JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 1, 2008) - The ETSU baseball team is set for its 10^th annual Blue/Gold World Series. First pitch of the best-of-seven series is slated for Wednesday at 3:45 p.m. at Cardinal Park.

"We have had a very productive fall season thus far," said head coach Tony Skole. "Our staff and players are really excited about these last two weeks and the beginning of our ‘Jingle Bell 5K' World Series getting underway. It should be fun, exciting and very competitive."  

Last year, the Gold squad came back to defeat the Blue squad after dropping the first game in the three-game series. This year's winning team will receive a catered lunch, while the losing squad will have peanut butter and jelly and the opportunity to run in the 5K Jingle Bell run on December 6.

The squads include:

Blue                                                          Gold

Cory Betterson (Lithonia, Ga.)                Bo Burton (Kingsport, Tenn.)

Bo Reeder (Cookeville, Tenn.)                 Chas Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.)

Taylor Gouffon (Knoxville, Tenn.)            Ben Andrews (Leesburg, Fla.)

Skyler Barnett (Erwin, Tenn.)                  Darren Caldwell (Spartanburg, S.C.)

Ty Sarchet (Honolulu, Hawaii)                  Drew Story (Jefferson City, Tenn.)

Garrett May (Marietta, Ga.)                     Ben Allen (Kingsport, Tenn.)

Josh Gonzaga (Pembroke Pines, Fla.)     Danny Petro (Atlanta, Ga.)

Dustin Plumlee (Powell. Tenn.)               Trey Dunnigan (Boone, N.C.)

Cody Bentley (Pound, Va.)                     Nick Belcher (Abingdon, Va.)

Matthew Scruggs (Knoxville, Tenn.)        Chris Rankhorn (Gallatin, Tenn.)

Derek Trent (Kingsport, Tenn.)                Jacob Fabry (Chattanooga, Tenn.)

Paul Hoilman (Johnson City, Tenn.)        Josh Means (Kennesaw, Ga.)

Troy Mendez (Roswell, Ga.)

Pete Whittingslow (Kennesaw, Ga.)

Below is a schedule of the Blue/Gold World Series:

Game 1 - October 1, 3:45pm

Game 2 - October 3, 2:45pm

Game 3 - October 5, 1:00pm

Game 4 - October 7, 3:00pm

Game 5 - October 9, 3:00pm

Game 6 - October 11, 1:00pm

Game 7 - October 13, 2:00pm

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