University of Delaware Athletics
Black Squad Rallies to Win Blue Hen World Series 9-2
10/27/2014 12:12:00 PM | Baseball
NEWARK, Del. - After falling behind 2-0, the Black squad scored nine unanswered runs to win game three 9-2 and win the Blue Hen World Series Sunday at Bob Hannah Stadium.
The score was tied 0-0 heading to the third inning when the Blue squad pushed two runs across off Black starter Kevin Milley. Blue starter John Geffre held the Black squad scoreless and hitless until the bottom of the fourth when they scored three runs and ultimately never looked back.
Andrew Pechstein and Colman Vila combined to close out the game for the Black squad throwing five shutout innings. Offensively, Norm Donkin set the tone for the Black team going 2-4 with two doubles and three RBI. Mike Krusinski also had a great day at the plate going 2-3 with two doubles and three RBI for Black.
For the Blue squad, Zach Lopes was 2-4 with a double and one RBI, Nick Spadafino was 2-2 with a run scored, and Tyler Dean was 2-2 with an RBI.
“I was very pleased to see the effort put in by both teams throughout this series.,” said University of Delaware head coach. “This was the most competitive Fall series we have had here in quite some time. As a coaching staff, we saw a lot of good things over the last few days and also saw some areas we need to address as we head into skill work these next few weeks. All in all, I really like this ball club and I think the potential to have a great season is there. I expect the guys to continue to put in the hard work and build off a great fall.”
The Blue Hens World Series was the final event for UD's fall schedule. Delaware will start the 2015 season with a three game series at Wake Forest beginning Feb. 13.
