GRANVILLE, W.Va. – Dan Tauken’s double and early opportunities kept the State College Spikes in Wednesday’s game, but the West Virginia Black Bears went wire-to-wire to claim an 8-0 win at Kendrick Family Ballpark.

Tauken, who entered the night in the MLB Draft League’s top ten for hard-hit rate, laced his two-base hit down the right-field line in the second at 104.4 miles per hour to put the Spikes (11-15 2nd Half) in the hit column. However, he was stranded there as the inning ended.

State College had another chance in the third, down 3-0, after loading the bases with one out. However, Tauken’s groundball up the middle, which left the bat at 107 miles per hour, found its way right into the mitt of West Virginia (19-6 2nd Half) pitcher Cameron LeJeune (3-0), who started an inning-ending 1-6-3 double play.

The Black Bears built their lead on back-to-back doubles from Jace Rinehart and Alex Rodgers and Landon Frei’s first home run of the season, a 389-foot, two-run shot to left field, in the second. West Virginia then added two runs on Will Rogers’s single in the fifth and three more in the seventh to complete the scoring.

State College starter Carston Herman (0-2) went four-plus innings and took the loss. LeJeune, who was originally scheduled to start but entered the game in the second following one inning from Gavin Braunecker, went three scoreless innings for the win.

Judah Morris reached base five times for the Black Bears with a single and four walks.