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Blue Team Routs Gold for 3-1 Series Lead

Box Score

The Blue team started off strong with a 3-run first inning and never looked back, as they routed the Gold 9-2 on Tuesday.

In the bottom of the first, the Blue rattled of five singles in a row. Tim Mettert (Chanhassen, MN), Joe Peters (Apple Valley, MN), Eddy Diosdado (Fort Dodge, IA), Spenser Popinga (Mason City, IA), and Drew Presler all knocked singles through off Gold starter Patrick Burns (Alagate, Aus). Diosdado, Popinga, and Presler all picked up RBI's to take an early 3-0 lead.

In the second, Santiago Morales (West St. Paul, MN) lead-off the inning with a hit-by-pitch, followed by a Mettert single. Mettert would steal second to give the Blue runners at 2nd and 3rd. Peters would drive in both runs with a single to make it 5-0.

That is all Blue starter Parker Moorman (Mason City, IA) would need. Moorman pitched six innings, allowing two runs on seven hits. He walked one and struck out four.

The Gold tried to put together a rally in the 3rd and fourth innings. Jordan Huffman (Sergeant Bluff, IA) lead-off the top of the 3rd with a double to right-center. Scott Welter (Cedar Falls, IA) would drive Huffman in on a two-out single to cut the lead to 5-1.

In the fourth, the Gold strung four hits together. Mikko Norman (Racine, MN) lead-off the inning with a double. Shaun McGuire (Bancroft, IA) would follow with a double. Huffman's single would score Norman to make it 5-2. Another single from Alex Ausenhus (Mason City, IA) would load the bases with two-outs and bring up Jordan Rishavy (Rochester, MN). Rishavy laced a 2-2 pitch from Moorman into right field. Diosdado would make a running catch to end the threat.

The Blue would tack on two insurance runs in the fifth. Diosdado lead-off the inning getting hit by a pitch, Popinga would single. Travis Rahe (Dyersville, IA) would reach on an error to load the bases. For Morales and Josh Carr (St. Louis, MO) would draw RBI walks to extend the lead to 7-2.

In the sixth it was more of the same for Blue. Joe Peters would reach on an error and Popinga collected his third single of the game. After Peters and Popinga moved up on a balk, Presler's 2-run single would make the game 9-2.

Gold starter Patrick Burns was chased early. Burns went two innings, giving up five runs on seven hits.

The Blue/Gold World Series resumes with game five on Thursday. Game time is 3:00 p.m. at the NIACC Campus.