Scrappers Get Past State College Spikes, 5-4
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers won the first game in Williamsport against the State College Spikes, 5-4, on Sunday. The win puts the Scrappers at 7-3. There are two more games to be played against the Spikes before the Scrappers come home to host the Williamsport Crosscutters on Wednesday.
Jordan Henry started the game with a double for the Scrappers. He would later score on a Greg Folgia RBI single. Folgia would also score on an RBI groundout from Jason Smit.
The Spikes responded with three runs off of Scrapper starter Marty Popham in the bottom of the first to hold a 3-2 lead. After both teams scored a run in the sixth to knot the contest at four runs apiece, Mahoning Valley scored in the top of the 7th inning to tae a 5-4 lead. The go-ahead run was a result of a Smit double who later scored on a Chun Chen clutch RBI single.
Kaimi Mead worked a scoreless two innings to record his first save for the Scrappers.