The Mahoning Valley Scrappers got a nice distraction from the normal routine for a couple of days.  The four game losing streak that the Scrappers had been dealing with was overshadowed by Asdrubal Cabrera’s presence, and this would be a nice time to reverse the current and move forward.  Mahoning Valley got some much needed situational hitting and pulled out a 4-2 victory.

Chase Burnette started the second inning with a triple.  Tyler Cannon (pictured) followed Burnette with a clean RBI-single to give the Scrappers the early 1-0 lead.  The Scrappers added to their lead with a pair of singles by Brian Heere and Asdrubal Cabrera setting the table for Cannon, who again produced an RBI with a single to double the Scrappers lead at 2-0.

Hudson Valley got on the board when Derek Dietrich stayed hot with another bomb to left field, this one hitting the rooftop of the indoor batting cage, to cut the Scrapper lead to 2-1.

Scarpper starter Jordan Cooper left the game with a 1-0 lead, but the recent trend has been for the bullpen to implode.  Dale Dickerson walked the first two batters he faced and then threw a wild pitch allowing Hudson Valley to knot the contest at two runs each. Despite the struggle, Dickerson picked up the win for the Scrappers.

In the bottom of the sixth, Diego Seastrunk (pictured), who homered from the left side in last night’s game, doubled off the left center field wall batting righty in this one.  The shot that almost went out hit more than halfway up the wall and gave the Scrappers a 3-2 lead.  Seastrunk scored a run to make it 4-2 on a clean Jordan Casas single.  Casas usually wears #13, but gladly peeled the number for Cabrera.  “It’s his number, besides, I wore number twenty in college, so I don’t mind a bit.”

Clayton Ehlert pitched well to keep Hudson Valley at bay and the Scrappers went on to capture the 4-2 victory.  Jordan Cooper had a good start going 5 2/3 innings and scattering nine hits while striking out six Renegades.  Scrapper Manager Travis Fryman said he was happy with Cooper’s start.  “That’s the way a ninth round draft pick should look out there. Jordan really settled in when he had to and made good pitches.”

The Scrappers head out to Brooklyn for three before returning home on Saturday night.