ABERDEEN, Md. – Kolt Myers delivered the State College Spikes’ first inside-the-park home run in nearly three years, CJ Richmond smashed his first home run as a Spike one batter later, and four pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout in a 12-0 victory over the Aberdeen IronBirds on Wednesday night at IBEW 24 Union Field at Ripken Stadium.

The win gave the Spikes (4-4) their first-ever series victory over the IronBirds (2-5) in Aberdeen in their fifth visit since 2006 and first since 2015.

Myers stepped up to the plate with a runner on in the third inning and sent a line drive to center fielder that eluded the dive of the IronBirds’ Nelson Zapata before rolling all the wall to the wall for a two-run homer, his first with the club.

The inside-the-parker was State College’s first since July 4, 2023, when Aden Howard hit one as part of a two-homer day in Williamsport against the Crosscutters.

After Myers completed his dash around the bases, Richmond sent the first pitch he saw over the right-field wall for a more conventional home run to extend the lead to 4-0.

The Purdue first baseman went 3-for-3 at the plate with two walks, knocking in two runs and scoring four on the night.

Matching the effort of the bats were the four State College arms, who did not allow a hit past the second inning. Parker Detmers opened with 1 2/3 innings of one-hit ball, followed by Lukas McDowell (1-0), who matched his longest outing of the year with 2 1/3 innings of one-hit ball in his own right.

Garrett Shearer then posted three scoreless innings for the second straight appearance, striking out three batters and yielding just two walks. Cale Willson finished things off by giving up one walk and one hit batsman while striking out two batters over two innings.

The Spikes piled on late with three runs in the eighth inning and four in the ninth to extend the final margin. Alex Mendoza Jr. drove in three runs to aid the State College offensive onslaught.

Aberdeen starter Michael Orbegozo (0-1) took the loss after allowing four runs over four innings. Chase Williams’s single in the first and Elijah Coston’s double in the second accounted for the only IronBirds hits.