It was a back-and-forth game, but Batavia (25-16) prevailed to beat State College (9-31) 8-5. Hector Cardenas (3-0) got the win on the mound, throwing two innings with two hits and three strikeouts. Adam Reifer came in to pitch a scoreless 9th with two strikeouts for his twelfth save. Rudy Owens (1-5) suffered the loss and blown save in three innings with five hits, four runs, one walk and two strikeouts.
The Spikes scored first in the 3rd when Ciro Rosero hit a solo homerun. Batavia answered back in the bottom of the inning on a Charley Cutler single and Jose Garcia double. But the Spikes came back again in the 4th to score two. Andrew Biela and Quincy Latimore both had singles then Miguel Mendez cleared the bases with a double.
They added to their lead in the 5th when Chase D’Arnaud started off the inning when he reached on a throwing error. Jeremy Farrell then singled before Latimore singled to plate the two. However, the Muckdogs started their comeback in the bottom of the 5th on back-to-back-to-back doubles by Frederick Parejo, Cutler and Xavier Scruggs. Scruggs came through to score on a throwing error later that inning.
Batavia came through with the win in the bottom of the 8th after Jermaine Curtis, Shane Peterson and Jon Edwards all singled. Peterson came through to score the go-ahead run when Cutler ground-out. Scruggs added some insurance with a two run double.
