AUBURN, NY–The State College Spikes fell victim to a super pitching effort by the Auburn Doubledays, dropping a 4-1 decision to the Auburn Doubledays at Falcon Park on Thursday night.
State College (2-5) did not collect a hit until the seventh inning against Auburn (3-4) starter Joel Correno (1-0). Kyle Morgan broke through for the Spikes’ first hit in the seventh, and also scored the only State College run.
via Spikes Fall to Auburn – OurSports Central – Independent and Minor League Sports News.
Where is Butch Biela???
Butch has played in one game for the Spikes. He started the season off with West Virginia but struggled going hitless in 12 at bats and was demoted (he’s also 0-2 here in State College).
The Spikes have been kind of platooning their outfield – Garcia and Rosero have been alternating games with Hernandez and Saukko (although Garcia and Saukko did get the call in the last game). However, Rubinstein has pretty much been a fixture in right – Biela did start the second game instead of Rubinstein but he’s not been back since.
The most likely scenario is that Biela has a nagging injury that we don’t know about. However, Rubinstein has been the Spikes most consistent player (he just recently had his team record consecutive games reached base streak stopped) so it’s possible that the Spikes, who have struggled for offense, just want to keep him in the lineup (although I doubt that’s true since the Pirate organization is much more about developing players than it is winning games).
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned following this team for the last four years is that everyone will eventually get their chance to show their stuff. Butch’s time will come.