MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama baseball team continued fall practice with four intrasquad games last week at Stanky Field.
Two of those four games were decided by one run. A few highlights from those intrasquads are below.
Fri., Oct. 7 – Blue 2, Gray 1
Jordan Patterson and Kyle Bartsch combined to allow one run on three hits in six innings to lead the Blue team to a 2-1 win over the Gray.
Patterson pitched three shutout innings and allowed just one hit with one strikeout, while Bartsch allowed one run on two hits and recorded one strikeout in his three innings of work.
The Blue team took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning on an RBI groundout off the bat of Harold Collins, which scored Neil Hudson who doubled to lead off the inning.
Blue doubled its lead in the top of the fourth on an RBI single by Whitt Dorsey that scored Patterson. The Gray team scored its only run in the bottom of the fifth inning on a solo home run by J.T. Files.
Gray left-hander Andrew Fonzi allowed just one run on two hits in three innings pitched, and Jarrett Bailey pitched one perfect inning in relief.
Sat., Oct. 8 – Gray 2, Blue 1
Graham Odom delivered a two-run, walk-off single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning to lead the Gray team to a 2-1 win over the Blue squad.
Hudson and Brent Mitchell each reached base on a hit by pitch to lead off the inning. Following a sacrifice bunt by Hunt Griffith and intentional walk to Colin Bray to load the bases, Odom singled in the tying and winning runs.
The game was scoreless through the first five innings before the two teams combined for three runs in the final frame.
The Blue team took a 1-0 lead in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI single by Nick Zaharion that plated Logan Kirkland, who singled earlier in the inning.
Anthony Izzio tossed three shutout innings and allowed just one hit while striking out one for the Gray team. Conner Reese allowed only one hit and struck out one in two innings in relief of Izzio.
Phillip Byrd pitched three hitless innings with one strikeout for the Blue team, and Alex Blodgett allowed one hit and struck out one in two relief innings for the Blue.
Odom went 1-for-3 with two RBI to lead the Gray team at the plate. Patterson recorded the Gray team’s only other hit in the contest.
Zaharion went 2-for-3 with a double and one RBI to lead the Blue team. Kirkland and Dalken added one hit apiece.
Sun., Oct. 9 – Gray 4, Blue 1
The Gray team scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning en route to a 4-1 win over the Blue.
After a leadoff single by Dorsey, Matt Wojciechowski reached on a hit by pitch and Brad Hook singled to load the bases. Hudson then reached on a hit by pitch to score Dorsey. Mitchell followed with an RBI single, and Collins reached on a hit by pitch to force in a third run in the inning. The Gray added an additional run later in the inning to take a 4-0 lead.
The Blue team scored its lone run of the contest in the top of the fourth inning when Files reached on a hit by pitch, stole second and later scored on a double by Drew Cofield.
James Traylor tossed three shutout innings for the Gray team, allowing just two hits while striking out four. Jaime Dennis pitched a perfect fourth inning.
Dorsey, Hook and Mitchell had one hit and one run scored each for the Gray team, and Hudson, Mitchell and Collins drove in one run apiece.
Cofield went 1-for-2 with a double and one RBI to lead the Blue team at the plate. Dalken and Cockrell had one double each, and Austin Curtis added one hit.
Tue., Oct. 11 – Blue 5, Gray 2
Dustin Dalken went 2-for-3 with two RBI to lead the Blue team to a 5-2 win over the Gray team.
Dalken drove in the game’s first run in the top of the first on a groundout to shortstop that allowed Robby Campbell to score, giving the Blue team a 1-0 lead after a half-inning.
But the Gray answered with two runs in the bottom of the second, aided by a wild pitch and RBI single by Wojciechowski, to take a 2-1 lead.
The Blue squad then answered with two runs in the top of the third on an RBI triple by Kirkland and RBI single by Dalken to take a 3-2 lead. The Blue added two additional runs in the top of the fifth inning on an RBI double by Austin Curtis and RBI groundout off the bat of Campbell.
Kevin Knapp went 1-for-2 with a run scored, and Curtis finished 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored for the Blue team. Wojciechowski went 1-for-2 with an RBI to lead the Gray team at the plate, while Colin Bray added one hit.
Blue relievers Fonzi, Blodgett and Dennis combined to shut out the Gray team in the game’s final three innings. The trio did not allow a hit during that span while striking out two and issuing just one walk.
Payton Gardner and Conner Reese each tossed one shutout inning for the Gray team.
South Alabama will intrasquad every Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday during fall practice. The Jags will hold their next intrasquad Fri., Oct. 14, at 5 p.m. at Stanky Field.
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Upcoming Jaguar Baseball Fall Intrasquad Games
Fri., Oct. 14 – 5 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 15 – 10 a.m.
Sun., Oct. 16 – 12:30 p.m.
Tue., Oct. 18 – 4 p.m.
