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Pitching: RHP Tyler Waldron vs. LHP Sam Strickland. Weather: 90 degrees. Game Updates: My Twitter Feed Lineups: State College Spikes: 1. Drew Maggi, SS 2. Mel Rojas Jr., CF 3. [...]

September Call-Ups

As the calendar turns to September 1st each year, Major League Baseball teams get up to 15 additional active roster spots, with the active rosters expanding from a maximum of 25 to a maximum of 40 players. During the month of September, and until the end of the regular season, teams can call up additional players to the majors, commonly referred [...]

Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 9/1/10

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA) Indianapolis lost to Columbus 4-1. Brad Lincoln (L, 7-4, 3.83) pitched two innings, allowing two runs on two hits with a walk and two strikeouts. Lincoln was on a 50 pitch limit tonight. Joe Martinez (5.72) pitched five innings, allowing two runs on eight hits, with no walks and two strikeouts. Brian [...]

Spikes Get the Pitching, Bats Quiet in 1-0 Loss

The State College Spikes got a great outing from left handed starter Zac Fuesser tonight, but couldn't get the offense going, falling 1-0 to the Auburn Doubledays. One night after losing 12-11 in extra innings to Batavia, the Spikes only managed two hits tonight, although they did manage to work the count and draw seven walks. The Spikes only [...]

Lineups: State College-Auburn 9/1

STATE COLLEGE -- One hour to first pitch ... Game: State College Spikes vs Auburn Doubledays, 6:35 p.m. Site: Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Pitching: LHP Zac Fuesser vs. LHP Sean Nolin. Weather: 87 degrees. Game Updates: My Twitter Feed Lineups: State College Spikes: 1. Drew Maggi, SS 2. Mel Rojas Jr., CF 3. Gerlis [...]

Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 8/31/10

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA) Indianapolis lost to Columbus 5-2. Chris Jakubauskas (L, 1-4, 4.26) pitched five innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, with a walk and two strikeouts. Corey Hamman (3.05) pitched three shutout innings, allowing one hit, three walks, and striking out two. Anthony Claggett (5.82) allowed two runs on two [...]

Altoona Clinches Division With 9-1 Win

It was about a year ago today that I was watching the Lynchburg Hillcats, then the high-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, clinching the playoffs in the Carolina League, followed by their eventual playoff run which resulted in the Carolina League championship. One year later, most of that same team is in Altoona, one level higher, and [...]