Purple beat the Gold 7-3 in the first game of the Purple-Gold World Series.
PURPLE
Kramer Robertson -- 3 RBIs
Mike Papierski -- 3-for-3, 1 RBI
Beau Jordan -- 2 doubles
Purple scored 2 runs in the second. Papierski and Chris Reid singled. Trey Dawson moved them up with a sacrifice bunt. Robertson followed with a 2-run double.
Purple scored 1 run in the third on doubles by Jordan and Papierski. Those three runs came off Caleb Gilbert.
The Gold scored three runs in the third on a RBI single by Cole Freeman and a two-run triple by Antoine Duplantis. Those three runs came off John Valek.
The Purple scored 4 runs in the fifth off Russell Reynolds. Robertson and Jordan had 2-run doubles.
Hunter Newman was the winning pitcher for the Purple. He threw 2.1 shutout innings. He gave up no hits, walked one and struck out one. Doug Norman threw the last 1.1 innings for the Purple. He also gave up no hits with one walk and one strikeout.
The second game of the series will start at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Paul Mainieri comments: "I was very encouraged by a lot of what I saw tonight. We had some excellent at-bats and we made all the plays on defense. The starting pitchers -- Gilbert and Valek -- threw well. We had some strong performances out of the bullpen. In these games, you look for little things that you feel are positive. Tonight's game for six innings produced a lot of positive moments."
PURPLE
Kramer Robertson -- 3 RBIs
Mike Papierski -- 3-for-3, 1 RBI
Beau Jordan -- 2 doubles
Purple scored 2 runs in the second. Papierski and Chris Reid singled. Trey Dawson moved them up with a sacrifice bunt. Robertson followed with a 2-run double.
Purple scored 1 run in the third on doubles by Jordan and Papierski. Those three runs came off Caleb Gilbert.
The Gold scored three runs in the third on a RBI single by Cole Freeman and a two-run triple by Antoine Duplantis. Those three runs came off John Valek.
The Purple scored 4 runs in the fifth off Russell Reynolds. Robertson and Jordan had 2-run doubles.
Hunter Newman was the winning pitcher for the Purple. He threw 2.1 shutout innings. He gave up no hits, walked one and struck out one. Doug Norman threw the last 1.1 innings for the Purple. He also gave up no hits with one walk and one strikeout.
The second game of the series will start at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Paul Mainieri comments: "I was very encouraged by a lot of what I saw tonight. We had some excellent at-bats and we made all the plays on defense. The starting pitchers -- Gilbert and Valek -- threw well. We had some strong performances out of the bullpen. In these games, you look for little things that you feel are positive. Tonight's game for six innings produced a lot of positive moments."
