Team Red outslugs Black for 12-11 Win

November 03, 2024 | Baseball

The Red side was led by Damian Bravo who had four hits, a home run and scored three times

By: Andrew Stern

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Damian Bravo went 4-for-6 with a home run, three runs scored and three RBIs to lead Team Red to a 12-11 win over Team Black on Sunday in Game Three of the Fall Red/Black Series at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.

The victory was the first for Bravo and the Red side after Team Black closed out 12-10 and 6-4 wins on Wednesday and Friday afternoon respectively.

For the third straight game, Team Black was led by Antonelli Savaterre who went 3-for-6 with two runs scored and catcher Dylan Maxcey who went 4-for-6 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Shortstop Tracer Lopez also reached base three times (single, two walks) and scored all three times he was on base.

Delayed a day due to weather, Sunday's game again started as a pitcher duel before the bats came alive.

After a scoreless first two innings tossed by Team Black starter Logan Bevis and Team Red's Jackson Burns, the Red side opened the scoring in the third with six runs.

The big blow in the six-run frame was a three-run long ball from Logan Hughes that scored Kyeler Thompson and TJ Pompey. Thompson went 2-for-5 on Sunday with two runs scored while Pompey went 1-4 with a run and an RBI. Hughes went 1-for-5 with his second home run of the Red/Black Series.

The final three runs of the top of the third inning were scored by Bravo on an RBI double by first baseman Davis Rivers and a two-run homer by catcher Hudson Parker. The run driven in for Rivers was one of two he had on the afternoon when Parker's homer was one of two hits he recorded on the afternoon. The catcher also scored twice in the win.

Hughes' home run chased Bevis who allowed five runs (four earned) in his 2.1 innings of work. The righty struck out three and didn't walk a batter. The homer by Hudson Parker came off Sophomore Parker Hutyra, who went an inning and two-thirds on Sunday allowing three runs. The righty struck out two.

Up 6-0, Team Red went to the bullpen for Jacob Rogers, ending the outing for Burns. The freshman righty walked just one in two hitless innings.

Facing Rogers, Team Black used a lead-off single from Dominic Archila, a double from Savattere and walk by Robin Villeneuve set the table for a big inning. The double from Savattere brought Black to within 6-1.

A pair of RBI singles from Lopez and Maxcey brought Team Black to within 6-4 after three.

In the fourth, Team Red quickly answered with a pair of runs off Hutyra, as Bravo plated Thompson and Pompey on a two-run double to left.

Down 8-4, Team Black again clawed back to within two runs when Villeneuve plated Savattere on a double for the innings first run and first baseman Peyton Shulze scored Villeneuve on a single.

The game remained 8-6 Red until the top of the sixth when a solo home run by Bravo off redshirt freshman Brady Trombello gave Red a 9-6 lead.

The run was the only Trombello allowed over his three strong innings of work, as the righty made his first game appearance since being struck by a batted ball during a practice back in Febuary. Trombello struck out one and allowed just the one hit on the Bravo homer.

Trombello's strong performance allowed Team Black to continue their comeback effort, as the Black side used three runs in the six and two in the seventh to pull in front.

The three runs in the sixth were scored on an RBI single by Maxcey and a two out double from Savattere.

In a 9-9 game, the Black side again pull in front 10-9 on an RBI double by Maxcey and an RBI single from third baseman Garet Boehm.

Trailing for the first time in the ballgame, Team Red struck for three, including the go-ahead run, in the top of the eighth.

The Red side rally was jumpstarted by a one-out double by Bravo and included RBI hits by Rivers, Thompson and Pompey. The single by Thompson tied the game at 11 while the single from Pompey gave his team the lead (12-11) for good.

Entering in the seventh, Team Red allowed JT Drake to pitch the eighth and ninth, as the righty closed out his 2.1 innings of scoreless work by allowing just one hit. Drake struck out two in a 1-2-3 eighth before stranding a two out single in the ninth.

UP NEXT:
Team Red and Team Black will meet for Game Four of the five game Red/Black series on Wednesday afternoon. First pitch from Rip Griffin Park is set for 3 p.m.