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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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Jason Kipnis (pictured) is proving why being drafted in the second round of the 2009 MLB Draft was a wise choice for the Cleveland Indians. Kipnis gave Mahoning Valley some breathing room with a towering two-run homer in the third inning and the pitching staff was up to the task as ...
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Kyle Smith is enjoying his rookie season. Drafted 14th by the Cleveland Indians in the 2009 MLB Draft, Smith has already been selected to the NYPL All-Star team. As of this writing, he is sidelined with a shoulder injury but said he will be re-evaluated early next week and may be able to ...
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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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Saturday, August 15th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers played an uncharacteristic game against the Lowell Spinners on Friday night. The Scrappers gave up four unearned runs and an error contributed to another run later in the game. Lowell took a 6-3 lead to the ninth and barely held off the obviously frustrated Scrapper team ...
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers returned to Niles to open a four-game homestand. The Scrappers got a great start from Vidal Nuno and held off Batavia to take a 2-1 verdict and remain in first place in the New York Penn League for the 28th day in a row.
Ben Carlson (pictured) hit a ...
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers improved to 2-1 on their current road venture with a 2-0 victory over the Auburn Doubledays. The Scrappers upped their 2009 record against the Doubledays to 4-0.
The pitching on the road trip has been outstanding to this point. Preston Guilmet went six strong innings and recorded ...
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