CARY, N.C. – The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team continued its Red vs. Blue scrimmage series Saturday with a 6-1 win for the Blue team at the National Training Complex. Justin Foscue (Mississippi State) had a three-RBI double and Casey Martin (Arkansas) hit two RBI doubles to lead the Blue.
Blue turned a 1-0 deficit to a 4-1 lead in the second inning with a four-run, two-out rally. Martin drove in Tanner Allen (Mississippi State), who had tripled, with a double to tie it up 1-1, then Foscue cleared the bases with a three-RBI double to the left-center gap two batters later.
The Blue team coasted from there with hitless outings from Burl Carraway (Dallas Baptist), who threw two innings, and Andrew Abbott (Virginia), who finished the game with a 1-2-3 frame and two strikeouts.
Martin added another RBI double in the sixth. Blue’s pitching staff struck out seven and allowed just three hits.
The Collegiate National Team is back at the National Training Complex for another Red vs. Blue game Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.
Key Moments
• Garrett Mitchell (UCLA) drove in the first run of the game for Red on a broken bat single up the middle to score Luke Waddell (Mississippi State), who walked and stole two bases.
• Tanner Allen (Mississippi State) tripled to the right field wall and Casey Martin (Arkansas) doubled down the third base line for Blue to tie the game 1-1 in the second inning.
• Justin Foscue (Mississippi State) laced a bases-loaded double to left center to score three runs for Blue to complete a four-run two-out rally.
• Casey Martin (Arkansas) hit his second RBI double in the sixth inning to extend Blue’s lead to 5-1.
Notable Information
• Justin Foscue (Mississippi State) has four hits and six RBIs in the last two games.
• The game was played as a modified scrimmage with runners, batting order and outs changed with coaches’ decisions.
• Pitchers were on predetermined innings.
• Coastal Carolina’s Austin Kitchen, a free agent not on the Collegiate National Team roster, started for the Blue team and allowed one run on three hits.
• International tiebreaker rules were used in the last two half innings with a runners placed on first and second base to start the inning.
• There have been only two errors in the first two Red vs. Blue games both came on pickoff attempts in Game 2.
On Deck
• The Collegiate National Team Training Camp finishes the Red vs. Blue series Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. The Red and Blue will play four total intrasquad games before facing CPL Select on Monday.
