Here is your October 8th Fall Ball Update.
Central Michigan: Gold 3 Maroon 1
MOUNT PLEASANT – Central Michigan baseball held game one of its annual Fall World Series Friday with the Gold squad scoring three runs in the top of the seventh to claim the victory.
CMU’s Maroon team held a 1-0 lead heading into the final inning of the seven inning contest before theGold came roaring back with three runs. Kyle Henris walked to start the inning and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Nick Regnier before Pat MacKenzie drew a walk and Jordan Dean doubled to right field to tie the game, 1-1.
UNC: Navy 6 Blue 2
Chapel Hill, N.C.- The Navy squad came back from an early 2-0 deficit to take a 6-2 win on Thursday afternoon as the Heels held their final scrimmage of the Fall before beginning the Fall World series on Monday, Oct. 10 at 2:15 p.m.
Blue held a 2-0 lead after three innings before Navy rallied with six runs in their last four innings. The scrimmage was halted after the top of the seventh due to pitch count limitations.
Each team had eight hits while Navy committed two errors to none for Blue.
Nebraska: White 4 Red 3
Lincoln – After getting out to an early lead and coasting to victory on Thursday night, the White team had to score three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to capture its second straight win on Friday night by a score of 4-3 at the Nebraska baseball team’s annual Red-White Series.
Entering the bottom of the seventh with a 3-1 lead, the Red squad couldn’t close the door the White’s offense. Following a leadoff groundout from Sam Stucky, Taylor Fish started the rally with a single that was followed by consecutive walks to Kevin Terry and Michael Siwa. Ty Kildow then reached a fielder’s choice, but no outs were made and Fish scored, while the bases remained loaded. Michael Pritchard came through with his first hit of the game on a single to left, scoring Siwa to tie the game. With one out and the bases still load, Bryan Peters came through with a sacrifice fly to left field that scored Terry to win the game.
