Standings
(Team, W/L, PCT, GB, STRK)
# West Virginia, 29-15, .659, -, L1, 3-0
Trenton, 22-22, .500, 7.0, L3, 1-2
Frederick, 22-23, .489, 7.5, W3, 4-0
@ State College, 21-24, .467, 8.5, W3, 2-3
Mahoning Valley, 21-25, .457, 9.0, W1, 1-5
Williamsport, 19-25, .432, 10.0 , L3, 2-3
# Second Half Champions
@ First Half Champions
Week Standings
(Team, W/L, PCT, GB, STRK)
State College, 3-0, 1.000, W3, 0-0
Frederick, 3-0, 1.000, W3, 1-0
Mahoning Valley, 2-1, .667, W1, 0-0
West Virginia, 1-2, .333, L1, 0-0
Williamsport, 0-3, .000, L3, 0-0
Trenton, 0-3, .000, L3, 0-1
Monday
Frederick (4*) vs Trenton (4) Sudden Death Extra Inning: BOX SCORE - Frederick opened the beginning of September in walk-off fashion for their sixth sudden death extra inning win of 2025 and fourth of the second half. Trenton’s Billy Sullivan and Jackson Van De Brake paired for two of the Thunder runs with Sullivan’s two RBI singles scoring Van De Brake, both tying the score in the second and eighth. After the tying run in the eighth, Frederick would come up to bat in the sudden death extra inning, leading to Bronson Rivera walking it off on a bloop single to left-center field.
State College (8) @ Williamsport (0): BOX SCORE - Making his first start in more thana month, Aman Harajli turned in a masterclass in the Spikes’ shutout road victory. The right-hander struck out 10 batters in seven innings with three allowed hits and one walk. In the first, State College tallied three runs on back-to-back-to-back balls in play via a Cole Caruso sac fly, and Conor Higgs and Gavin Lewis Jr. recording RBI singles. The Spikes batted home another run in the sixth, and all four runs in the eighth would come off one swing as T.J. Salvaggio slugged a grand slam off the left field foul pole (351 ft, 95.9-mph exit velocity) for his fourth of the summer.
Mahoning Valley (4) @ West Virginia (1): BOX SCORE - The Scrappers took their sixth straight against the Black Bears behind averaging one runner allowed per inning and a three-run fifth. Joey Ryan’s fifth start for Mahoning Valley saw four runners reach base on three hits and an error with three strikeouts. In the third inning, he would be tagged with the only West Virginia run of the game after Alex Rodgers doubled to left and scored two batters later on a groundout to tie the game at one. In the fifth, Dreylin Holmes would single to take the lead and Ian Francis would single as well to drive in two more runs for the Scrappers. Despite the loss, Jace Rinehart would make MLB Draft League history as he hit safely in his 20th consecutive game on a two-out double in the eighth inning.
Tuesday
West Virginia (6) vs Mahoning Valley (2): BOX SCORE - The Black Bears unloaded their bullpen for six innings to see action before Thursday’s Championship. West Virginia secured their lead in the first inning when Jace Rinehart extended his all-time record hit streak to 21 games with an RBI single, followed in the next at-bat by Will Rogers third home run of the season (363 ft, 98-mph exit velocity) to drive in three more. In the fourth, Joe Steeber would lead the bullpen game with two innings of one-hit ball and three strikeouts, followed by a perfect inning from Austin Eaton as well as two innings and four strikeouts by Cameron LeJeune. Wes Burton closed out the game via three strikeouts in the ninth.
State College (4) @ Williamsport (0): BOX SCORE - State College limited the Crosscutters to three hits with sturdy defense as the duo of Anthony Steele and Zane Probst struck out one batter. T.J. Salvaggio had another instance where extra bases cleared the bases with a two-run triple in the seventh to highlight his 3-for-5 performance with a run in the sixth for the game’s first score. Jaden Collura extended his hit streak to 20 games in his final opportunity in the top of the ninth with two outs and a full count.
