GAME TWO: DEAN MOSS GOES 2-FOR-2 WITH A THREE-RUN BLAST TO POWER TEAM NAVY PAST TEAM RED, 9-4, IN THE SECOND GAME OF COMPETITION AT THE 2023 NTDP

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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Moss made some noise early for Team Navy as he was all over a two-out offering in the second and hammered a ball over the right field wall for a three-run shot.
• Navy tacked on another run in the third after Sean Gamble registered a leadoff triple and came around to score on an RBI groundout off the bat of Mason Pike.
• Runs kept piling on for Navy in the top of the fifth as a Coy James RBI triple off the right field wall was followed up by Mason Pike punching a ball up the middle to plate James. Evan Hankins concluded the three-run inning with a two-out, RBI double to deep center field, widening the lead to 7-0.
• A sixth-inning wild pitch immediately followed by a passed ball allowed Moss and Anthony Brown Jr. to score the eighth and ninth runs for Team Navy and put the contest well out of reach.
• Team Red would not go down without a fight, however; back-to-back RBI base knocks by Rookie Shepard and Tanner Johns made it 9-2. A pair of wild pitches ensued to trim the deficit and make it 9-4 before the inning ended due to the rollover rule.

NOTABLE STATS

• Moss was a force to be dealt with for Team Navy. He went a perfect 2-for-2 while racking up three RBI with his three-run homer.
• Hankins picked up a pair of hits in addition to scoring and plating a run for Navy while Gamble collected two RBIs and registered a triple in his 1-for-3 outing at the plate.
• Aiden Barrientes and David Ramirez dominated the mound for Navy, combining for 4.0 shutout innings of two-hit ball.
• Kayson Cunningham led Team Red at the plate as he went 2-for-3 with a run scored while Shepard and Johns each went 1-for-3 and gathered an RBI apiece.

ON DECK
Team White next plays Team Navy while Team Light Blue will compete against Team Red in its second matchup, both games will be held at Coleman Field on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. respectively. All games at the NTDP can be streamed live on USABaseball.TV.