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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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
There was no shortage of power, walks, errors, or hits. The fireworks were supposed to start after the game, but there were plenty of explosions before the game ended. The Mahoning Valley Scrappers and Oneonta Tigers played a long contest which started fifteen minutes late due to rain. In the ...
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are happy to see Staten Island go home, especially Yankee prospect Neil Medchill. Medchill homered for the third consecutive game helping the Yankees complete a three-game sweep of the Scrappers.
Medchill put Staten Island on the scoreboard in the second inning with a two-run bomb to deep ...
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
The Batavia Muckdogs got the best of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers Saturday night in Batavia, winning the game 5-4. As a result of the loss, the Scrappers five game winning streak comes to an end. Batavia pushed all five of their runs across the plate in the bottom of the ...
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Every once in the while, I am lucky enough to meet an athlete who is talented, charismatic, and a joy to talk with. Jason Smit is all of the above. He is a ball of energy who somehow ended up in America playing baseball for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. We ...
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
On a very busy night at Eastwood Field, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers completed a sweep of the Auburn Doubledays, winning 4-3 in 14 innings. The four hour and twenty-four minute marathon was the longest in Niles since the Scrappers beat Staten Island, 3-2, on August 6 of 2005.
Kelly Pavlik was at the ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
What a story Lance Armstrong could write. He is peddling his way up the standings in this years Tour de France bike race and has already won there in the past. He beat cancer and got to date Sheryl Crow for awhile. He is truly living the dream.
Couple of updates ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Marty Popham (on mound in picture) seems to get better every start and the statistics are backing him up. Popham threw a career-high 7 innings, struck out a career-high 9 batters and only walked one in leading the Mahoning Valley Scrappers to a 6-1 victory over the Auburn Doubledays.
Popham threw 89 ...
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