Recap for June 22 - Tonight's Winners: Scrappers, Cyclones, ValleyCats, IronBirds, Spikes, Renegades, Black Bears

Auburn 4 at Mahoning Valley 5 (10 innings) Box Score
Attendance: 3,287

Brooklyn 5 at Vermont 3 Box Score
Attendance: 2,441

Lowell 0 at Tri-City 1 Box Score
Attendance: 2,758

Aberdeen 3 at Connecticut 0 Box Score
Attendance: 1,302

Batavia 1 at State College 9 Box Score
Attendance: 3,194

Staten Island 1 at Hudson Valley 6 Box Score
Attendance: 3,833

West Virginia 3 at Williamsport 1 Box Score
Attendance: 1,676

   
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Morning Report - Complete Results of games played June 20

Birthday Balloons released at Mon County Ballpark

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers spoiled the Black Bears' West Virginia Day Celebration (West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863), defeating the Black Bears 3-1 at Monongalia County Ballpark before 2,511 fans.

Elvis Perez doubled and singled twice for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. Cameron Mingo (1-0) got the win with two scoreless innings in relief while Black Bears starter Ike Schlabach (0-1) took the loss (5 SO, 0 BB in 4 IP.

Box Score


In other action last night in the New York-Penn League:

Batavia 19 at Auburn 18 (11 innings)  Box Score
Attendance: 2,624

Terry Bennett homered and singled, and had six RBI and scored four times for Batavia. Lazaro Alonso doubled and had two RBIs for the Muckdogs. Conner Simonetti had a three run home run, Oliver Ortiz homered, doubled and singled twice and had seven RBIs for Auburn.

Vermont 6 at Lowell 5 (suspended on June 19)  Box Score
Vermont 2 at Lowell 4  Box Score
Attendance: 4,235

Javier Godard had a triple and three RBIs in Vermont’s win in the game that was suspended on Monday due to rain. Juan Barriento hit a two-run homer in Lowell’s victory in the seven inning nightcap.

Staten Island 7 at Brooklyn 4  Box Score
Attendance: 7,271
Dom Thompson-Williams hit a run-scoring double and Oswaldo Cabrera hit a two-run single for Staten Island. Starter Jorge Guzman (1-0) got the win and Joe Napolitano (0-1) took the loss in relief for Brooklyn.

Hudson Valley 11 at Aberdeen 2  Box Score
Attendance: 4,099
Angel Perez had three hits including a two-run home run and three RBI, and Austin Franklin struck out nine hitters over five innings for the win. Losing pitcher Nick Gruener (0-1) went one inning, allowing seven runs on nine hits.

State College 5 at Williamsport 3  Box Score
Attendance: 2426
Edwin Figuera had three hits and two RBI and Daniel Castano (1-0) allowed three runs on eight hits over six innings for the State College Spikes. Gustavo Armas (0-1) took the loss, giving up three runs and six hits over four innings.

Tri-City 0 at Connecticut 9  Box Score
Attendance: 2,342
Hector Martinez homered and singled for the Connecticut Tigers. Daniel Gonzalez (1-0) got the win with two innings of scoreless relief while ValleyCats starter Carlos Hiraldo (0-1) took the loss.

Transactions on June 20
Carlos Tovar assigned to Greenville Drive from Lowell Spinners.
Lukas Young assigned to Lowell Spinners.
Gunnar Kines assigned to Brooklyn Cyclones.
Silento Sayles assigned to Mahoning Valley Scrappers from Lynchburg Hillcats.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders sent Branden Pinder on a rehab assignment to Staten Island Yankees.
Pawtucket Red Sox sent Ben Taylor on a rehab assignment to Lowell Spinners.

Todays's Schedule (June 21)
Auburn at Mahoning Valley
Brooklyn at Vermont
Lowell at Tri-City
Aberdeen at Connecticut
Batavia at State College
Staten Island at Hudson Valley
West Virginia at Williamsport

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Morning Report - Lots of rain; Black Bears defeat Scrappers

Sandy Santos

The weather didn’t cooperate in the New York-Penn League last night, as three games were rained out and one was suspended in the third inning (and the West Virginia-Mahoning Valley game was rain delayed after the 6th inning).

It is always good to win the first game of the year. The West Virginia Black Bears did that last night, defeating the Mahoning Valley Scrappers 3-0, before a crowd of 2,750.

Cooper is still the team mascot and the Pepperoni Rolls are back for their third season of racing between innings. Double Stuffed Dave is still winless after last night’s race.

Sandy Santos is back for a second year in Granville after struggling this spring with the West Virginia Power in the South Atlantic League (.181/.301/.319 in 40 games). He made a nice diving catch and a hit a double to the gap in left-center, but still shows a lack of discipline at the plate, striking out twice.

Garrett Brown

Garrett Brown led the way with a two-run single in the seventh inning. Brown was drafted in the 23rd round in the 2016 draft out of Western Carolina and spent the 2016 season with Bristol in the Appalachian League (.259/.303/.327).

Pitching dominated last night’s action; there were 27 strikeouts (17 by Black Bears pitchers). Mitch Keller, on a rehab assignment from Bradenton (Florida State League), looked sharp in two innings of work, giving up one hit and striking out four.  
Yoandy Fernandez had seven strikeouts in three innings of relief. The 29 year-old Cuban right-hander was signed by the Pirates earlier this spring.

Francisco Perez pitched five scoreless innings for the Scrappers, striking out four.

Other item of note: You can get Labatt Blue on draft at the concession stands at Monongalia County Ballpark this year.

In other NYPL games completed, Williamsport defeated the Spikes 9-2 in State College and Batavia topped Auburn 8-2 at home.

The Black Bears and the Scrappers do it again tonight at 7:05pm. Fireworks after the game. Ticket information at westvirginiablackbears.com

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