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Vrable’s Yankees Take Opening Game of 2021 Pizza Bowl
October 05, 2021 | Baseball
The Yankees tallied a 16-8 victory in Tuesday’s opening game of the series.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In the opening game of the 2021 University of Louisville baseball Pizza Bowl, it was Vrable's Yankees coming out with a 16-8 victory over Snider's White Sox at Jim Patterson Stadium.
The team names in this year's Pizza Bowl are in honor of former Cardinals Chad Green and Adam Engel and their teams in this year's MLB playoffs.
Chris Seng and Noah Smith helped lead the way for the Yankees offensively, with both players picking up two hits, driving in two and scoring three times. Dalton Rushing added to the offensive output with a grand slam to straightaway centerfield.
Cameron Robinson picked up the win for the Yankees, allowing just one run over 2.1 innings and striking out five of the nine batters he faced. Alex Galvan closed out the game for the Yankees with 1.1 scoreless innings.
Christian Knapczyk, Kurtis Reid and Levi Usher all had multi-hit games for the White Sox. Usher drove in a pair of runs with a double in the top of the first inning, while Tyeler Hawkins added a two-run triple in the third.
J.R. Langworthy and Will Cook each pitched scoreless innings out of the bullpen for the White Sox.
The 2021 Pizza Bowl continues on Wednesday with the second game of the series scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET.
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 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 team names in this year's Pizza Bowl are in honor of former Cardinals Chad Green and Adam Engel and their teams in this year's MLB playoffs.
Chris Seng and Noah Smith helped lead the way for the Yankees offensively, with both players picking up two hits, driving in two and scoring three times. Dalton Rushing added to the offensive output with a grand slam to straightaway centerfield.
Cameron Robinson picked up the win for the Yankees, allowing just one run over 2.1 innings and striking out five of the nine batters he faced. Alex Galvan closed out the game for the Yankees with 1.1 scoreless innings.
Christian Knapczyk, Kurtis Reid and Levi Usher all had multi-hit games for the White Sox. Usher drove in a pair of runs with a double in the top of the first inning, while Tyeler Hawkins added a two-run triple in the third.
J.R. Langworthy and Will Cook each pitched scoreless innings out of the bullpen for the White Sox.
The 2021 Pizza Bowl continues on Wednesday with the second game of the series scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET.
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 Pizza Bowl series has become an exciting and highly anticipated ending to the fall for Louisville coaches, players and fans.
FOLLOW LOUISVILLE BASEBALL ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans can follow Louisville baseball on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram at @LouisvilleBSB.
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