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Crosscutters beat West Virginia on Wednesday in sudden death

DAVE KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette A Crosscutters hat is shown on top of a glove in the team's dugout.

GLENVILLE, W.Va. — After losing a 4-0 lead, the Williamsport Crosscutters would rebound to take a sudden death victory over the West VIrginia Black Bears to sweep the two-game series at Kendrick Family Ballpark at Monongalia County Baseball Complex on Wednesday night.

Kyle Schupmann, Ben Tryon and Nick Barone each recorded multi-hit nights for the Crosscutters. Schupmann and Tryon would also each add an RBI on the night. Brodey Acres recorded his second home run of the season — a 333-foot shot over the left-field wall — on his only hit of the night. Owen Price used a sacrifice fly to pick up his only RBI of the night.

Luke Meyers went 3 2/3 innings in the start and surrendered all five Black Bears runs, four earned. Jaden Noot and Will Howell combined to go the rest of regulation, blanking West Virginia. Myles Meyer got the ball for sudden death and closed out the game, working around two walks while using a caught stealing by Nate McHugh to Brodey Acres and striking out two to secure the victory.

Per MLB Draft League rules, no pitcher receives a win or loss in the ballgame and stats recorded during sudden death are not counted. Williamsport officially wins 5-5 on a tiebreaker over West Virginia.

Williamsport returns to Pennsylvania to begin the final series of the MLB Draft League first half: a four-game home-and-home series with the State College Spikes. Thursday and Saturday will be played at Bowman Field while Friday and Sunday will be played at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

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