UNIVERSITY PARK – Facing bases loaded and no outs in the MLB Draft League Overtime tiebreaker, Jason Shockley struck out the next three Mahoning Valley Scrappers in order, giving the State College Spikes a win in the extra frame after a 2-2 regulation tie at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Wednesday night.

The Spikes (10-10 2nd Half) made the pregame choice to play defense in the MLB Draft League Overtime tiebreaker, and put Shockley on the mound for his first action of the night. After Dreylin Holmes started the half-inning as the designated runner at first base and stole second, pinch-hitter Chase Nixon drew a walk. Former Spike Hayden Moore, now with the Scrappers (7-14 2nd Half), then laid down a perfect bunt to the third-base side to load the bases with a single.

However, Shockley then struck out Tommy Rover, pinch-hitter Seung-jun Cha, and Max Johnson in order to secure the win.

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

The Spikes had come back to tie the game in the fifth as Chenar Brown delivered a two-out, two-run single to left field.

Mahoning Valley took the opening lead of the night in the second as Holmes’s RBI single brought in Matt Rivera. Moore’s two-out double to center field then knocked in Holmes to make it 2-0, Scrappers.

Spikes starter Andrew D’Alessio began a bullpen-led effort with four innings, allowing both Mahoning Valley runs on two hits and a hit batsman while striking out five batters. Between D’Alessio, Ahmad Harajli, Anthony Steele, and Jack Hagan, State College pitching held the Scrappers hitless from Moore’s double in the second to Theo Bryant’s single in the eighth, retiring 15 straight batters at one point.

Mahoning Valley starter Bobby Helt went a season-long five innings, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks while striking out eight.