The second week of the MLB Draft League season featured the Baseball Canada Junior National Team series where the 18U Canadian squad travelled down to Frederick, Md., and Morgantown, W.Va., for a scheduled six games. At the conclusion of the week, the series split between the Junior National Team and the MLB Draft League teams with two wins, two losses and a tie, with the final game being called before enough innings were played to be qualified a full game.

Week Standings

(Team, W/L, PCT, GB, STRK)

West Virginia, 4-0, 1.000, W4

Mahoning Valley, 4-2, .667, W4

Williamsport, 3-3, .500, W3

State College, 2-2, .500, 1-0, L1

Trenton, 2-4, .333, L4

Frederick, 1-5, .167, L4, 0-1

Tuesday

Frederick (7) vs. Baseball Canada Junior National Team (7): BOX SCORE - The first installment of the Baseball Canada series ended in a tie after a late game push from the Junior National Team. Before removal during and after the fourth inning, Canada’s Sean Duncan, a Vanderbilt commit and 21st ranked player in the class of 2026 by Prep Baseball, had four strikeouts in 3.2 innings before surrendering the lead. For Frederick and the Draft League, Luke House made his first appearance with the start in which he struck out five in four complete innings. Combined, the pitching staffs struck out a total of 21 batters, eight looking. At the plate, Tervell Johnson came through out of the leadoff spot with an average exit velocity of 92.7 on four balls in play plus a double and RBI. For the Junior National Team, Justin Rompre and Phillip Cheong both homered with Elliot Lascelles stealing three bases.

Frederick (10) vs. State College (3): BOX SCORE - Frederick’s second game of the day was dominated by centerfielder Trey Lipsey who combined his hit, power, and speed tools on offense with five steals, three hits and a home run. The five steals, a Keys record and the first time it’s happened in the Draft League since 2022, all came in the first three innings with two steals of second and three of third. Lipsey’s home run capped off scoring for Frederick when he deposited it 374 feet to right center, driving in two. Complimenting Lipsey’s day on offense, Dax Dathe made his first appearance out of the bullpen with four innings and seven strikeouts courtesy of his ability to kill spin on his splitter (lowest 788 rpm) and ramp it up on his slider (recorded max of 3445 rpm).

West Virginia (7) vs. Williamsport (6): BOX SCORE - Starting out, the Black Bears were in control after Elijah Underhill and Justin Needles combined for five strikeouts in five shutout innings while the offense scored in each of the first four, highlighted by Connor Hicks’ second homer of the season. The Crosscutters first run of the night came across in the sixth inning thanks to an RBI triple by Logan Johnstone who then scored on a wild pitch before two more came across in the frame. An executed first and third scenario by West Virginia would score a run to put them ahead 6-4 but in the top of the seventh, Matthew Graveline would slug a triple to right field and tie the game up at six. In the eight, Sam Miller grounded a ball up the middle that squeaked through into the outfield to give the Black Bears the lead as Bryan Arendt would come in for the save with two strikeouts, with Aiden Moffett earning the win after coming into the game on short notice due to an injury to the pitcher prior.

Trenton (5) vs. Mahoning Valley (3): BOX SCORE - Late heroics from Michael Whooley propelled the Thunder after a two-run homer from the Trenton third baseman to cap off a 3-for-5 day. Noah Edders continued his impressive season in his first start and third appearance in five innings, keeping his season ERA at zero as the lone run to score with him on the mound was unearned. Dueling Edders as Mahoning Valley’s starter, Chase Frey nearly replicated his statline outside of his run being earned and walking three.

Wednesday

State College (10) vs. Baseball Canada Junior National Team (6): BOX SCORE - The second game of the Baseball Canada series taken by the Draft League representing the Spikes as Ben Watson played the biggest role out of the cleanup spot. Getting a hit in all five at bats, the Virginia Tech product had four doubles and RBIs with three runs and a stolen base. Three of his four RBI came in two-out scenarios with a double in the third and in the sixth. Each side slugged a homer as well with Canada’s Ethan York getting a hold of an 88 mph fastball for 387 feet in the sixth, followed in the eight by the Spikes’ Shane Lewis having a 367-foot, 106.1 mph-blast to right center. With each team using three pitchers during the game, Shane Brinham set the tone for Canada despite being credited with the loss, the Michigan commit struck out six in three innings. For State College, Colin Bosley-Smith closed the game out over two innings where each out was retired by a strikeout, only walking one and giving up a hit with an unearned run.

