Four runs by Vermont in final frame sink State College
BURLINGTON, VT – The Vermont Lake Monsters scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to come back and beat the State College Spikes, 4-3, at Centennial Field on Saturday night.
Lake Monsters top Spikes in spite of Irvine homer, four errors
BURLINGTON, VT – Despite Pat Irvine’s second home run of the year, two sacrifice flies in the eighth inning brought home the winning runs as the Vermont Lake Monsters topped the State College Spikes, 5-3, at Centennial Field on Friday.
State College (28-27) had a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth, but Destin Hood’s two-run homer off of Spikes starter Kyle McPherson tied it up. Hood then brought home the go-ahead run with his sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and J.R. Higley followed with another sac fly to give Vermont (25-29) the win. The Lake Monsters committed four errors in the game, but still earned the victory
Tom Copain
Collegian Staff Writer
It’s Aug. 10, and the State College Spikes are in a playoff race.
I’ll give you a minute to re-read that.
The Spikes, the same organization that had an 18-56 record in 2008, entered their off day Monday in a much different scenario than this time last season. The Spikes have a winning record. They are 26-25. At this time last year, they were 11-40. In fact, they have eight more wins now than they did all of last season.
via Spikes’ effort should get them in playoffs – The Daily Collegian Online .
Holt’s triple in 10th sparks State College
From CDT staff reports
FISHKILL, N.Y. — Brock Holt tripled and scored the game-winning run on David Rubinstein’s sacrifice fly as State College outlasted Hudson Valley 3-2 in 10 innings in a New York-Penn League baseball clash on Sunday.
The triumph gave the Spikes (26-25) the rubber game of their three-game series, their first road series triumph against a non-Pinckney Division team this season.
via Spikes take series in extras | Penn State News | Sports – Centre Daily Times.
Holt’s triple leads off extra frames and Rubinstein delivers game-winning RBI for State College
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY – Brock Holt’s triple and David Rubinstein’s sacrifice fly in the tenth inning gave the State College Spikes a 3-2 win over the Hudson Valley Renegades at Dutchess Stadium on Sunday evening.
Holt’s second three-base hit of the year led off the tenth for State College (26-25), and Rubinstein knocked in his 20th run of the season two batters later to give the Spikes a lead they would not relinquish.
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WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY—The Hudson Valley Renegades were able to come from behind and hang on, topping the State College Spikes, 4-2, at Dutchess Stadium on Saturday night.
After State College (25-25) took the lead in the second inning on a Pat Irvine triple and an RBI groundout by Butch Biela, Hudson Valley (25-25) scored two runs on Tyler Bortnick’s double in the third. The Renegades would then extend their lead to 3-1 in the fifth inning, and while the Spikes drew back within a run on a Justin Byler RBI single in the sixth, they got no closer. Hudson Valley pushed home another run in the eighth on a successful suicide squeeze bunt by Bortnick to provide the final margin.
State College held to three hits as Hudson Valley takes the victory
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY – The Hudson Valley Renegades were able to come from behind and hang on, topping the State College Spikes, 4-2, at Dutchess Stadium on Saturday night.
