Both Cal-State Fullerton and Texas hosted their annual alumni games on Saturday afternoon with both squads walking away with victories over the alumni.
Texas 6 Texas-Alumni 3
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Baseball team unofficially kicked off the 2011 season with a 6-3 win over the UT Alumni at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday afternoon.
Texas broke the scoring seal in the bottom of the fourth inning. Facing Kenn Kasparek, freshman Mark Payton drew a leadoff walk and junior Brandon Loy pushed him to second on a sacrifice bunt. Senior Paul Montalbano plated Payton with a single to leftfield to stake the Longhorns to a 1-0 lead.
The Alumni responded with two runs in the top of the fifth to claim the lead. With Kirby Bellow on the mound for Texas, major leaguers Drew Stubbs and Omar Quintanilla reached base to start the frame with a walk and single respectively. Bradley Suttle hit into a fielder’s choice to put runners at the corners. Kyle Russell blooped a single into centerfield to push Stubbs across with the equalizer. With two outs, Suttle scored a go-ahead run on a wild pitch to give the Alumni a 2-1 edge.
Cal-State Fullerton 5 Cal-State Fullerton Alumni 1
Fullerton, Calif. – A decent crowd of between 750 to 1000 fans were on hand at Goodwin Field Saturday afternoon to watch the 2011 Cal State Fullerton baseball team beat the Titan Alumni squad, 5-1, behind two hits apiece from Anthony Hutting, Spencer Ofelt and Austin Kingsolver in just over two hours.
Junior right-hander Jake Floethe logged the win with an efficient five-inning, three-hit, three-strikeout performance. The right-hander allowed a run in the top of the fifth inning on a Justin Turner (2003-06) walk, a Chris Powell (1991-92) double and a run-scoring groundout by Blake Davis (2004-06) that tied the game at 1-1.
