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. — A trio of pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout while an error led to the only run as the State College Spikes topped the Lowell Spinners 1-0 at LeLacheur Park on Thursday. Colton Cain, Kevin Decker and Jason Townsend teamed up for the shutout, the fourth thrown by [...]

Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com UNIVERSITY PARK — A trip to Lowell, Mass., no matter how late they left Monday or how early they arrived today, could be what the State College Spikes need. First, it pits them against the Spinners, whose 13-37 record is easily the New York-Penn League’s worst. The trip also comes with [...]

By Jake Kaplan Collegian Staff Writer Matt Curry stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the seventh, with a chance to break the game open. The State College Spikes first baseman ended the inning, however, sending a groundball that was flipped to second for the force out. [...]

Guy Cipriano UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s a place the State College Spikes have been 14 times. It’s a place they just might end this season unless all three phases begin clicking at once. The Spikes will arrive at work today as a .500 team, a middling sensation they haven’t shaken 50 games into the New [...]

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 [...]

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The Staten Island Yankees continued their free fall in the New York-Penn League standings last night, dropping a second straight decision to the State College Spikes, 4-2, at Medlar Field. Staten Island Yankees starter Shane Greene struck out seven in four innings of work, but still picked up the loss in [...]

Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Walker Gourley stuck his bat out and pushed toward first base. Everybody else waited as Gourley sprinted. Would his bunt stay fair? Would it go foul? Some might have been pondering deeper questions. Would the State College Spikes eliminate memories of recent sloppy play? Would their season continue [...]

State College first baseman walks four times to set new mark STATE COLLEGE – Matt Curry set a new State College Spikes record by walking four times in one game, but Kramer Sneed and Mike Gipson combined to hold the Spikes to just one hit as the Staten Island Yankees took a 10-0 decision at [...]

Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Staten Island is visiting State College. It must be time for the Spikes to play some of their worst baseball. Instead of guarding their home field against the Yankees, the Spikes produce performances such as Wednesday’s 10-0 defeat. The game would have been best played on the road, [...]

By Jake Kaplan Collegian Staff Writer Once Kelson Brown and Gift Ngoepe, two of the best fielders on the State College Spikes roster, committed back-to-back errors in the third inning, the Spikes were in for a rough night. The Spikes committed five errors, including three in the third inning, en route to a 10-0 loss [...]

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 [...]

By Jake Kaplan Collegian Staff Writer Despite comebacks in the seventh and eighth innings, the State College Spikes couldn’t overcome a final surge by the Jamestown Jammers. The Jammers broke open a tie with four runs in the eighth en route to a 10-6 win against the Spikes Tuesday night at Russell Diethrick Park in [...]

Marcell Ozuna of the Jamestown Jammers is certainly sad to see the State College Spikes leave town. All Ozuna did in the two-game sweep of State College was have five hits with three home runs and drive in eight runs, including five runs in the thrilling 10-6 victory Tuesday night in a New York-Pennsylvania League [...]

STATE COLLEGE — Chase Lyles delivered his team-leading fifth home run of the season, a solo shot to left field in the eighth inning, but it was not enough as the State College Spikes went down to defeat at the hands of the Jamestown Jammers, 11-3, on Monday night at Russell Diethrick Park. Lyles’s home [...]

By Jake Kaplan Collegian Staff Writer For the second straight night, the State College Spikes faced an early six-run deficit. But whereas the Spikes mustered a comeback Sunday, they could not climb out of the early hole Monday night. Behind six runs in the first two innings and a stellar pitching performance, the Jamestown Jammers [...]

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 [...]

AUBURN, N.Y. — The timing of the State College Spikes’ league-leading 50th double play couldn’t have been better. Ryan Beckman induced a 6-4-3 double play with the bases loaded in the ninth as the Spikes snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory at Auburn on Saturday. Shortstop Gift Ngoepe, second baseman Kelson Brown [...]

Cutters’ series domination has Spikes reeling to begin second half Guy Cipriano UNIVERSITY PARK — Begin the new season with three losses to the Williamsport Crosscutters. Okay, not ideal. But the sweep produced no lingering effects as the State College Spikes ended the first half 20-18, two games behind the Crosscutters. Begin the second half [...]