Adam’s Angels Win Game Five of Pizza Bowl
October 19, 2018 | Baseball
Five-game series between Adam’s Angels and Cody’s Cubs ends in 2-2-1 tie
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bobby Miller twirled five strong innings on the mound and Jared Poland delivered a key three-run double to lead Adam's Angels to an 8-2 victory against Cody's Cubs in the fifth and final game of the University of Louisville baseball team's 2018 Pizza Bowl series.
Thursday's result ended the series tied at 2-2-1 overall. Following the completion of Thursday's seven-inning game, the teams played a two-inning tiebreaker, which ended tied at 2-2 thus officially capping the series in a draw.
On the mound, Miller had five strikeouts while surrendering only an unearned run on two hits in his five-inning start for the victory. Poland paced connected on a three-run double in the five-run first inning for the Angels. Tyler Fitzgerald was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, Andrew Benefield finished 2-for-3 with a double and one RBI and Ethan Stringer added a two-run single, walked and scored once in the win. Fitzgerald closed the Pizza Bowl by finishing 11-for-21 (.524) at the plate with two home runs, three doubles and seven RBIs in the five games.
Lucas Dunn led the Cubs as the sophomore singled, had one stolen base and scored once, while Justin Lavey singled and scored a run. Timmy Borden added a RBI single, was hit by a pitch added a stolen base in the loss.
Thursday's game completed fall workouts for the Louisville baseball team, which will resume full-squad preparations for the 2019 season in January. The opening weekend of college baseball in 2019 is set for Feb. 15-17, while Louisville's complete 2019 schedule will be released later this fall.
PIZZA BOWL ROSTERS
The two teams in this year's Pizza Bowl series will be guided by assistant coach Adam Vrable and former Louisville pitcher Cody Ege. Adam's Angels includes Andrew Benefield, Ben Bianco, Alex Binelas, Zach Britton, Gabe Burchell, Drew Campbell, Reid Detmers, Adam Elliott, Tyler Fitzgerald, Carter Lohman, Michael McAvene, Bobby Miller, Jack Perkins, Zeke Pinkham, Jared Poland, Jake Rosing, Chris Seng, Garrett Schmeltz, Luke Smith, Ethan Stringer and Danny Zimmerman. Cody's Cubs features Glenn Albanese, Nick Bennett, Timmy Borden, Henry Davis, Austin Dickey, Lucas Dunn, Brody Heil, Bryan Hoeing, Michael Kirian, J.R. Langworthy, Justin Lavey, Trey Leonard, Cameron Masterman, Ben Metzinger, J.D. Mundt, Danny Oriente, Pat Rumoro, Shay Smiddy, Jake Snider, Gavin Sullivan, Kerry Wright and Logan Wyatt.
ABOUT THE PIZZA BOWL
Upon his hiring as Louisville head coach in the summer of 2006, Dan McDonnell immediately created an atmosphere of competition throughout the Cardinals baseball program. Whether it's through conditioning in the Omaha Challenge, or in preseason scrimmages, McDonnell creates competitive situations to give his players numerous opportunities to prepare for what they will see during conference and postseason games.
One of the most effective ways McDonnell and his coaching staff can provide the Louisville players with those competitive, game-like situations is through the annual Pizza Bowl series. Following approximately six weeks of fall practice sessions, the Cardinals take to the field for what started as a one-game scrimmage in the fall of 2006 and has become an ultra-competitive three-game or five-game intra-squad series. The winning team is rewarded by being served as much pizza as it would like by the losing squad, which in turn shares what is left. The Pizza Bowl series has become an exciting and highly anticipated ending to the fall for Louisville coaches, players and fans.
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2018 PIZZA BOWL SERIES RESULTS
Game 1: Adam's Angels 7, Cody's Cubs 2
Game 2: Cody's Cubs 8, Adam's Angels 5
Game 3: Cody's Cubs 5, Adam's Angels 1
Game 4: Adam's Angels 5, Cody's Cubs 5 (11 innings)
Game 5: Adam's Angels 8, Cody's Cubs 2 (7 innings)
