Cutters pound Spikes, 12-3
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Camden Ross and Trent Turner both collected multiple hits, and Kassius Thomas and Kyler Heyne combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings to end the game, but the State College Spikes took a 12-3 defeat on Tuesday night at Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field.
Ross, a catcher from Western Kentucky, upped his batting average to .381 while running his hitting streak to six games. The returnee from the 2025 edition of the club has now notched six mult-hit games this season.
Turner, a Western Carolina product who manned shortstop on Tuesday night, added a stolen base and knocked in the Spikes’ (10-9) third run with a single to center field in the seventh to bring in Ty Hamilton.
Kolt Myers extended his hitting streak, the longest active string in the MLB Draft League, to seven games with a first-inning single to center field.
Thomas logged 2 1/3 innings of relief in his second Spikes appearance and allowed just two hits while striking out three batters. Heyne followed with a 1-2-3 eighth inning, striking out one batter and needing just 14 pitches.
Spikes starter Zach Kilby (2-2) took the loss after being charged with six runs on five hits and three walks while striking out two over 2 1/3 innings.
Williamsport (12-6) leadoff hitter Kyle Schupmann collected three hits and drove in two runs, while former Spike Addison Smith also brought in a pair of runs and Slaide Burd knocked in three.
Crosscutters sidearmer Will Bartkoski (2-1) picked up the win with three innings of work in which he allowed one unearned run on three hits. Bartkoski recorded three strikeouts in the victory.

