Baseball: Gold Wins Game One
October 15, 2011 12:32 AM | General
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - After a two hour rain delay to start the game, first baseman Ryan McBroom stroked a three-run home run to left field in the top of the first inning to lead the Gold Team to a 9-3 victory over the Blue Team in the first game of the 22nd annual Blue-Gold World Series at Hawley Field on Friday night.
McBroom's home run followed a one out walk to right fielder Jake Ringold and a base hit by third baseman Gabe Brown to give the Gold squad a quick 3-0 lead that they never relinquished.
Right-handed pitcher Corey Walter worked six innings for the Gold squad and allowed one run on six hits. Walter also struck out five and walked three.
Right-hander Ryan Tezak pitched effectively in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings to earn the save. Tezak scattered four singles and allowed two runs, both earned, while striking out three to close out the win for his Gold outfit.
Danny Dierdorff took the loss for the Blue team, going 4.2 innings and giving up four runs on four hits. The right-hander also struck out three, while allowing five walks.
Right-handed pitcher Jared Hill relieved Dierdorff in the fifth and threw the final 4.2 for the Blue, allowing five unearned runs on five hits.
The Gold increased their lead to 4-0 in the third. Brown led off the frame with a double over the center fielder’s head and advanced around the bases on consecutive two-strike groundouts from McBroom and L.K. Thompson.
The Blue squad answered back in the bottom of the fifth on a lead-off single by Chris Rasky followed by an RBI double into the gap by catcher Matt Malloy.
The Gold offense tacked on an unearned run in the seventh, two in the eighth on a two-run homer off the bat of shortstop Billy Fleming and two more in the ninth when outfielder Bobby Boyd bunted for a base hit and the ball was thrown past the first baseman allowing Brady Wilson and McBroom to cross the plate.
Infielder Justin Fox contributed an RBI single in a two-run seventh inning for the Blue.
At the plate, the Gold team was led by Brown, who finished the day two for three with two walks in his first game back from a concussion he suffered on a hit-by-pitch in an intrasquad game on September 25.
Tyler Steele-Worsham, Jon Roszel and Rasky paced the Blue offensive attack with two singles apiece in their losing effort.
The series will resume Sunday, Oct. 16, with game two at Hawley Field scheduled for 3 p.m. Admission is free to the general public.
McBroom's home run followed a one out walk to right fielder Jake Ringold and a base hit by third baseman Gabe Brown to give the Gold squad a quick 3-0 lead that they never relinquished.
Right-handed pitcher Corey Walter worked six innings for the Gold squad and allowed one run on six hits. Walter also struck out five and walked three.
Right-hander Ryan Tezak pitched effectively in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings to earn the save. Tezak scattered four singles and allowed two runs, both earned, while striking out three to close out the win for his Gold outfit.
Danny Dierdorff took the loss for the Blue team, going 4.2 innings and giving up four runs on four hits. The right-hander also struck out three, while allowing five walks.
Right-handed pitcher Jared Hill relieved Dierdorff in the fifth and threw the final 4.2 for the Blue, allowing five unearned runs on five hits.
The Gold increased their lead to 4-0 in the third. Brown led off the frame with a double over the center fielder’s head and advanced around the bases on consecutive two-strike groundouts from McBroom and L.K. Thompson.
The Blue squad answered back in the bottom of the fifth on a lead-off single by Chris Rasky followed by an RBI double into the gap by catcher Matt Malloy.
The Gold offense tacked on an unearned run in the seventh, two in the eighth on a two-run homer off the bat of shortstop Billy Fleming and two more in the ninth when outfielder Bobby Boyd bunted for a base hit and the ball was thrown past the first baseman allowing Brady Wilson and McBroom to cross the plate.
Infielder Justin Fox contributed an RBI single in a two-run seventh inning for the Blue.
At the plate, the Gold team was led by Brown, who finished the day two for three with two walks in his first game back from a concussion he suffered on a hit-by-pitch in an intrasquad game on September 25.
Tyler Steele-Worsham, Jon Roszel and Rasky paced the Blue offensive attack with two singles apiece in their losing effort.
The series will resume Sunday, Oct. 16, with game two at Hawley Field scheduled for 3 p.m. Admission is free to the general public.
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