UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Jakobi Davis went deep in the eighth inning to tie the game with his first State College Spikes home run, but Drew Collins won it for the West Virginia Black Bears with a walk-off double to take a 4-3 decision on Tuesday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark.

In a potential MLB Draft League Championship Game preview, West Virginia (18-6 2nd Half) staked a further claim to first place in the league’s Second Half standings to open the three-game set against the Spikes (11-14 2nd Half), the league’s First Half Champions and title game hosts.

The Black Bears took the opening lead in the first inning on Alex Ungar’s RBI single, followed by a double steal in which Judah Morris swiped home to increase the margin to 2-0.

However, the Spikes tied it in the sixth. Adonis Forte led off the inning with a double before moving to third base on Cole Caruso’s single. Jaden Collura then singled home Forte and moved Caruso up to second with a base hit through the right side. Following a groundout, Trotter Boston tied the game with a sinking line drive to right-center field to bring in Caruso.

In the seventh, Jordan Peyton scurried for a one-out triple and scored on Collins’s sacrifice fly to left.

Davis was able to even the game up at 3-3, though, leading off the eighth by launching a solo shot 379 field over the left-field wall for his first long ball with the Spikes.

In the ninth, though, Peyton drew a two-out walk, then dashed home with the winning run as Collins doubled down the left-field line to the curved wall in the corner.

Spikes starter Michael Quevedo followed his club record-tying 12-strikeout performance last Tuesday with a gutsy five innings of work. Quevedo yielded two runs, but none after the first, on four hits and four walks while striking out six batters in a no-decision. Jason Shockley (1-3) took the loss for State College.

Austin Eaton (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up the win for West Virginia.