by Tim Williams at 7/09/2010 State College started their season in mid-June, shortly after the 2010 MLB draft.  It’s hard enough to draw any conclusions about the performance of the players at the level based on two weeks of play.  What makes things harder is that development is often hard to pinpoint at the lower [...]

From CDT staff reports JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — State College took advantage of nine hits, 13 walks and two errors to set a season-high for runs in an 11-7 New York-Penn League triumph against Jamestown on Tuesday. The Spikes (6-6) scored all of their runs in their first four at-bats. Chase Lyles got State College off [...]

Team’s first two homers of the year help comeback win BATAVIA, NY – Adalberto Santos and Chase Lyles smashed the first two home runs of the 2010 for the State College Spikes, with Lyles’s powering a seven-run sixth inning that led the Spikes past the Batavia Muckdogs, 9-8, on Saturday night at Dwyer Stadium. Santos’s [...]

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Batavia Muckdogs – St. Louis Cardinals(2-3) @ State College Spikes – Pittsburgh Pirates (2-3) Game #6 / Home Game #4 RHP Zack Von Rosenberg (0-1, 9.00) vs. RHP Chris Corrigan (0-0, 13.50) -MUCKDOGS FINISH OFF RETURN TO CENTRAL PA: The State College Spikes look for the sweep tonight as they complete their three-game series with [...]

By Jake Kaplan Collegian Staff Writer With Chase Lyles standing on third base and two out in the eighth inning, Kelson Brown stepped to the plate. The State College Spikes shortstop battled early in the at-bat, fouling off a pitch, before Batavia Muckdogs pitcher Jose Rada made the mistake of throwing Brown a fastball high [...]

STATE COLLEGE – Kelson Brown continued his hot streak with the game-winning RBI single in the eighth inning as the State College Spikes came from behind to beat the Batavia Muckdogs for the second night in a row, 5-4, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Tuesday night. Brown also started the State College (2-3) [...]

Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com June 17, 2010 8:32am EDT The State College Spikes begin their fifth season Friday at Williamsport. Here’s our annual answers to minor questions: via Answers to minor questions – Columns: Guy Cipriano | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA | Penn State, Nittany Lions, weather, news, jobs, homes, apartments, real [...]

Youth, international flavor highlight new State College players STATE COLLEGE – The 2010 State College Spikes will come together for the first time this week at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, as several high picks from the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft and an array of players from across the globe are part of the [...]

Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com One look at the list of professional baseball players arriving in State College today produces a telling conclusion about their parent club. Like the Pittsburgh Pirates themselves, the State College Spikes are relying on some of their level’s youngest players this summer. The average age of the first 25 players on [...]