Morning Report for Friday, August 17, 2018

Medlar Field at Lubrano Park - University Park, Pennsylvania

Around the League: League attendance went over 1 million fans on Wednesday. That's good news, although attendance is down at several venues. It may have been the rainy weather, but only 180 fans watched Batavia win at home last night. Auburn handed the Mahoning Valley Scrappers their fifth straight loss and moved into first place in the Pinckney Division. Brooklyn won their sixth straight and trail Hudson Valley by one game in the McNamara Division. Despite losing last night, Tri-City continues to lead Lowell by 3.5 games in the Stedler Division. Nineteen year old Tyler Freeman of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers continues to lead the league in batting (.365/.412/.536), despite hitting .270 in his last 10 games. Sean Reynolds of the Batavia Muckdogs leads the league in home runs and RBI (11 HR, 34 RBI).  Brooklyn Cyclones pitcher Jaison Vilera leads the with a 1.30 ERA.

Scores from Thursday, August 16:
State College Spikes 3 - Williamsport Crosscutters 1  (game suspended in the 5th inning)
Connecticut Tigers 2 - Tri-City ValleyCats 1  box score
Staten Island 3 - Hudson Valley Renegades 2 (10 innings)  box score
Auburn Doubledays 6 - Mahoning Valley Scrappers 1  box score
Aberdeen IronBirds 13 - Lowell Spinners 1  box score
Brooklyn Cyclones 2 - Vermont Lake Monsters 1  box score
Batavia Muckdogs 8 - West Virginia Black Bears 4  box score

Current Standings:

McNamara Division

	CLUB	W	L	PCT▼	GB	ELIM#	HOME	AWAY	DIV	L10	STRK
	Hudson Valley Renegades (TB)	33	24	.579	-	-	18-8	15-16	9-10	5-5	L3
	Brooklyn Cyclones (NYM)	32	25	.561	1.0	18	18-12	14-13	10-14	7-3	W6
	Staten Island Yankees (NYY)	29	26	.527	3.0	17	17-12	12-14	13-10	4-6	W3
	Aberdeen IronBirds (BAL)	25	31	.446	7.5	12	13-17	12-14	14-12	6-4	W3

Pinckney Division

	CLUB	W	L	PCT▼	GB	ELIM#	HOME	AWAY	DIV	L10	STRK
	Auburn Doubledays (WSH)	33	24	.579	-	-	14-14	19-10	28-17	6-4	W3
	Mahoning Valley Scrappers (CLE)	32	25	.561	1.0	18	15-13	17-12	27-19	3-7	L5
	State College Spikes (STL)	26	31	.456	7.0	13	9-21	17-10	21-24	7-3	L1
	Batavia Muckdogs (MIA)	25	31	.446	7.5	13	9-19	16-12	22-22	4-6	W1
	Williamsport Crosscutters (PHI)	24	32	.429	8.5	12	13-17	11-15	18-26	5-5	W1
	West Virginia Black Bears (PIT)	22	36	.379	11.5	8	13-13	9-23	19-27	5-5	L1

Stedler Division

	CLUB	W	L	PCT▼	GB	ELIM#	HOME	AWAY	DIV	L10	STRK
	Tri-City ValleyCats (HOU)	33	24	.579	-	-	17-14	16-10	12-10	7-3	L1
	Lowell Spinners (BOS)	29	27	.518	3.5	17	11-13	18-14	7-10	5-5	L3
	Vermont Lake Monsters (OAK)	27	30	.474	6.0	14	16-10	11-20	12-13	4-6	L5
	Connecticut Tigers (DET)	25	29	.463	6.5	14	17-12	8-17	14-12	3-7	W1

Source: MiLB.com

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