UNIVERSITY PARK – After a furious finish that saw the Mahoning Valley Scrappers score two runs in the top of the ninth, Jaden Collura’s walk-off single through the right side scored Adonis Forte with the winning run in the bottom half to give the State College Spikes their fourth consecutive victory as they downed the Scrappers, 7-6, on Thursday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

Down 6-4 after two errors played a role in giving Mahoning Valley (7-15 2nd Half) the lead, the Spikes (11-10 2nd Half) started their rally with T.J. Salvaggio’s one-out hustle double to left field. After walks to Dan Tauken and Conor Higgs loaded the bases, Adonis Forte tapped a ball back to the mound. However, after the force play at home, Scrappers catcher Ian Francis sailed the would-be game-ending throw over first base, allowing Tauken and Higgs to score.

Cole Caruso was then hit with a pitch, and Collura stepped right up and bounced an 0-1 pitch through the right side to score Forte with the winning run.

The Spikes took the early lead on Dan Tauken’s double to left in the second to make it 1-0 but did not lead again until the end. Mahoning Valley took advantage of another State College error on Dreylin Holmes’s double to center in the third to move ahead 2-1, and after a double-play ball scored Chenar Brown with the tying run in the fourth, Chase Nixon’s second of three RBI singles on the night put Mahoning Valley back in front, 3-2, in the fifth.

The Scrappers added to their lead on Patrick Roche’s sacrifice fly in the seventh before Tauken doubled in Salvaggio in the same frame and Brown singled through the right side in the eighth to bring in Forte to make it 4-4.

Central Mountain High School’s own Zane Probst (1-0) finished the game to pick up the win for the Spikes. Mahoning Valley reliever Nathan Chane (0-1) pitched the ninth and took the loss.

Scrappers starter Min-Seong Jeong allowed three runs, two of them earned, on five hits and a walk while striking out six batters over 6 2/3 innings in a no-decision.