The Mahoning Valley Scrappers welcomed Cleveland Indians Brett Myers and Blake Wood to Eastwood Field to do some rehab work and pitch an inning each against live hitting.  Neither pitcher factored into the decision, as the Scrappers fell 2-1 to the Auburn Doubledays.

Scrappers Manager Ted Kubiak started a reliever, Alexis Paredes.  Then Myers and Wood pitched an inning each.  Rob Whitenack, the scheduled starter, entered the game in the fourth.  Scrappers catcher Martin Cervenka had a lot on his plate for the first four innings, having to adapt to each pitcher.

Myers (top photo), who has racked up eleven years of Major League experience, has been on the  DL since April.  He worked a scoreless second inning and recorded a strikeout.  Indians Manager, Terry Francona, said upon his return to the big team, Myers will pitch out of the bullpen.

Righty Blake Wood (below), who is on the 60-Day DL, worked a scoreless third inning for the Scrappers.  After the first two Doubleday batters reached base, Wood got out of a jam with the help of a double play.

The Doubledays put up a run in the first inning.  Alexis Paredes gave up a double to Isaac Ballou.  The Doubledays’ David Masters then moved Ballou to third on a groundout.  Ballou would score when Jordan Poole slapped a single to right.

The Scrappers tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning.  Juan Romero collected his second hit of the night, a double.  Romero moved to third on a wild pitch from Doubledays reliever, Todd Simko.  Robel Garcia bounced one into right field to make it a 1-1 game.

Auburn regained the lead in their very next at-bat.  James Yezzo singled to right to lead off the inning.  Yezzo got to third courtesy of a wild pitch and a flyout to right.  Jean Carlos Valdez then singled to left to plate Yezzo and hand Auburn a 2-1 lead.

The Scrappers had some action in the bottom of the seventh inning.  Josh McAdams hit a ground rule double and moved to third on a single by Nick Hamilton.  Romero was unable to capitalize for the Scrappers as the inning ended with a harmless groundout.

David Napoli pitched a strong eighth inning that saw the Scrappers manage to get a baserunner via hit-by-pitch, but struck out Nellie Rodriguez to end the threat.

Whitenack took the hard-luck loss for the Scrappers, who did not provide much in the way of run support.  The Scrappers mustered six hits but the situational hitting was poor.

These two teams will hook it up again for the series finale on Tuesday.