Purple defeated Gold 5-3 in the second game of LSU's fall baseball World Series on Thursday night.
Purple went ahead 1-0 in the first against Riley Smith. Purple scored on doubles by Brody Wofford and Jake Fraley.
Gold scored three runs in the third against Jake Godfrey. Trent Forshag and Antoine Duplantis singled before Greg Deichmann hit a 3-run homer.
Purple tied the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the third. Beau Jordan doubled home one run and scored on a single by Mike Papierski.
Purple went ahead 5-3 in the fourth on a 2-run homer by Kramer Robertson off Hunter Devall.
Collin Strall was the winning pitcher as he threw one scoreless inning. Parker Bugg got the save by striking out two batters with two runners on base in the sixth inning.
Godfrey allowed three runs and five hits in three innings. He walked none and struck out three. Smith gave up three runs and six hits in three innings. He walked none and struck out one.
The final game of the series has been pushed back to Monday night due to expected rain on Friday.
Paul Mainieri's comments: "The most important thing for us to do right now is to teach our young guys how to win. We're making progress in getting that accomplished. There's a lot of competition for positions right now. If guys want to play, they have to play better than the other guys on the team. It's not February 19 yet for our opener against Cincinnati. We still have a lot of teaching to do. Both starting pitchers (Godfrey and Smith) threw well. There were some very good at-bats against them. Everybody has their moments in intrasquad games, but the bottom line is that guys have to learn what it takes to win at this level."
Purple went ahead 1-0 in the first against Riley Smith. Purple scored on doubles by Brody Wofford and Jake Fraley.
Gold scored three runs in the third against Jake Godfrey. Trent Forshag and Antoine Duplantis singled before Greg Deichmann hit a 3-run homer.
Purple tied the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the third. Beau Jordan doubled home one run and scored on a single by Mike Papierski.
Purple went ahead 5-3 in the fourth on a 2-run homer by Kramer Robertson off Hunter Devall.
Collin Strall was the winning pitcher as he threw one scoreless inning. Parker Bugg got the save by striking out two batters with two runners on base in the sixth inning.
Godfrey allowed three runs and five hits in three innings. He walked none and struck out three. Smith gave up three runs and six hits in three innings. He walked none and struck out one.
The final game of the series has been pushed back to Monday night due to expected rain on Friday.
Paul Mainieri's comments: "The most important thing for us to do right now is to teach our young guys how to win. We're making progress in getting that accomplished. There's a lot of competition for positions right now. If guys want to play, they have to play better than the other guys on the team. It's not February 19 yet for our opener against Cincinnati. We still have a lot of teaching to do. Both starting pitchers (Godfrey and Smith) threw well. There were some very good at-bats against them. Everybody has their moments in intrasquad games, but the bottom line is that guys have to learn what it takes to win at this level."
