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Spikes best Scrappers, 4-3

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UNIVERSITY PARK – Carson Lane led a septet of State College Spikes pitchers in a combined two-hitter, and the Spikes held on at the end for a 4-3 victory over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers on Sunday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Lane, a 2025 First Team All-Mountain West Conference performer at UNLV, allowed just one walk and no hits over four innings of work. The right-hander retired the first 11 batters he faced and racked up six strikeouts. Zach Kilby, Keegan O’Hearn, Garrett Shearer (2-0), and Josh Beck then followed with an inning apiece, with only a Josue Malave ...

Healthy Macri is back on track and winning

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MECHANICSBURG — Anthony Macri made a triumph return behind the wheel by winning the Pennsylvania Sprint Car Speedweek opener Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg. Marci, 27, of Dillsburg, broke his back in a crash at the Grove on April 3. Friday night was his first race ...

Sunderland pitches McVeytown to fifth-place finish

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MCVEYTOWN — McVeytown’s Crosby Sunderland pitched his team to a 14-0 win over Strodes Mills on Friday. The game was called after five innings due to the 10-run rule. The win propelled McVeytown into fifth place in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League with a 9-10 record. Burnham finished the year with a 9-11 record and had to forfeit its last four games to Beaver Springs, Reedsville, Belltown and Belleville. Sunderland went the first four innings, giving up four hits, striking out five and walking one. Bryson Watton closed out the game with one inning of work. He gave up no hits ...

Belltown edges Belleville, 5-4

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BELLTOWN — There were a lot of twists and turns in the Belleville-Belltown Babe Ruth game on Thursday night. Most of the twists and turns went in favor of Belltown. Belleville led 4-3 going into the last inning. With darkness and a rainstorm coming towards the field, it seemed like desperate times for Belltown. Both teams were battling for third place in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League. For Belltown the bottom of the seventh started with three straight walks. Tanner Shawver and Teagan Kauffman drew walks and Luke Shawver was given a free pass ...

Spikes-Cutters game nixed due to weather

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Thursday night’s scheduled game between the State College Spikes and Williamsport Crosscutters at Journey Bank Ballpark was canceled due to inclement weather in the Williamsport area. The game will not be made up. The Spikes (10-10) will now head back home to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park to begin a three-game series with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers on Friday night at 6:35 p.m. Left-hander Caleb Ruter, who was to have started Thursday’s game in Williamsport, is now anticipated to get the ball for the Spikes in Friday’s opener. Mahoning Valley, who will be ...

Reading drops Altoona, 7-4

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CURVE, Pa. – The Curve dropped their first game of the second half in a 7-4 defeat to Reading in game three of the series Thursday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Derek Berg logged his 12th multi-hit game of the season while P.J. Hilson tallied his eighth. The offense struggled with runners in scoring position as the Curve went 3-for-11 in those spots. Altoona jumped into the lead in the top of the first on Callan Moss’ RBI single in the bottom of the first. Reading drew even in the second before Hilson re-took the lead with a single in the second. Reading took the lead for ...