TEAM NAVY 4, TEAM WHITE 3

Box Score | PxP | Team Navy Cumeulative Stats | Team White Cumulative Stats

AS IT HAPPENED:

• Jaxon Matthews delivered the opening run of the game in the fourth inning, driving an RBI single into right field to score Nathaneal Davis.
• Team White’s pitching trio of Giovanni Gauriglia, Kevin Roberts Jr., and Joshua Jannicelli combined to allow just a single hit over the first six innings, striking out nine batters in the process.
• Team Navy answered in the seventh inning when Dylan Minnatee raced to third on a fielder’s choice, and then home on an ensuing error to tie the game. Devin Diaz, who had initially reached on the fielder’s choice and moved to second on a walk by Brandon Lorenzo, put Navy ahead 2-1 by scoring on an RBI single from Kyler Meccage.
• Minnatee drove another two runs in on an RBI double into left in the eighth inning, and a defensive miscue on the throw in allowed him to advance to third.
• Down 4-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Team White sparked a rally thanks to a fielding error and a sac fly from Louis Hernandez II, but Team Navy held on as a groundout to first ended the game.

NOTABLE STATS:

• Guariglia and Jannicelli tied for the game-high with four strikeouts each. Team White’s Cole Dunlap and Navy’s Andrew Gette retired three batters apiece.
• Team Navy’s Graham Schlicht earned the win as he did not allow an earned run to score across the final two innings, while Dunlap took the loss for Team White.
• Team White’s Davis, Matthews, and Coleman Borthwick tied for the game high with three hits each, while six different Team Navy players tallied a hit apiece.
• Minnatee led all players with two RBIs, and teammate Tyson Moore drew a game-high two walks.

ABOUT NTDP SCORING:
USA Baseball utilizes a modified scoring system for its development programs to achieve load management and mitigate potential injuries due to overuse for its youth athletes. Pitchers are subject to a maximum pitch count of 25 per inning during game play. In the event an inning is rolled because a pitcher has reached their maximum pitch count, runners on base may be contributed to the game score. As a result of this system, the final game score may not match the overall statistics.

ON DECK:
Team Navy will face the Canadian Junior National Team at Coleman Field at 11:30 a.m., followed by Team White versus Team Red at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 28, to complete the 2024 National Team Development Program.