Sudden Death Victory Leads Cutters to Series Sweep

Granville, 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.

After a Maddix Dalena walk with one out in the first, Brodey Acres turned and drove a ball 333' over the left field wall for his second home run of the season. This was followed up three batters later when Owen Prince recorded a Sac Fly to left that scored Ben Tryon to give Williamsport the early 3-0 lead.

Slaide Burd led off the second with a single and moved to second on a passed ball. This setup Kyle Schupmann to drive in Burd with a double to center to extend the Williamsport lead to 4-0 in the middle of the second.

West Virginia would respond in the third and fourth innings, scoring all five of their runs in the game over those two innings to take a 5-4 lead after four.

The Cutters came back in the fifth as Brodey Acres worked a two-out walk and stole second. Ben Tryon would push across Acres with an RBI single to right to tie the game up at 5-5 and cap the scoring for the night.

Luke Meyers went 3.2 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 a 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 Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field while Friday and Sunday will be played at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Game times on Thursday, Friday and Sunday are 6:35 p.m. and a special 1:05 p.m. Fourth of July first pitch on Saturday.

Cutters Carvings - Tonight marks Williamsport's first Sudden Death game of 2026... Williamsport has now swept four series in the first half (Mexico, Mahoning Valley, State College, West Virginia) and has won their last seven series... Williamsport continues to trail Trenton by 0.5 games in the MLB Draft League First Half Standings with four games remaining...

MLB Draft League Sudden Death Play-By-Play – July 1^st, 2026

West Virginia selects offense for Sudden Death

Ty Dalley is the placed runner at first base.

Pitching Change: Myles Meyer replaces Will Howell.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Tilden Garland replaces Ty Dalley.

Tilden Garland caught stealing second base, catcher Nate McHugh to shortstop Brodey Acres. One out.

Beau Slyvester walks.

Ben Barrett strikes out looking. Two outs.

Mound visit.

Derrick Tarpley Jr. walks. Beau Slyvester to second.

Owen Petrich strikes out swinging. Three outs.

Williamsport wins in Sudden Death.