Cruz homers as Spikes close in on home field

Luis Cruz drilled a three-run home run in the eighth inning after his sixth-inning single tied the game, helping the State College Spikes to stay in a tie for the top playoff seed in the New York-Penn League with a 5-1 victory over the Williamsport Crosscutters on Sunday evening at Susquehanna Bank Park at Historic Bowman Field.