Guy Cipriano

UNIVERSITY PARK — Homefield advantage can’t exist in the early stages of a short-season baseball season.

Or can it? On the day they never lose, the State College Spikes faced an opponent forced to play at 1 p.m. after traveling 250 miles following a 3-hour, 7- minute game the night before.

Advantage Spikes.

Still, the way they are playing, the Spikes don’t need favors from the creators of the New York-Penn League’s unfriendly holiday schedule.

The Spikes extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-3 victory before 4,131 fans Sunday at festive Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

Victories on July Fourth are a State College tradition. The Spikes are 5-0 on the holiday.

via Putting on a show: Seventh-inning rally gives Spikes fourth straight victory – Sports | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA | Penn State, Nittany Lions, weather, news, jobs, homes, apartments, real estate.

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