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GRANVILLE, W. Va. - Camden Ross extended his on-base streak to 23 games, just three away from a State College Spikes franchise record, and Nyan Hayes collected a pair of hits and scored all three Spikes runs, but the West Virginia Black Bears took a 12-3 decision on Tuesday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark.
With Ross's single in the sixth, he is now just behind Rowan Wick's 26-game streak in 2014, and is tied with James McCoy of Williamsport for the third-longest such streak in the MLB Draft League this year.
Hayes singled in the fifth and stole his tenth base of the year, then reached on an error in the seventh and doubled in the ninth.
However, the big inning felled the Spikes (15-12 2nd Half) once again as the Black Bears (14-15 2nd Half) scored four runs in the second and seven in the fifth to take control of the game.
Zack Thompson hit his fifth homer of the season with a 440-foot solo shot left-center field to start the third as part of a three-hit, three-RBI night. Cole Kitchens drove in four runs with three hits of his own, and Cayden Gaskin also produced a three-hit game for West Virginia.
Black Bears starter Tyler Kaltreider (3-1), the MLB Draft League's reigning Player of the Week, earned the win with a quality start of six innings in which he allowed one unearned run on six hits while notching eight strikeouts.
Spikes starter Vincent Spizzoucco (0-2) took the loss after being charged with five runs over two innings of work.