West Virginia (6) vs. Williamsport (1): BOX SCORE - Taking first place in the standings, West Virginia flexed its muscle with seven extra-base hits, four of which resulted in runs. Tyler Pettorini ended the night only a homer shy of the cycle, going 3-for-5 with a double, triple, and one RBI and run. Black Bears’ Judah Morris contributed to the extra-base party as well with two doubles in his first two at bats, the first being hit at 108.8 mph and the second at 113, the hardest base hit this season across the league (second-hardest batted ball). With a rather quiet offense for the Crosscutters, Tyler Dietz’s inning of relief caught eyes as he topped out with a 100.1 mph fastball and finished the inning by taking a 108 mph comebacker and still getting the out at first.

State College (6*) vs. Frederick (6): BOX SCORE - Despite a rally from the Keys where they scored five of their six runs in each inning starting in the sixth, State College was able to come away with the first “sudden death” extra inning victory after Eric Colaco walked it off with an infield single with the bases loaded. Bobby Olson gave Frederick trouble at the plate as he struck out four in five innings while allowing only one run. For the Keys, Noah Czajkowski brought a high-spin arsenal of his fastball, cutter and slider to strike out four in two innings, stopping the bleeding of State College, scoring four in the first three innings. Tying the game in the eighth, Sam Parker went the other way to score two, making it a 5-5 game that was answered by Harrison Didawick’s single in the ninth. With two outs and runners in scoring position, Walter Urbon would then tie the game on an infield single for Frederick and forcing the “sudden death” extra inning.

Trenton (11) vs. Mahoning Valley (9): BOX SCORE - The back-and-forth battle in Niles, Ohio resulted in the Thunder extending their win streak to four after scoring three runs in the ninth. Through the first four innings, Trenton had an 8-2 lead after John Schroeder hit his first home run of the year, a three-run shot with a launch angle of 44 degrees, in his second game back in Mahoning Valley after playing in the first half of 2024 with the Scrappers. When Mahoning Valley came back to take the lead across the fifth and sixth, Daniel Stewart was responsible for four of the seven runs with three RBIs and a run. Trenton pitching would silence the bats in the eighth and ninth as the winning pitcher, Jarrett Bonet, and Clayton Johnson, who was credited for the save, each struck out three batters to secure the win.

Thursday

State College (8) vs. Frederick (4): BOX SCORE - In Thursday’s matinee matchup, the Spikes and Keys were exchanging blows through the first four innings before the visiting State College closed out the series on top. Part of the exchange came in the fourth inning when Cole Pladson’s first homer of the season was answered by Frederick’s Dawson Willis with his own, however, would make the game 5-4 in favor of the Spikes and be the home squad’s last run of the game. In the four spot and with one of the highest workloads of the week, catching in both Spikes/Frederick series as well as against the Baseball Canada Junior National Team, Hugh Pinkney had a 3-for-4 day for State College with an RBI and run scored. With the no-decision for the Keys, Matthew Becker’s second start lasted only three innings where he struck out six, ending each inning with a strikeout. In his return to Nymeo field after playing the the Keys last year, Tom Sun was credited with the win as he only allowed one run through five innings of relief, striking out five.

West Virginia (4) vs. Williamsport (2): BOX SCORE - In his first start since being named the Draft League’s first Pitcher of the Week for the 2025 season, Sam Cozart built upon his start with even more dominance as he struck out nine in six innings. Exiting the game tied, David Leslie would follow up by allowing only one hit and walking two with four strikeouts to complete the series sweep for West Virginia. Down 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth. Ben Zeigler-Namoa pulled his first homer with an exit velocity of 107 mph to tie the game in the fifth inning, raising the Black Bears’ win probability by 16%. The joint effort by Denton Biller (3 IP, 4 K, H, ER) and Merit Jones (4 IP, 5 K, 2 H, ER) would keep Williamsport contested throughout the game but the eighth inning saw West Virginia capitalize on the bases after a successful first and third steal scenario allowed Tyler Cerny to score with Ethan Hott taking second and then coming around to score on a wild pitch. For Cerny, the run was the second time in the series where he scored in that fashion.

