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Spikes Surge to Another Comeback Win over 'Cutters, 9-7

June 30, 2018 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.- The State College Spikes used a five-run eighth inning, with Brady Whalen's two-run single and a pair of Williamsport Crosscutters errors helping the effort, to vault to a 9-7 win on Saturday night at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field.

One night after coming back from four runs down to take a walk-off win in the ninth, the Spikes (5-10) overcame deficits of 3-0 and 7-4 to take a series victory over the Crosscutters (7-7).

Down three runs in the eighth, Wadye Ynfante walked with the bases loaded to start the State College rally. One batter later, Whalen singled to center field to tie the game at 7-7.

Three batters after that, with the bases still loaded, Delvin Perez hit a groundball to third base, but the throw home was dropped by Williamsport catcher Jesse Wilkening and bounced to the backstop to allow two more runs to score.

The error was the second of the frame and fourth of the game for Williamsport.

State College bounced back from a three-run deficit with a three-run third inning as well, with a wild pitch and a two-run single for Stanley Espinal plating the runs.

Espinal, who was the hero of the previous night's win at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park with a pinch-hit, two-run single in the ninth, then knocked in another run with a single in the fifth to round out a 3-for-4 night with three total RBI.

Williamsport notched four runs in the sixth to take the lead. Jonathan Guzman's RBI triple, Brayan Gonzalez's run-scoring single, and Wilkening's RBI double combined with a State College error to bring the Crosscutters the advantage before the Spikes' last rally.

State College's five-run eighth inning was its largest single-inning scoring output of the season, and the Spikes pounded out 11 hits as a team, one night after racking up a season-high 13.

Delvin Perez and Lars Nootbaar also recorded multi-hit games for the Spikes.

Reliever Edgar Gonzalez (1-0), the Cardinals' 2018 sixth-round draft choice out of Fresno State, earned the win for State College with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Gonzalez yielded just one intentional walk and struck out one batter during his mound tenure.

Kevin Hamman (1) then retired six of the last seven batters with two scoreless innings for the save. Hamman gave up just one walk, meaning that Spikes pitchers set down ten of the last 11 Williamsport hitters.

Austin Ross (0-1) took the loss for Williamsport after giving up three runs, one of them earned, on one hit and three walks, two of them intentional, over two innings. Ross struck out two batters in the effort.

Guzman went 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, two runs scored and two RBI for the Crosscutters.

The Spikes will now head back home to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park to begin a three-game series against the Mahoning Valley Scrappers (Cleveland Indians) with a 6:05 p.m. matchup on Sunday. State College will send left-hander Eli Kraus (0-0) to the mound for his first professional start after being drafted by the Cardinals in the 24th round this year.

Mahoning Valley is scheduled to go with left-hander Zach Draper (1-0) on the hill.

Spikes fans can start the month of July right on Sunday with Bark in the Park II, presented by Metzger Animal Hospital and NEWSRADIO 1390 WRSC, at the 6:05 p.m. game. It's also a Sunday Kids Day, presented by First National Bank, with a pre-game catch on the field from 5-5:30 p.m. and the chance for kids to run the bases after the game.

Plus, the first 250 kids 12 and under will get a coupon good for a free hot dog, chips and small soda, as well as a one-time Free Play pass to Ike's Kids Zone in left field, as Kids Eat and Play Free thanks to Dairy Queen Grill & Chill.

Fans can also declare their independence from the forecasted heat with bottles of Aquafina water available for just $1 each at all three games of the upcoming series as part of the $1 Aquafina Bottled Water Holiday Special.

After a 7:05 p.m. matchup against the Scrappers on Monday Buck Night, presented by 95.3 FM 3WZ, "The Bullet" David Smith, Jr. finishes the homestand as he makes his way back to State College on Tuesday, July 3 to fly through the air as the record-setting Human Cannonball. Smith's blast-off after the 7:05 p.m. game will be presented by Boyles Insurance and HAPPY 103.

Tuesday will also feature another Spike-tacular post-game FIREWORKS show, presented by the PA Lottery, and will give fans the chance to salute our local heroes on First Responders Appreciation Night, presented by the Centre Daily Times.

Tickets for all three games Sunday through Tuesday, as well as the 2018 New York-Penn League All-Star Game presented by the Central PA Convention & Visitors Bureau, the 2018 NYPL All-Star Tailgate Gala presented by Reinhart Foodservice, and every game on the 2018 Spikes home schedule, are currently on sale through the Spikes Ticket Office. Tickets can be purchased by calling (814) 272-1711 or by visiting the Ticket Office in person from 10 a.m to the end of the game on Sunday and 9 a.m. to the end of the game Monday and Tuesday. Fans can also buy and download single-game tickets by visiting StateCollegeSpikes.com.

Catch all of the action on Sunday via the Spikes Radio Network, presented by Penn State Sports Medicine, Official Healthcare Provider of Penn State Athletics, at 5:35 p.m. with Spikes Live, presented by Mount Nittany Health, on the air from Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Spikes' radio broadcast can also be heard worldwide through the "Listen Live" link on StateCollegeSpikes.com, provided by the club's flagship radio home, Newsradio 1390 WRSC, as well as the TuneIn Radio app.

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