OF Josh Richmond
Jimmy’s Jets Earn 11-4 Win Over Xan’s Zephyrs in Game One of 2008 Pizza Bowl
Sophomore outfielder Josh Richmond had three RBI and was one of four players with at least two hits to lead Jimmy’s Jets to an 11-4 win over Xan’s Zephyrs in game one of the 2008 Pizza Bowl on Friday at Jim Patterson Stadium.
With the win, the Jets, coached by student assistant coach and former Cardinal James Belanger, take a 1-0 advantage over the Zephyrs, coached by assistant coach Xan Barksdale, in the best-of-three intra-squad series, which closes fall workouts for the Louisville baseball team.
Game two of the third annual Pizza Bowl is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at Jim Patterson Stadium following the completion of the Cards’ homecoming football game against Middle Tennessee and admission is free. Game three is set for Sunday at noon.
The Zephyrs opened the scoring in the bottom of the second as sophomore Phil Wunderlich connected on a two-run homer off of Jets’ starter Bob Revesz to score Chris Dominguez for an early 2-0 advantage. FULL STORY
Orange Team Takes 2-0 Series Lead with Friday Victory over White
On a cool and crisp Friday night at Robert M. Lindsay Field at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, the Orange team used a four-run seventh inning to edge the White team 5-4 and take a 2-0 series lead after the second game of the Tennessee Baseball Orange & White World Series.
“I think our team played with a great deal of heart,” Orange Team coach Fred Corral said. “They competed for all nine innings and we made some early mistakes, base running mistakes, but that is typical of the fall situation. We are going to be better at that come spring, but you can’t complainthey had a great deal of fight.”
After the first game ended in an 8-8 tie, the teams returned to the field two days later. Orange took advantage of the extra innings to get an early edge in the series.
Both starting pitchers, Nick Hernandez and Bryan Morgado, threw four scoreless innings to start the game. Hernandez allowed only one hit, no earned runs and struck out five. Morgado also allowed only one hit and no earned runs while walking two and striking out two. FULL STORY
Red Wins Game Four, Series
The Red team claimed an 11-6 victory in game four on Friday of the Red/White Series behind four RBIs off the bat of junior Ross Hubbard and three scoreless innings from sophomore Antwonie Hubbard on the mound.
The win assured the Red team of the series win, while the fifth and final game of the series will be played on Saturday at 10 a.m.
“I am really proud of the effort and intensity displayed by both teams throughout this series,” said OU Head Coach Sunny Golloway. “Even though the series has been decided, I know both teams will bring that same enthusiasm to the park tomorrow.” FULL STORY
Tschepikow homer ties series at two
Senior Ben Tschepikow belted a two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning to give the Cardinal team its second win in as many days, 5-3, and tie the best of seven series with the White team at two games each during the annual Cardinal-White baseball series on Friday evening at Baum Stadium.
Coming back twice to tie the score, the Cardinal team racked out 10 hits on the day and took its first lead when Tschepikow took an 0-2 pitch over the fence with one out and a runner first. Freshman Seth Gardner had led off the inning with a single.
White got off to a solid start with two runs in the bottom of the first inning off Cardinal starter Christian Kowalchuk, but following the rocking beginning, Kowalchuk settled in to allow just one hit over the next four innings, a triple in the fifth by sophomore Jacob House. FULL STORY
