State College Spikes outfielder Jackson Rains was named the MLB Draft League Player of the Week for July 13-19, as announced by the league on Monday.
Rains led the MLB Draft League with a .545 batting average, .688 on-base percentage, 1.000 slugging percentage and 1.688 OPS for the week.
The Reinhardt (Ga.) University product started his week with a three-run homer that proved to be the game-winner against the Williamsport Crosscutters on Tuesday, then proceeded to collect a total of six hits, three of them for extra bases, and three runs batted in while scoring four runs over a four-game span.
Rains and the Spikes are back home for one of the biggest weeks ever from July 23-28, featuring Paint the Park Purple presented by Juniper Village with a Purple Hat Giveaway presented by Juniper Village, Home Instead and Advantage Home Health for the first 500 fans on Thursday, July 23, the first-ever DRONE SHOW at the ballpark along with Star Wars Night on Friday, July 24, Paint the Park Pink presented by Mount Nittany Health with a Pink Patriotic Jersey-off-the-Back Auction to benefit the Mount Nittany Health Foundation, a Pink Patriotic T-Shirt Giveaway for the first 500 fans, and FIREWORKS after the game on Saturday, July 25, and a special appearance by Bluey on Sunday, July 26.
Plus, it's Papa Johns Night on Monday, July 27 along with Buck Bleacher Night, and the huge week finishes on Tuesday, July 28 with the only scheduled day game of the Spikes' 20th Anniversary Season home schedule on Super Splash Day with a 12:05 p.m. start time.
Tickets for all of these games, along with every remaining home game on the 20th Anniversary Season schedule, are available by calling 814-271-1711 or by visiting the Spikes Ticket Office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with hours during home game days of 10 a.m. to the end of the game Monday through Friday and 12 p.m. to the end of the game on Saturday and Sunday.
