CHAMPIONS OF GOLD!

Team Gold captured the 2007 Intrasquad World Series with a 6-4 win in game four held at Anderson Field. Andrew Llano was named the TORO World Series MVP hitting .385 with two HR's, three RBI's and four runs scored.

Game four was another thriller that was decided by a few big hits. Both teams were held to one hit apiece and zero runs through the first four innings. But team Gold broke through against reliever Spencer Kennedy in the 5th. Sean Tuttle led off with a double to right center then Brendan Pilger homered into the second row of the parking lot for a 2-0 advantage. After and error and a fielder's choice, Cliff Cross tripled to right center to knock in another run. Cross would later score on a wild pitch to make the score 4-0. Gold capped off the scoring by plating two in the sixth when Llano laced his second HR of the series over the left field wall.

Gold's John Hale and Sam Briend combined for 5 innings only giving up 3 hits and 1 run. Briend picked up the win. Andrew Llano earned the save by coming in with the bases loaded in the seventh, but induced the game ending double play to start the celebration.

Brendan Pilger was game 4 TORO Player of the Game going 2 for 4 with a towering HR and a triple. He also scored twice and knocked in two runs.


Petrel Fodder:

• Fall baseball is officially over. It was good 4 weeks. We are a lot further along than we were one year ago today. There is a lot of work to be done but the foundation is in place.
• Thanks for the wonderful fans who came out and supported the teams. Today we drew a respectful 19 fans, not quite the record but not bad considering the start time.

We will start our player profiles in the next couple of weeks so stay tuned.

Have a Wonderful Petrel Day...GO PETRELS!