Reed’s blast fuels Spikes’ victory over Aberdeen
UNIVERSITY PARK – Tyree Reed blasted his third home run of the MLB Draft League season, a 428-foot, two-run shot off the batter’s eye in center field, in the seventh inning to give the State College Spikes a come-from-behind 7-5 win on Wednesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.
Reed, a Jackson State product who rejoined the Spikes (13-12) this past weekend after participating in the MLB Draft Combine in Arizona, drove in the first State College run with a sacrifice fly to left field in the first, then took a 3-2 pitch from Aberdeen (13-13) reliever Elijah Coston (0-1) deep to bring in the last two runs of a four-run seventh.
Trailing 5-3 entering the seventh, Jacob Croxford got the comeback going with a leadoff double, then scored on back-to-back wild pitches. After Justin Journette delivered a one-out single, Ty Hamilton ran for him and moved to second on a flyout before stealing third and scoring the tying run on another wild pitch.
CJ Richmond came through with a two-run single in the fourth to momentarily take the Spikes’ RBI lead with 17 before Reed retook the top spot on the list by upping his total to 18 with his homer.
Logan Rumberg (1-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Rumberg entered the game with bases loaded and no outs in the seventh and allowed only one inherited runner to score on a double-play ball. Rumberg posted two strikeouts and retired every batter he faced.
Cale Willson (6) bolstered his MLB Draft League lead in saves with a perfect ninth that included two strikeouts.
Aberdeen took the lead in the second with a four-run frame that included a JT Taylor RBI single, a two-run single for Nelson Zapata, and a pinch-hit RBI single from Scott Newman.



