BASEBALL: Black Squad Takes 2-0 Lead in Fall World Series

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BASEBALL: Black Squad Takes 2-0 Lead in Fall World Series

UGA baseball –  Aaron Rzucidlo
Georgia catcher Aaron Rzucidlo (29)bunts during Game 2 of the Bulldogs’ “World Series” at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. (Photo by John Kelley)
[su_spacer size=”20″] ATHENS, Ga. – Freshman Adam Goodman pitched five innings of two-run ball to lead the Black team to a 3-2 victory on Saturday in game two of the Fall World Series at Foley Field. The Black squad leads the series 2-0 after a 4-1 win on Tuesday.
[su_spacer size=”40″] “Adam Goodman was really good on the mound today,” said head coach Scott Stricklin. “Overall I thought the pitching was good. Kevin Smith threw the ball well, Blakely Brown was very good and it was good to see Addison Albright have a good inning. We had some opportunities to score some more runs, but I thought the pitching and defense won today.”
[su_spacer size=”40″] The Black team opened the scoring in the top of the third after Skyler Weber’s RBI single knocked in senior Nick King from second. Junior Stephen Wrenn increased the score to 2-0 with a stand-up triple to right field to score Weber. The Red squad threatened in the bottom half after a one-out triple by freshman Logan Moody, but Goodman escaped the jam with a grounder back to the pitcher and a fly out to left.
[su_spacer size=”40″] [wonderplugin_slider id=”35″] [su_spacer size=”40″] In the top of the fifth the Black squad tacked on one more after senior Cody McCance’s attempt to turn a double play sailed into the dugout to score King for the second time.
[su_spacer size=”40″] The Red team notched two runs in the bottom of the fifth to make the score 3-2 after a bases-loaded single by freshman Michael Curry scored Jordan Einstein and Aaron Rzucidlo.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Goodman was awarded the win after allowing two runs across five innings with three strikeouts while the Red team’s freshman Kevin Smith received the loss following 3.2 innings pitched, two runs allowed and four strikeouts. Freshman Addison Albright pitched a 1-2-3 sixth inning for the Black team while freshman Blakely Brown tossed 2.1 innings of one-run ball for the Red squad.
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The Fall World Series will wrap up on Sunday day with the first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.

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