Monday Morning Report: Scores & Standings (August 20, 2018)

Monongalia County Ballpark - Granville, West Virginia

Around the League on Sunday: Batavia's Davis Bradshaw went 5 for 5 with an RBI and scored the go-ahead run in the Muckdogs' 4-2 win over the Auburn Doubledays. Aberdeen won their sixth game in a row, sweeping the Connecticut Tigers 1-0 and 5-4. Bryndan Arredondo hit a grand slam for the IronBirds. Kyle Watson singled in the bottom of the 10th and West Virginia scored two runs for a walkoff win over Williamsport 5-4. Crosscutters' Manager Pat Borders was not at Sunday's game after being hit by a foul line drive while standing in the dugout during Saturday's game. The State College Spikes completed a three game sweep of Mahoning Valley, winning 5-3. Stanley Espinal homered and had three RBI for the Spikes. The Scrappers have lost eight games in a row to fall 2.5 games behind Auburn in the Pinckney Division. Brooklyn led by Brian Sharp, defeated Hudson Valley 10-2 and the Cyclones and Renegades are now tied for first place in the McNamara Division.Vermont snapped a seven game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Staten Island Yankees.

Scores from Sunday, August 19:

Batavia Muckdogs 4 - Auburn Doubledays 2  box score
West Virginia Black Bears 5 - Williamsport Crosscutters 4  box score
Aberdeen IronBirds 1 - Connecticut Tigers 0  box score
Aberdeen IronBirds 5 - Connecticut Tigers 4  box score
Lowell Spinners 2 - Tri-City ValleyCats 1  box score
Vermont Lake Monsters 6 - Staten Island Yankees 3  box score
Brooklyn Cyclones 10 - Hudson Valley Renegades 2  box score
State College Spikes 5 - Mahoning Valley Scrappers 3  box score

Standings:

McNamara Division

	CLUB	W	L	PCT▼	GB	ELIM#	HOME	AWAY	DIV	L10	STRK
	Brooklyn Cyclones (NYM)	34	26	.567	-	-	18-12	16-14	12-15	8-2	W1
	Hudson Valley Renegades (TB)	34	26	.567	-	-	19-10	15-16	10-12	3-7	L1
	Staten Island Yankees (NYY)	31	27	.534	2.0	15	17-12	14-15	13-10	5-5	L1
	Aberdeen IronBirds (BAL)	28	31	.475	5.5	11	14-17	14-14	14-12	6-4	W5

Pinckney Division

	CLUB	W	L	PCT▼	GB	ELIM#	HOME	AWAY	DIV	L10	STRK
	Auburn Doubledays (WSH)	35	26	.574	-	-	16-16	19-10	30-19	6-4	L1
	Mahoning Valley Scrappers (CLE)	32	28	.533	2.5	13	15-16	17-12	27-22	2-8	L8
	State College Spikes (STL)	29	31	.483	5.5	11	9-21	20-10	24-24	8-2	W3
	Batavia Muckdogs (MIA)	27	33	.450	7.5	9	9-19	18-14	24-24	4-6	W1
	Williamsport Crosscutters (PHI)	25	34	.424	9.0	8	13-17	12-17	19-28	4-6	L1
	West Virginia Black Bears (PIT)	24	37	.393	11.0	5	15-14	9-23	21-28	6-4	W1

Stedler Division

	CLUB	W	L	PCT▼	GB	ELIM#	HOME	AWAY	DIV	L10	STRK
	Tri-City ValleyCats (HOU)	33	27	.550	-	-	17-14	16-13	12-13	5-5	L4
	Lowell Spinners (BOS)	32	27	.542	0.5	17	14-13	18-14	10-10	7-3	W2
	Vermont Lake Monsters (OAK)	28	32	.467	5.0	12	17-12	11-20	12-13	3-7	W1
	Connecticut Tigers (DET)	25	32	.439	6.5	11	17-14	8-18	14-12	2-8	L2

Source: MiLB.com

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