Snider’s Saints Take Game Five and Pizza Bowl Series
October 23, 2019 | Baseball
The Saints’ 6-4 victory on Wednesday sealed a 3-2 series win.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 14th annual Louisville baseball Pizza Bowl wrapped up on Wednesday at Jim Patterson Stadium with Snider's Saints claiming a 6-4 victory over Vrable's Ravens in the winner-take-all game five.
After winning the first two games of the series, the Saints shook off losses in games three and four to pick up the series victory.
The Saints offense jumped on the board in the very first inning with Alex Binelas cashing in a pair of runners in scoring position with a one-out single to centerfield.
The Ravens answered back in the bottom half of the inning, as Zach Britton cut the lead in half with his third home run of the Pizza Bowl.
Binelas was at it again two innings later, stepping to the plate with runners on second and third and again singling home two runs to stretch the margin to 4-1. The Saints then tacked on two more in the eighth on a Ben Bianco homer.
The Ravens plated single runs in the fifth, eighth and ninth, but Adam Elliott got a strikeout with the tying run at the plate in the ninth inning to clinch the series.
Lucas Dunn led the offense on Wednesday with a perfect 3-for-3 showing. Binelas was 2-for-4 with four RBIs, while Britton and Poland also turned in multi-hit days.
Reid Detmers earned his second win of the Pizza Bowl with four innings of work, giving up one run on three hits with five strikeouts. Evan Webster went 2.2 innings allowing just one unearned run. Glenn Albanese worked two innings of scoreless relief, retiring six of the eight batters he faced.
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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After winning the first two games of the series, the Saints shook off losses in games three and four to pick up the series victory.
The Saints offense jumped on the board in the very first inning with Alex Binelas cashing in a pair of runners in scoring position with a one-out single to centerfield.
The Ravens answered back in the bottom half of the inning, as Zach Britton cut the lead in half with his third home run of the Pizza Bowl.
Binelas was at it again two innings later, stepping to the plate with runners on second and third and again singling home two runs to stretch the margin to 4-1. The Saints then tacked on two more in the eighth on a Ben Bianco homer.
The Ravens plated single runs in the fifth, eighth and ninth, but Adam Elliott got a strikeout with the tying run at the plate in the ninth inning to clinch the series.
Lucas Dunn led the offense on Wednesday with a perfect 3-for-3 showing. Binelas was 2-for-4 with four RBIs, while Britton and Poland also turned in multi-hit days.
Reid Detmers earned his second win of the Pizza Bowl with four innings of work, giving up one run on three hits with five strikeouts. Evan Webster went 2.2 innings allowing just one unearned run. Glenn Albanese worked two innings of scoreless relief, retiring six of the eight batters he faced.
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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