ABERDEEN, Md. — Austin Rauch’s single in the bottom of the 11th inning brought home the game-winning run as the Aberdeen Ironbirds handed the State College Spikes another road loss, 3-2 Friday night at Ripken Stadium. The setback was the Spikes’ third in four games on this road trip and fifth in their last six [...]

Written by Daniel Gallen Another tight pitcher’s duel spilled over into extra innings Friday night as it took 11 innings for the Aberdeen IronBirds to beat the State College Spikes 3-2 in yet another thriller in front of a record 6,897 at Ripken Stadium. With Cal Ripken, Jr. and Orioles Director of Scouting Joe Jordan [...]

From CDT staff reports LOWELL, Mass. — State College made an abrupt ninth-inning rally Wednesday but couldn’t score enough runs to end a four-game losing streak as the Spikes fell 6-5 to the Lowell Spinners at LeLacheur Park. The Spikes (25-28) trailed 6-2 with two outs in the ninth inning before Andy Vasquez crunched a [...]

Spikes get over hump with defense, bunting Guy Cipriano UNIVERSITY PARK — Get two teams together with National League ties and there’s a chance a game can turn small. That’s fine with the State College Spikes. Some clever shifting of runners and crisp execution helped the Spikes move past .500 with a 2-1 victory over [...]

Southpaw allows no hits in five innings as Spikes take it, 4-2 STATE COLLEGE – Zack Dodson fired five innings of shutout ball, allowing just one walk and no hits to pick up the win as the State College Spikes clinched their first-ever series victory over the Staten Island Yankees with a 4-2 win at [...]

By James Nicol For the Collegian Wednesday night’s State College Spikes game was delayed one-hour and 13 minutes, the Spikes offense looked like it thought the game had been cancelled. The spikes tied a franchise record by recording only one hit against the Staten Island Yankees in a 10-0 loss. Third baseman Kelson Brown was [...]

From CDT staff reports JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — No stunning upset was in order this time for the State College Spikes. The Jamestown Jammers roughed up starter Colton Cain early and put the finishing touches on their 11-3 victory with another offensive outburst against two Spikes’ relievers on Monday at Russell Diethrick Park. Marcell Ozuna hit [...]

AUBURN, NY – The State College Spikeswere held to just two hits in the game, but took advantage of two eighth-inning errors by the Auburn Doubledays to plate a pair of runs and come from behind to earn a 2-1 victory at Falcon Park on Saturday night. State College (21-21) mustered two doubles in the [...]

Guy Cipriano He fouled a pitch off. He took a ball. He took a strike. He fouled two more pitches off. He took another ball. He fouled a pitch off. He watched two pitches miss the strike zone and trotted to first base. State College Spikes catcher Miguel Mendez then matched the feat two innings [...]

Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com WILLIAMSPORT — The Bowman Field scoreboard depicted emptiness. Neither the State College Spikes nor the Williamsport Crosscutters scored through six innings. Move over another column, and neither team had a hit. If Crosscutters first baseman Jeff Cusick didn’t bobble Kyle Saukko’s groundball in the third, the scoreboard would have flashed 21 [...]

By Bill Albright, Sentinel correspondent WILLIAMSPORT – If you like a lot of offense in your game of baseball, Bowman Field wasn’t the place to be Friday night. With neither team showing a base hit through 6-plus innings, Williamsport eventually grinded out a 1-0 win over the State College Spikes before 3,397 fans. “It was [...]

State College Spikes – Pittsburgh Pirates (14-13) @ Connecticut Tigers – Detroit Tigers (14-13) Game #28 / Road Game #14 RHP Quinton Miller (0-0, 5.40) vs. RHP Patrick Cooper (1-1, 4.09) -SPIKES FINISH FIRST HALF OF ROAD TRIP: The State College Spikes take on the Connecticut Tigers in the last game of their three-game series [...]

NORWICH, CT – Connecticut Tigers starter Clemente Mendoza, who came into the game with an earned run average of 7.88, held the State College Spikes to just two hits and no runs over eight innings to earn the win as the Spikes collected just three hits total and fell, 5-0, on Thursday night at Dodd [...]

- From CDT staff reports NORWICH, Conn. — One night after erupting for 11 runs and 13 hits against the Connecticut Tigers, the State College Spikes’ bats fell silent. Clemente Mendoza shut the Spikes down, surrendering just two hits during an eight-inning pitching performance in a 5-0 victory Thursday night at Dodd Stadium. The Spikes [...]

By Jake Kaplan Collegian Staff Writer Entering the game, Connecticut Tigers starting pitcher Clemente Mendoza had a robust 7.88 ERA. It didn’t show Thursday night. Mendoza threw eight shutout innings of two-hit baseball, and the Tigers beat the State College Spikes 5-0 Thursday night at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, Conn. It was just the second [...]

NORWICH, CT – Connecticut Tigers starter Clemente Mendoza, who came into the game with an ERA of 7.88, held the State College Spikes to just two hits and no runs over eight innings to earn the win as the Spikes collected just three hits total and fell, 5-0, on Thursday night at Dodd Stadium. State [...]

NORWICH, CT – Zack Von Rosenberg earned his first victory as a professional with another strong start on the mound, and the State College Spikes jumped out to a big lead early to cruise to an 11-1 win over the Connecticut Tigers on Wednesday night at Dodd Stadium. Von Rosenberg (1-4) allowed just one run [...]

STATE COLLEGE – Quinton Miller and Kevin Decker combined to shut out the Vermont Lake Monsters on just four hits, helping the State College Spikes to a 3-0 win over the team with the New York-Penn League’s best record at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Sunday evening, Miller made the second start of his [...]

By James Nicol For the Collegian On a night when the State College Spikes didn’t need much offense, they got what they needed and more from third baseman Kelson Brown. He had a hand in all three runs Sunday as the Spikes beat the Vermont Lake Monsters 3-0 at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Brown [...]

By Jake Kaplan Collegian Staff Writer Kevin Decker picked up right where starting pitcher Quinton Miller left off. The two State College Spikes pitchers combined to pitch a shutout as the Spikes beat the Vermont Lake Monsters 3-0 Sunday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Lake Monsters, who hold the best record in [...]