Frederick (9) vs. Trenton (3): BOX SCORE - Frederick returned after their sudden death extra inning victory with nine runs scored over two innings as Brooks Ey earned the win in a quality start. The Keys right-hander worked six innings with seven strikeouts and one earned run as he overcame three errors behind him. With the game tied at two in the sixth, Parks Bouck singled to take the lead for his only RBI of the game and scored on a Jamal Ritter single for his second run. Along with Boucks, Bronson Rivera had a multi-hit game for Frederick as he also went 2-for-3 while doubling, driving in two runs and scoring one. For Trenton, John Schroeder drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and a single in the sixth.
Wednesday
Mahoning Valley (3) @ West Virginia (2): BOX SCORE - Mahoning Valley closed out the summer with their sixth win in their last 10 games behind five innings from Tyler Johnson, a Tommy Rover blast and error capitalization. Johnson’s five innings featured three strikeouts with no runs scoring off three hits and zero walks. It was the right-hander's first scoreless appearance and third with no walks as well as three hits in nine starts over the second half. The Scrappers got on the board behind Rover’s third home run of the summer (365 ft, 101.9-mph exit velocity) to left center in the fifth. West Virginia’s Trey Cooper saw all three Mahoning Valley runs cross (two earned) over seven innings with six strikeouts on four hits.
State College (6) @ Williamsport (4): BOX SCORE - The Spikes closed out the regular season and entered the Championship with a road sweep and their 12th win over the Crosscutters in 2025. Leading off for State College, Chenar Brown went a perfect 5-for-5, all singles, with two runs scored in the first two innings. With Williamsport within two, Scott Riedinger came out of the bullpen in long relief for five innings with five strikeouts and allowed just two runners to reach base via single and walk. Jaden Collura would extend his hit streak to 21 games, tying West Virginia’s Jace Rinehart who went hitless against the Scrappers, for the MLB Draft League record after recording an RBI-single in the second. For WIlliamsport, Josh Leerssen performed in long relief as well with 4.2-shutout innings where he struck out five batters as well.
Frederick (7) vs Trenton (6): BOX SCORE - The Keys ended the second half at a perfect .500 at home (11-11) behind a six-run fourth inning to overcome strong performances for several Trenton players. Luis Misla saw a shorter start for the Thunder with three shutout innings and two strikeouts and a longer relief outing from JJ Almeda who struck out three in 1/3 innings with one runner reaching on a hit. Trailing 3-0 at the time, the Keys would surge on offense with two-run drives by Jamal Ritter and Parks Bouck, tying and taking the lead respectively. Trailing 7-4 in the eighth, Jared Beebe, who drove in the first run of the game on a double in the second, looked to spark a Thunder rally with a two-out, two-run homer (349 ft, 97.8-mph exit velocity) before Donovan Smith closed the game out in the ninth for Frederick.
Thursday - Championship
West Virginia (12) @ State College (5): BOX SCORE - The West Virginia Black Bears cemented the 2025 season with their third MLB Draft League Championship in the last four years.
The first four innings featured back-and-forth blows with the Spikes taking a 1-0 lead in the first on a T.J. Salvaggio double followed in the top of the second on RBI singles by Landon Frei and Alex Rodgers. Overall, Frei accounted for four runs while reaching in all five plate appearances with a 3-for-3 game, two RBI, two runs and two walks.
Two runs in the third by State College would be their last until the ninth while the Black Bears scored 10 in the fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth for the most runs scored by a winning team in league championship history. In that time, Jace Rinehart drove in two runs and scored two runs as he ended the night 4-for-6 with a double, and Judah Morris went 3-for-5 with a run, RBI, stolen base and double.
Pitching-wise, both teams used eight pitchers respectively with three out of the 16 going more than a complete inning. In two innings, Cameron LeJeune led the game with three strikeouts on one hit and one walk, with Michael Foltz Jr, Joe Steeber and State College’s Luke House each striking out two.
In the bottom of the ninth, Cole Caruso delivered the game’s only home run with a deep blast to left field (403 ft, 103.8-mph exit velocity) for State College. However, the rally would stop there as Wes Burton closed the game out for the Black Bears’ third championship by retiring the next three in order for the victory.
In the league’s four years of holding a Championship game, West Virginia has appeared in, and won three times (2022, 2023 and 2025). This year marked their second title won on the road as second half champions, doing so in 2023 against the Trenton Thunder.
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