GRANVILLE, W. Va. – Cole Caruso smashed his second home run of the season to help the State College Spikes to the lead, but the West Virginia Black Bears stole a victory from the Spikes in the MLB Draft League Overtime tiebreaker after a 3-3 tie in regulation on Thursday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark.

Caruso’s 372-foot, two-run shot to right field with two outs in the top of the third extended the Spikes’ (11-16 2nd Half) lead to 3-0. The long ball followed Adonis Forte’s RBI groundout that scored Adam Paniagua after his triple to right field started the third.

However, West Virginia (20-6 2nd Half) got on the board thanks to Jace Rinehart’s two-run single, his fourth of five hits on the night, in the seventh. In the ninth, Drew Collins tripled to start the inning and scored on a third-strike passed ball with Judah Morris at the plate to tie the game.

The Black Bears nearly won in regulation, but after Rinehart’s fifth hit of the game, he was thrown out at home on a relay from left fielder Dan Tauken to shortstop T.J. Salvaggio to catcher Jaden Collura on Alex Rodgers’s double to end the ninth.

In the MLB Draft League Overtime, Alex Ungar was permitted to serve as the designated runner and stole second base, then stole third and scored on the ensuing error to give the Black Bears the victory.

No winning or losing pitcher is named in a game that reaches the MLB Draft League Overtime tiebreaker.

Spikes starter Andrew D’Alessio delivered five scoreless innings in his second start of the season. The Princeton right-hander yielded three hits, two walks and a passed ball while striking out five batters.