Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Photo Courtesy of Nick Mays
On a chilly Fall evening, two 19-year old pitching prospects took control of their respective team's destinies. For Mahoning Valley, Clayton Cook, the Indians 9th round draft pick of 2008 took to the hill. Staten Island sent Jose Ramirez, a 2007 free agent from the Dominican ...
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Photo -Courtesy of Nick Mays
The Scrappers Marty Popham and the Yankees Sean Black pitched like anything but short season Single-A prospects. Through four complete innings, the two starting pitchers combined for a total of 13 strikeouts. In the end, it was a crack off the bat of Chun Chen in the ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
I wanted to do a profile piece on Ben Carlson about a month and a half ago. When I asked him about it after a Scrapper game in July, he simply told me "we'll see". Today Carlson admitted to me that he was reluctant to do a profile piece back ...
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers set a new standard for wins in a season with their 49th, the old record was 48. With their 3-0 victory over State College, the Scrappers clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs. The Scrappers got outstanding pitching from Brett Brach and Tyler Sturdevant and put up enough ...
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Saturday, September 5th, 2009
On Browns-Steelers promo night, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers played the role of Pittsburgh, and Jamestown got to be Cleveland (at least thats how its been for a few years now). The Scrappers were not at their sharpest, but were able to come away with a 7-5 victory and tie a ...
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers offense showed its potency against Batavia. The Scrappers scored a season-high eight runs in the third inning and never looked back in defeating the Muckdogs.
Batavia struck first on a three-run blast from Kyle Conley. They added another run in the second inning to push the lead ...
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers and Brooklyn Cyclones hooked it up for a series-clinching matchup at Eastwood Field Thursday. The Cyclones came away winning the series with a 2-1 victory over the Scrappers. The series had playoff implications as these two teams have the best records, and for the most part, ...
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers returned home from a five game road trip to post a 4-0 victory over the Williamsport Crosscutters. The first game of the short two-game homestand against Williamsport was highlighted by the great pitching of Scrapper starter Marty Popham.
Popham pitched five solid innings, racking up nine strikeouts and ...
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