Pirates sign No. 2 overall pick Taillon

Club also agrees to terms with second-round pick Allie By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com0 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Vowing beforehand to allocate significant financial resources in order to secure premier talent from the First-Year Player Draft, the Pirates...

Waldron, Spikes flirt with no-hitter

Pirates fifth-round pick pitches five near-perfect innings By Alex Raskin / Special to MLB.com Tyler Waldron tossed five nearly perfect innings the State College Spikes came within three outs of a no-hitter Saturday in a 1-0 blanking of the Aberdeen IronBirds. The...

Georgia Tech’s Brandon Cumpton signs with Pirates

Likely to be assigned to State College according to the Augusta Chronicle. Former Greenbrier High School baseball star and Georgia Tech product Brandon Cumpton has signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Cumpton was drafted by the Pirates in the...

CDT: Spikes headed to All-Star game

Guy Cipriano The State College Spikes received three New York- Penn League all-star selections for the second straight year. The number might have been higher if their parent club played in the American League. Pitcher Jhonathan Ramos, outfielder Adalberto...

CDT: A small world

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...

Dodson holds Yankees at bay in win

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...

NYPL notebook: Curry enjoying atmosphere, excitement around State College

Matthew Curry, a Texas native and former TCU standout, had read about Nittany Lions football and legendary coach Joe Paterno and wondered what the environment at Penn State would be like. As first baseman for the State College Spikes, Curry now plays...

Curry sets Spikes walk record in loss

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...