Blue and Orange World Series Recap
11/9/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Blue and Orange Game 1
The annual Blue and Orange World Series kicked off on Wednesday, pitting the Blue team, led by captains Aaron Barnett and Ryan Wilson against the Orange team, led by captains Chandler Blanchard and Austin Bernard. Blue defeated Orange 13-5 in game one.
The Blue squad started junior transfer Austin Gehle on the mound, while the Orange started sophomore hurler Jonathan Pendergast.
The Blue team got out to a quick lead in the top half of the first after a leadoff double by freshman Quincy McAfee, followed by a single by sophomore Matthew Kanfer to move runners to first and third. Barnett then capitalized with a single up the middle to score McAfee from third. After a sacrifice bunt by Brandon Caruso, a passed ball scored Kanfer. Barnett scored on a sac fly by senior Jeremy Goldenetz.
The Orange squad answered right back with a big two-out, two-run double in to left center by sophomore Saul Sandoval-Estrada. Orange evened up the game in the top of the second, with two base hits, a sacrifice bunt, and capped off by a long sacrifice fly by junior Josh Davis.
Team Blue struck again in the top of the third with a bases loaded passed ball. They were still threating after a walk loaded the bases again, but to no avail. The Orange team came right back in the bottom half with a 2-out home run to left field by Sandoval.
Pendergast's day was done after three innings, and freshman Grant King came into the game for the Orange team. For the Blue team, Kanfer led the fourth inning off with a home run to left field. Later in the inning, after Goldenetz was hit by a pitch, senior Jack Ross doubled down the line to bring the score to 6-4 in favor of the Blue team.
In the bottom half of the fifth, Davis doubled into the left field gap, and two batters later, Ben Rodriguez drove him in with a double down the line. After five innings, the score was 6-5 in favor of Blue.
With one out in the top of the sixth and runners on first and second, sophomore Ben Slattery came in for relief for the Orange team. The first batter he faced, Goldenetz, doubled into the gap, scoring both runners to extend the Blue lead to 8-5. The next batter, ophomore transfer Duncan McKinnon doubled Goldenetz in, and he was doubled in by freshman Joe Caparis to extend the lead further to 10-5. Another double, this time by Senior Matt Crowder, brought in another run for the Blue team.
In the top half of the second, Kanfer was hit by a pitch, and Barnett doubled into the right field gap before Caruso doubled into the left field gap to bring them home and extend Blue's lead to 13-5.
In the bottom half of the seventh, and last inning, the Orange team got a runner on first, but couldn't capitalize, giving the Blue team the first game of the series.
The next game is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 12, at Eddy D. Field Stadium with a time to be announced.
SCORING
Blue- 301 204 2
Orange- 211 010 0
Blue and Orange Game 2
Game two of the Blue and Orange World Series was a low scoring affair, with Orange grabbing a 2-1 win.
The Blue team led 1-0 going into the seventh and final inning when the Orange team tied it up on a base hit by Josh Davis scoring Matt Gelalich.
The game went into extras where the Orange team scored in the top of the eighth, when Saul Sandoval singled in Gelalich again. They held on to win the game by a score of 2-1.
SCORING
BLUE-- 000 001 00
ORANGE-- 000 000 11
Blue and Orange Game 3
The third game of the annual Blue and Orange World Series was won today by the Orange team by a score of 6-3.
Starting on the mound for the Orange team was freshman Will Jensen, while the Blue team sent out junior hurler Max Green.
The scoring started off early for the Orange team in the bottom of the first. A leadoff double by senior Matt Gelalich followed by a single by sophomore Saul Sandoval gave them the first run. Sandoval promptly stole second and third, and with one out, scored on a sac fly by junior Josh Davis.
In the second inning, freshman Brandt Belk singled, and Aahron Modlin walked to put runners on first and second. The runners then double-stole, putting runners on second and third. To conclude the inning, Belk scored on a passed ball with one out in the inning.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Orange team put up another three runs. Gelalich led off with a walk, and got moved to third on a double off the wall by junior Austin Bernard. Both of them scored on an error at third. Davis then scored on a passed ball after reaching third on the error that scored both Gelalich and Bernard.
The Blue team finally got on the board in the top of the sixth inning after junior Brandon Caruso led off with a double down the right field line. After a passed ball moved him to third, he scored on a sacrifice fly by senior Jeremy Goldenetz.
In the top half of the seventh, the Blue team came charging back. Freshman Quincy McAfee singled up the middle to lead things off. The next batter, sophomore Matt Kanfer, homered to left to bring the score to 6-3 in favor of the Orange team. Senior Aaron Barnett walked, and then moved to third on a single by Caruso. After a walk to Matt Crowder to load the bases, Coach Rick Hirtensteiner called the game due to darkness.
SCORING
BLUE-- 000 001 2
ORANGE-- 210 030 X
Blue and Orange Game 4
The fourth and final game of the Blue and Orange World Series ended with a 4-3 Blue win. The Blue team sent sophomore Jonathan Pendergast to the mound, while junior transfer Austin Gehle took the mound for the Orange team.
The game started off well for the Orange team, getting two quick runs in the top of the first. Matt Gelalich led off the game with a single up the middle. Brandt Belk followed with a walk. A passed ball moved them to second and third, and they scored when Josh Davis singled up the middle.
The Blue team got on the board in the bottom of the third when Duncan McKinnon took Gehle deep to right center.
The Orange squad added to their lead in the top of the fifth when sophomore Jake Doty homered to deep left center.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, undergraduate assistant Evan Dunn came into pitch with runners on first and second. After a throwing error where two runs scored, sophomore Matt Kanfer hit an RBI single to give Blue the lead 4-3.
In the top of the seventh inning, the Orange team threatened, getting runners on second and third with two outs. Junior Austin Bernard flied out to center field to lock the game up for the Blue team.
SCORING
ORANGE-- 200 010 00
BLUE-- 001 003 0X
