The State College Spikes’ 2025 schedule released on Thursday includes a slate of 40 regular season home games, starting with Opening Night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Friday, June 6 against the West Virginia Black Bears. The 2025 home schedule will run through Thursday, Aug. 28, when the Spikes, the team with the best overall record in the Major League Baseball Draft League in 2024, face the defending MLB Draft League champion Williamsport Crosscutters.
Standard game times for the Spikes will remain at 6:35 p.m. Complete game times for the 2025 season will be released at a later date.
“We are very much looking forward to welcoming our State College Spikes family back to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park this coming summer as the future of baseball starts here in our Happy Valley home, Spikes President abd General Manager Scott Walker said. “We are excited for what the 2025 MLB Draft League season holds, and excited to see even more future major leaguers through our long-term partnership with Major League Baseball.”
After upgrades such as a new 2,739-square-foot video board and LED light shows accompanying big plays and wins, fans can also expect further enhancements to the concessions experiences as the Spikes continue ballpark improvements in 2025.
In addition to the 40 Spikes home games this coming summer, Medlar Field will once again serve as a central hub of the Central PA 4the Fest on Friday, July 4. The celebration will get underway early with the Spikes’ traditional Independence Eve game featuring a sneak preview fireworks show on Thursday, July 3 against Williamsport.
Medlar Field will also once again host the PIAA Baseball Championships on Thursday, June 12, and Friday, June 13, as part of the PIAA Spring Sport Championships Festival, held on the Penn State campus through a partnership between the university and the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau.
The Spikes will have a total of 80 games on the regular season schedule in their season in the Major League Baseball Draft League, with the MLB Draft League Championship Game set to take place on Thursday, Sept. 4. The season will once again be split into two, with the league’s first-half winner earning the right to host a meeting with the league’s second-half victor in the title game.
Each of the Spikes’ five fellow MLB Draft League opponents will visit Happy Valley for at least two different trips this summer. The West Virginia Black Bears will be the Spikes’ first opponent, coming to town for a three-game series from June 6-8 to open the slate at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, and will also open the second half of the MLB Draft League season in State College from July 16-18.
The defending MLB Draft League champion Williamsport Crosscutters make the short trip to Medlar Field to face the team with the MLB Draft League’s best record in 2024 for a single game on July 3 plus two-game jaunts on July 11-12, July 26-27, and August 19-20 before visiting for the Spikes’ regular season home finale on August 28.
Rounding out the home schedule will be three series against the Frederick Keys (July 8-10, Aug. 4-5, Aug. 24-26) three series against the Trenton Thunder (June 20-22, July 23-25, Aug. 9-10), and four series against the Mahoning Valley Scrappers (June 17-19, July 1-2, Aug. 6-8, Aug. 22-23).
Promotions will be announced at a later date. Visit StateCollegeSpikes.com for ticket information.
