Just one fan sat in the bleachers with 20 minutes until the 6 p.m. scheduled start time last night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

Wearing khaki shorts and twirling a purple umbrella, the youngster gazed out onto the field from the fifth row, not knowing if the rain drops pounding the white tarp and his umbrella would slow in time for the final game of the Spikes' current five-game homestand.

Soon after, seven groundscrew members began removing the tarp from the infield

But in the wake of the one-hour, 20-minute rain delay, State College and the Jamestown Jammers finally took the field, and the youngster was joined by 4,624 other fans to watch the Spikes' Calvin Anderson drive in his seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth run in this homestand, tying the club record for RBIs in a game.

During the rain delay, players gathered around the TV trying to stay relaxed.

Anderson said the mood inside the clubhouse wasn't necessarily anxious, but the players just wanted to get the game started after being at the ballpark all day. The players had a clinic from 12-3 this afternoon. And the game was over three hours long.

"We were watching Batman," designated hitter Butch Biela said amidst chuckles from neighboring lockers. "The one with Mr. Freeze."

Anderson took a much more serious approach to his pre-game preparation by constantly having positive thoughts flow through his head and hardly ever standing to stay calm.

While Biela and his teammates stayed dry, thoudsands of fans stayed huddled on the concourse level until attendants began wiping the water off the seats at 6 p.m.

Come gametime, Anderson used that focus displayed during the rain delay in each of his at-bats.

He would step out of the batter's box multiple times to gather his thoughts and not swing at bad pitches.

"I was just trying to keep my rhythm going," Anderson said. "The pitcher was breaking my rhythm by taking a long time."

Biela, who batted behind Anderson last night, said the offense takes off when Anderson gets on base the way he did last night.

Manager Brad Fischer pointed to the slugger's approach for his improvement at the plate. He said Anderson's staying down on the ball better and isn't pulling as many balls as he did the last homestand.

"Everything was to left field," Fischer said. "And when you see him do that you know he's gonna have problems."