UNIVERSITY PARK – T.J. Salvaggio opened the scoring with a three-run homer in the first inning, then capped it with a tie-breaking RBI single in the eighth to give the State College Spikes at 7-6 victory over the Williamsport Crosscutters on Wednesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

Salvaggio continued his surge in the month of August with a 360-foot shot just inside the left field foul pole to put the Spikes (14-18 2nd Half) in front in the opening frame. The Southeastern Louisiana product is now hitting .388 since the calendar turned from July.

After T.J. Racherbaumer doubled home two runs and an error scored another in the second to tie the game, Dan Tauken doubled home the go-ahead run in the third for State College.

Williamsport tied the game once again in the fourth on Carlos Castillo’s RBI double, but Dan Tauken knocked in one run with a single and Jaden Collura brought in another with a sacrifice fly in the fifth.

The Crosscutters came back once again with a Castillo RBI groundout in the sixth before a double-play ball in the seventh enabled Williamsport to tie the game for the third time.

However, Salvaggio’s two-out single to right field in the eighth inning brought in Adonis Forte, with Salvaggio thrown out in a rundown play having already done his job in a three-hit night.

Zane Probst (1) then recorded the first two outs in order for the Spikes in the ninth and, after Jackson Mayo’s single to center field, picked Mayo off of first base to end the game.

Spikes reliever Jeff Heinrich (1-1) picked up the win after stranding the bases loaded in the eighth inning. Crosscutters reliever Jax Howard (0-1) took the loss after yielding the eventual winning run in the same frame.