Mahoning Valley (18) vs. Trenton (5): BOX SCORE - Plate discipline and consistent contact propelled the Scrappers to avoid the sweep and snap Trenton’s four-game win streak to close out the series at home. It was another multi-RBI night for Daniel Stewart with three, his first being the one to tie the game at four in the third inning. Max Johnson also had three RBIs in the game as well as scoring three times and reaching base in all plate appearances for a 3-for-3 night with a double, walk and hit by pitch. On the pitching side, three Mahoning Valley pitchers struck out four batters between Mitch Dye (3 IP), Kamden Edge (W, 2 IP) and Nate Williams (2 IP).

Baseball Canada Junior National Team (9) vs. Frederick (4): BOX SCORE - The final game in Frederick, Md., of the Baseball Canada Junior National Team series saw the Canadians capitalize on wild pitches to score five in the final two innings after being tied at the end of each full inning. William Labonte’s start was one of the better outings in the series with five strikeouts over three innings as he allowed two hits and no runs with Jack Delongchamp on the other side with three strikeouts in the same amount of innings. In the eight inning, Robert Omidi got his second and third RBIs of the game with a go-ahead single as he went 4-for-5 with a double. Starting at catcher after his impressive game in the morning, Hugh Pinkney continued to swing the bat well with a double.

Friday

West Virginia (7) vs. Baseball Canada Junior National Team (5): BOX SCORE - The first game in the West Virginia portion of the Baseball Canada series saw the Black Bears rally in the ninth inning with six runs. Justin Rompre drove the first run in with a single in the first that was answered by West Virginia with a solo home run from Grant Gallagher. An error would put runners on second and third for Esteban Dessureault to drive in one on a single to take the lead that would be extended to 4-1 entering the ninth. A walk, double, walk and single would make the game 4-3 until Ben Zeigler-Namoa lined a triple down the right field line to take the lead, scoring the following at bat.

Williamsport (14) vs. Trenton (2): BOX SCORE - The first game between the Crosscutters and Thunder in Williamsport since the 2024 Championship saw the home team score nine runs in the second inning. Matt Ilgenfritz would start the scoring with a two-RBI single before ending the game with two more for a final line of 3-for-5 with four RBIs and two runs. Ending scoring during the second for Williamsport, in his first at bat in the Draft League, Boston Smith would hit a three-run homer at 371 feet with a 107-mph exit velocity. Earning the win, Bailey Matela put together another five inning start where he struck out six and allowed one run on four hits. The Old Dominion graduate now places second amongst the league in strikeouts with 13, only two behind West Virginia’s Sam Cozart. For Trenton, Harry Genth was able to produce most of the team’s offense as he went 1-for-2 with two walks, a stolen base, scoring the team’s first run in the third and driving in the last in the ninth.

Mahoning Valley (2) vs. Frederick (0) Called after five innings: BOX SCORE - Called after five innings due to rain, both offenses were barely able to muster up productivity outside of the one scoring inning in the fourth. With the loss, Daniel Brooks’ first start lasted four innings with six strikeouts, smooth sailing for the better part of his outing until two singles and a passed ball put runners in scoring position for Ty Powell to drive in as the only runs in the game. Looking to be in more trouble as the batter after walked, and both moved to second and third from a wild pitch, Brooks was able to escape the inning with a strikeout.

Saturday

Baseball Canada Junior National Team (8) vs. State College (7) Completed Early: BOX SCORE - After two rain/lightning delays, the Baseball Canada Junior National team won their second game of the series as the game was called in the seventh inning. The two top performers for the 18U squad were Easton Kitura, going 2-for-2 with two steals, runs, walks, and one RBI and double, as well as Tim Piasentin who went 3-for-4 with three runs, a stolen base, and double. For Kitura, one of the Miami commit’s stolen bases and runs came in the top of the fourth inning when he stole home on a pickoff of first base to put Canada up 4-0. Responsible for five of State College’s seven runs was Mario Managa who had a 2-for-3 day with three RBIs, two runs, and a triple.

