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Tigers Prepare for Fall World Series Battle
San Antonio, TX- The Tigers will wrap-up their competitive fall season with the annual Maroon-White Fall World Series, starting Thursday, November 10th. The showdown will pit the Tigers against one another in a two team, best-of-five series to determine who has off-season "bragging rights".
The Maroon Squad is led by 2-time All-West Region Outfielder Nick Pappas (Sr., Los Angeles, Ca/Loyola) and Utility Superstar Jonathan Hall (Jr., Kenilworth, IL/New Trier). The Maroon Teams pitching staff is highlighted by Junior LHP Ryan Lucero (Aurora, CO/Grandview) and RHP Franklin Bay (Jr., Houston, TX/Strake Jesuit). Freshman Zack Speer (Houston, TX/Episcopal) will also be starting for the Maroon Team, making his FWS debut for the Tigers.
The White Team is anchored up the middle by SCAC Freshman of the Year Christian Muscarello (So., Tucson, AZ/Catalina Foothills), as well as 2B Nick Iacovella (So., Tampa, FL/Jesuit). White will also feature OF newcomers Pat Hirschberg (So., Parker, CO/Chaparral HS/ University of Nebraska) and Nick Griffith (Fr., Ventura, CA/Ventura). On the mound, the White Squad will be highlighted by the reigning SCAC Pitcher of the Year, Ben Klimesh (Sr., Willamette, IL/New Trier) as well as RHP Michael Bentz (Jr., Houston, TX/Memorial).
First pitch of the weekend will be 4pm on Thursday, followed by 5pm Friday, a Doubleheader Saturday starting at 2pm, and concluding Sunday at 1pm. Fans are welcome to come to the games and admission is free.
ROSTERS:
MAROON:
Name Class State WHITE: Class State
C-Kelly Woodruff Jr. GA C- Chris Bianchi SO CA
C-Beau Attyah So. CA C-Pat Frasier Jr. TX
1B-Jon Hall Jr. IL 1B- Will Donnas Jr. TX
2B-Kevin Clements Jr. CA 2B- Nick Iacovella So. FL
SS-Andres Leyva Fr. CA SS-Christian Muscarello So. AZ.
3B-Kevin Franke Jr. CA 3B-Jules Cronk So. OK
OF-Nick Pappas Sr. IL OF- Pat Hirschberg So. CO
OF-Ryan Schweers So. TX OF-Nick Griffith Fr. CA
OF-Dom Robusto Sr. CA OF-Shane Daykin Fr. MI
UTIL-Tim Stanton Sr. WA UTIL-George Geiger Fr. DC
STARTING PITCHERS:
MAROON: WHITE:
RHP Franklin Bay Jr. TX RHP Michael Bentz Jr. TX
RHP Tanner Barron Jr. TX RHP Ben Klimesh Sr. IL
LHP Ryan Lucero Jr. CO LHP Matt Abrahams So. TX
RHP Zack Speer Fr. TX RHP Nick Griffith Fr. CA
RHP Carter Lauck So. TX LHP Chris Garagiola Fr. AZ
RHP Weston Haaf Sr. TX RHP William Wells So. TX
RHP Brandon Spriggs Sr. TX RHP Alex Herz Jr. CO
PITCHING SCHEDULE:
Game 1: Thursday, November 10, 2011. 4pm
Bay vs. Bentz
Game 2: Friday, November 11, 2011. 5pm Start
Klimesh vs. Barron
Game 3/4: Saturday, November 12, 2011. 2pm start (Doubleheader)
Lucero v Abrahams
Griffith v Speer
Game 5: Sunday, November 13, 2011. 1pm start.
Lauck vs. Garagiola
