WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Gold Team scored twice in each of the first four innings to cruise to an 8-4 victory in the five-inning series opener of Purdue baseball's Black & Gold Series on Thursday at Alexander Field.
Gold played a clean game defensively and got zeros from Khal Stephen and Kyle Iwinski (to open and close the game) on a day in which there were only three scoreless frames total.
Luke Gaffney, Cam Thompson and Evan Albrecht all connected for a double as part of a two-run inning for Gold. Gaffney barreled up for an opposite-field blast off the wall in right center for an RBI double. Albrecht llined an RBI double into left field in the fourth inning.
Paul Toetz blasted off for a long home run to left field with two outs in the third inning for the Black Team. Jake Parr and Lukas Cook delivered doubles for Black, including an RBI double for Cook in the fourth inning.
CJ Valdez singled in each of his first two at-bats for Black. Brody Chrisman singled twice for Gold while also recording an RBI and scoring a run. Fellow freshman AJ Rinebold worked a scoreless inning for Black in the top of the fifth.
Game 2 of the series is set for Friday at 4:30 p.m. and scheduled to be six innings.
Gold played a clean game defensively and got zeros from Khal Stephen and Kyle Iwinski (to open and close the game) on a day in which there were only three scoreless frames total.
Luke Gaffney, Cam Thompson and Evan Albrecht all connected for a double as part of a two-run inning for Gold. Gaffney barreled up for an opposite-field blast off the wall in right center for an RBI double. Albrecht llined an RBI double into left field in the fourth inning.
Paul Toetz blasted off for a long home run to left field with two outs in the third inning for the Black Team. Jake Parr and Lukas Cook delivered doubles for Black, including an RBI double for Cook in the fourth inning.
Jake Jarvis opened the scoring with a two-run single back through the middle in the first inning as the Gold Team capitalized on an error on a sac bunt and a botched rundown with runners on the corners. Jarvis was not retired in his three plate appearances, getting hit by a pitch twice.Yesterdays solo home run was an absolute moon rocket 🚀 #BoilerUp x @paul_toetz pic.twitter.com/7xuHLb98BH
— Purdue Baseball (@PurdueBaseball) October 21, 2022
CJ Valdez singled in each of his first two at-bats for Black. Brody Chrisman singled twice for Gold while also recording an RBI and scoring a run. Fellow freshman AJ Rinebold worked a scoreless inning for Black in the top of the fifth.
Game 2 of the series is set for Friday at 4:30 p.m. and scheduled to be six innings.
| BLACK & GOLD SERIES ROSTERS | |
| TEAM BLACK Catchers Steve Ramirez Jake Stadler Infielders Lukas Cook Ty Gill Jake Parr Keenan Taylor Paul Toetz CJ Valdez Outfielders Couper Cornblum Sam Franco Camden Melvin Cam Hill Pitchers Jonathan Blackwell Avery Cook Logan Danzeisen Carter Doorn Zach Fletcher Carter Krawchuk Davis Pratt AJ Rinebold Aaron Suval Staff Daniel Furuto & John Madia |
TEAM GOLD Catchers Connor Caskenette Luke Gaffney Infielders Evan Albrecht Corbin Malott Jo Stevens Cam Thompson Outfielders Mike Bolton Jr. Brody Chrisman Weston Gingerich Jake Jarvis Pitchers CJ Backer Jackson Dannelley Parker Dean Malcolm Gilchrist Kyle Iwinski Cal Lambert Griffin Lohman Kade Ruffner Calvin Schapira Khal Stephen Staff Chris Marx & Hunter Roberts |