Mahoning Valley (4) vs. Frederick (1): BOX SCORE - Cardell Thibodeaux came through for the Scrappers’ third straight win as he deposited his first home run of the season to right center at 412 feet with an exit velocity of 100.4 mph. Pitching for Mahoning Valley, Austin Newton (4 IP, 2 K), Kenji Pallares (W, 3 IP, K) and Garrett Petters (SV, 2 IP, 3 K) combined to allow five hits. The Scrappers also did damage on the base paths with four stolen bases, two from Max Hartman and one from Michal Sindelka and JC Vanek. Making his Draft League debut with the Keys, Alton Davis II was given the start, going 1.2 innings with one strikeout and allowing one hit and walk. Following him was Kade Woods who finished the second inning and pitched the third where three of his four outs came from a strikeout.

Williamsport (6) vs. Trenton (5): BOX SCORE - The Crosscutters threw together a rally once Trenton’s starter, Miguel Sime Jr. was removed from the game with two runs scored in the fifth, sixth and seventh inning. While the velocity wasn’t record-breaking like his first start, Sime worked through four innings of shutout ball, striking out six and walking three, lowering his ERA from 7.71 to 4.15. Throughout his start, the LSU commit mixed his pitches well, blowing batters away with his upper-90s fastball and catching them off guard with his curve. Come the seventh inning with Williamsport down 5-4, Aman Dewberry tripled to right field that scored the two deciding runs of the game as the combination of Tyler Dietz, Dakota Stone and Brad Rudis each struck out two in the final three innings to secure the win.

West Virginia (2) vs. State College (1): BOX SCORE - Speed won the game for West Virginia as Sam Miller would score the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth, scoring on an infield hit from second base. The Black Bear’s first two pitchers kept State College at bay with Will Rogers striking out three in 3.2 innings and Tanner Perry with three over 2.1. Making his league debut for the Spikes, Treyson Peters pitched two perfect innings in relief with three strikeouts.

Sunday

Baseball Canada (0) vs. West Virginia (8) Called due to rain: In the rain shortened finale, the MLB Draft League represented Black Bears took care of business after scoring eight runs before five innings could be completed. Tervell Johnson would play a key factor on offense as he slugged the go-ahead grand slam for a total of 379 feet with an exit velocity of 101.5 mph. On the mound, Jack Bowery made light work of the Canadians in three innings where eight of his nine outs came from the strikeout, allowing only two balls in play.

Mahoning Valley (7) vs. Frederick (4): BOX SCORE - The Scrappers completed the road sweep over Frederick as Adam Falinski earned the win after striking out six over three innings without allowing a hit. Khi Holiday led the game with three stolen bases with two runs scored, three walks, and one hit. Kendrey Maduro came through for the Scrappers with the opening RBI and two more to follow for a 2-for-3 day. On the positive for Frederick, Tyler Bowen, the last pitcher to enter for the Keys, struck out three batters in his one inning and allowed only one runner via a hit.

Williamsport (5) vs. Trenton (3): BOX SCORE - With the home sweep, Williamsport sits only half a game back in the standings behind West Virginia. Starting pitching on both sides kept the game tight with Jude Abbadessa working five shutout innings with six strikeouts for the Thunder and Dylan Alonso struck out four in four innings with one earned run for the Crosscutters. Tied heading into the bottom of the seventh, Armani Newton tripled to right center to give Williamsport the go-ahead run and scored on a sac fly from Boston Smith to score the final run of the game.

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Frederick: None

Mahoning Valley: None

State College: None

Trenton: 6.10 - RHP Cade Spivey (Georgia Tech)

West Virginia: 6.11 - RHP Tyler Wood (Lee’s Summit West HS, Tennessee commit). 6.14 - SS Nico Newhan (Grossmont College)

Williamsport: 6.12 - C Boston Smith (Wright State)

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