Snider’s Saints Take 2-0 Lead in Louisville Baseball Pizza Bowl
October 16, 2019 | Baseball
The annual Pizza Bowl series continues on Friday at 6 p.m., ET at Jim Patterson Stadium.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 14th annual Pizza Bowl continued on Wednesday at Jim Patterson Stadium, with Snider's Saints picking up a 7-3 victory over Vrable's Ravens.
The Saints hold a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series after their 6-2 win in Monday's opener.
Reid Detmers took the ball for Snider's Saints on Wednesday and proceeded to strike out six while holding the Ravens hitless over 3.1 innings. Meanwhile, the offense went to work in the second with four runs touching the plate.
Andrew Benefield pushed the first run across with a single and Blayne Robinson doubled the advantage on a fielder's choice. Trey Leonard capped the scoring with a two-run single back through the middle.
Snider's Saints added three more in the fourth on a pair of long balls, as Cameron Masterman hit a long solo shot to lead off the inning and Benefield left the yard three batters later to stretch the margin to 7-0.
Vrable's Ravens scratched a run across on a wild pitch in the fifth, but still trailed 7-1 after eight. Danny Oriente led off the ninth with a triple and scored on Zach Britton's groundout to cut the lead to five and Drew Wiegman made it a four-run game with a RBI single.
The Ravens loaded the bases with two away to bring the tying run to the plate, but Ryan Hawks induced a groundball to third base to close out the game.
Benefield, Masterman, Wiegman, Chris Seng and Henry Davis all had multiple hits on the day. Michael Prosecky turned in four shutout innings of relief with seven strikeouts and just two hits allowed.
Louisville will be under the lights for game three on Friday night, with first pitch slated for 6 p.m., ET. Games four and five will wrap up the Pizza Bowl on Oct. 21 and Oct. 23, respectively, with first pitch set for 3 p.m., ET each day.
Batting practice will begin approximately 75 minutes prior to first pitch each day and admission is free for all Pizza Bowl games.
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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The Saints hold a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series after their 6-2 win in Monday's opener.
Reid Detmers took the ball for Snider's Saints on Wednesday and proceeded to strike out six while holding the Ravens hitless over 3.1 innings. Meanwhile, the offense went to work in the second with four runs touching the plate.
Andrew Benefield pushed the first run across with a single and Blayne Robinson doubled the advantage on a fielder's choice. Trey Leonard capped the scoring with a two-run single back through the middle.
Snider's Saints added three more in the fourth on a pair of long balls, as Cameron Masterman hit a long solo shot to lead off the inning and Benefield left the yard three batters later to stretch the margin to 7-0.
Vrable's Ravens scratched a run across on a wild pitch in the fifth, but still trailed 7-1 after eight. Danny Oriente led off the ninth with a triple and scored on Zach Britton's groundout to cut the lead to five and Drew Wiegman made it a four-run game with a RBI single.
The Ravens loaded the bases with two away to bring the tying run to the plate, but Ryan Hawks induced a groundball to third base to close out the game.
Benefield, Masterman, Wiegman, Chris Seng and Henry Davis all had multiple hits on the day. Michael Prosecky turned in four shutout innings of relief with seven strikeouts and just two hits allowed.
Louisville will be under the lights for game three on Friday night, with first pitch slated for 6 p.m., ET. Games four and five will wrap up the Pizza Bowl on Oct. 21 and Oct. 23, respectively, with first pitch set for 3 p.m., ET each day.
Batting practice will begin approximately 75 minutes prior to first pitch each day and admission is free for all Pizza Bowl games.
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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Fans can follow Louisville baseball on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram at @LouisvilleBSB.
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