Last night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park was superhero night. The majority of the Spikes staff had capes draped on their backs.

It was an appropriate promotion -- if it happened the night before.

Wednesday night had many superheroes for the Spikes -- first baseman Calvin Anderson, pitcher Rudy Owens, just to name a couple.

There weren't very many superheroes for the Spikes last night.

In their 5-2 loss to Tri-City last night, State College (7-21) could not capitalize on the momentum from Wednesday night's 13-0 win over the ValleyCats (11-18)

"We are going to win two in a row before the season is over," manager Brad Fischer said. "I guarantee it."

Sitting in his chair with a plate of meatloaf and corn in front of him, Fischer was reminded that the Spikes won two in a row against Vermont.

"Oh, that's right, against Vermont we did win two in a row. I'm not guaranteeing anything, I take that back," Fischer said jokingly.

Fischer was not displeased with his team's effort. They showed up at Medlar Field at 1:45 p.m. yesterday to work out.

Although the Spikes were on the losing end again, they don't believe that they lost any momentum from Wednesday night.

"I really wouldn't say it didn't," second baseman Chad Rice said. "We had two hits in the first inning, we just didn't put them together. I thought for the most part we hit the ball decently well [last night]."

Little seemed to go right for the Spikes last night.

There were two incidents that could have placed Spikes on the disabled list.

The first was when Tri-City designated hitter Jonathan Gaston lined a foul ball to right field.

The ball hit a tall, green wall that separates the bullpen from the stands, ricocheted off of it and drilled reliever Alan Knotts, who was facing the bullpen mound, in the back.

Knotts bent over for a second but appeared to walk it off.

In the top of the ninth, ValleyCat left fielder Jack Shuck hit a pop up in front of the Tri-City dugout.

Third baseman Jeremy Farrell, who was already sporting dirt all over his vest and pants, and catcher Mark Carver, both went toward the dugout.

The two collided and Farrell, who had caught the ball originally, had the ball drop out of his glove.

However, Farrell was able to grasp the ball out of the air, while on his back, with his bare right hand. Home plate umpire Tim Eastman called for medical assistance for Carver, but seconds later, he was able to get up.