Here is your Scrimmage Recaps from Feb. 4th.
TCU: Varsity 8 Alumni 6
FORT WORTH, Texas – The varsity squad rallied with seven unanswered runs in the last three innings to defeat the alumni squad 8-6 Saturday afternoon in the annual Alumni Game. Brett Johnson provided the offensive fireworks for the varsity squad with a home run and a double as part of a three-hit afternoon.
Trey Teakell allowed three runs (one earned) on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings of work. Kevin Allen surrendered three runs on three hits, walked three and struck out three.Jerrick Suiter gave up a hit, walked one and struck out one in his two innings of work. Tyler Duffie and Justin Scharf combined to pitch a scoreless eighth and Scharf pitched a perfect ninth inning.Kaleb Merck pitched a perfect tenth inning to close out the game.
Jake Arrieta started for the Alumni and went two innings. He allowed a run on three hits, walked two and struck out one. Sam Demel gave up a hit and struck out one in his lone inning of work. Matt Purke tallied a pair of strikeouts around a hit in one inning pitched. Steven Maxwell struck out the side around a pair of walks in the fifth. Greg Holle pitched a perfect sixth inning. Lance Broadway and Brad Furnish were each touched for three runs in their inning of work. Erik Miller gave up a run on two hits in his inning of work.
UNC: Visitors 8 Home 3
Chapel Hill, N.C.– The North Carolina Tar Heels moved up their Saturday scrimmage to 11:15 a.m. due to threatening weather and managed to complete an eight-inning scrimmage that the visiting Tar squad won by an 8-3 score.
The Tar squad trailed 3-1 after two before scoring three runs in the third and two more in both the sixth and seventh innings.
Minnesota: Pro-Alumni 6 Legends 1
The Golden Gophers defeated the alumni in Minnesota’s 18th annual Pro-Alumni & Legends Game today at the Metrodome. The Gophers won by a score of 6-1 on 13 hits to the Pro-Alumni’s one run and eight hits. More than 25 Minnesota baseball alums were on the field or in the dugout for the event.
The Gophers started the scoring with two runs in the fourth inning off of DJ Snelten, who took the loss. Matt Puhl led off with a single and then stole second base to get things started. Troy Larson drove him home with a single to center. He later scored on a single by Kurt Schlangen. Minnesota added a run to its lead the next inning when a single from Bobby Juan scored Puhl, who reached on a walk.
