With their 5-4 win over the Trenton Thunder, the Williamsport Crosscutters captured their first-ever MLB Draft League Championship and their first league title since 2003 (NY-Penn League).
Josh Lanham delivered a strong starting performance, allowing three runs over five innings, striking out four to earn the win. Lanham allowed all three runs in the top of the 3rd.
Regular-season RBI leader McGwire Holbrook got the scoring started with a two-out, RBI double in the first inning. Holbrook finished the 2024 regular season the 32 RBI.
Porter Brown tied the game at 3 apiece in the top of the 5th inning with a 404-foot, two-run homer to right field. Brown, who homered three-times in the regular season, hit the lone round-tripper of the title contest.
Jacob Corson, a local product from Muncy, PA, gave the Cutters the lead for good with a RBI single to center in the 5th inning, scoring Mark Shallenberger, who tumbled across the plate.
Shaun Gamelin entered in the top of the 6th and retired the first nine batters he faced, allowing a run over 3.1 innings out of the bullpen. Parker Kruglewicz took the mound to get the final two outs of the game, striking out the final batter with the tying run on second base, to get the save.
The Crosscutters will begin their title defense in June of 2025. Stay tuned for updates, schedule releases and much more on crosscutters.com
