Archive for July, 2011
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers offense had been pretty potent all season. State College came into Wednesday's contest in the basement of the NYPL Pinckney Division, nine games behind the Scrappers. The Scrappers entered the game in a three-way tie for first. The Scrappers fought and clawed their way back from ...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
This weeks Scrappers Personnel Profile focuses on a seasoned veteran in the minor league baseball circuit, Mark Libs. Mark's official title is Director of Group Sales, but like Matt Thompson and Drew LaFollette, he wears many hats and his duties overlap into other spectrums. Mark is a good person, always ...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers took advantage of some early run production and rode their solid pitching and defense to the finish line in a 6-1 victory over State College. The Scrappers scored five times in the first four innings and never looked back. State College scored their lone run of ...
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Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
A quality Summer Baseball Camp is being offered at Eastwood Field from August 8-10. The camp is designed to introduce young players the aspects and fundamentals of baseball. Rich Pasquale, YSU's head baseball coach, and Craig Antush, a YSU assistant, will host the camp.
The areas of specialization to be covered ...
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Al Kaline was recently at a Mahoning Valley Scrappers game to watch his grandson, Colin Kaline, in action. Colin is in the Tigers organization, playing for the Connecticut Tigers, the short-season A affiliate for Detroit.
Al Kaline is in Cooperstown, never played a day of minor league baseball in his life, ...
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers withstood a late Jamestown Jammers comeback attempt and won in extra innings, 6-5, to move into a tie for first place in the Pinckney Division.
Mahoning Valley scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 3-0 lead. Alex Lavisky (above) homered to ...
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Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Last year at this time, Kurt Hess was adapting. The changes he was dealing with were a transition from high school to college, playing in a new system for a new coach, and learning what his teammates could and could not handle. Hess was named the starting quarterback before the ...
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Saturday, July 16th, 2011
Connecticut escaped Niles with a win and avoided being swept by the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, posting a 7-4 win at Eastwood Field. The Tigers strung together good things in a row during a couple of different innings. The Tigers got three hits from Curt Casali, including a monstrous home run, ...
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