Thursday, October 13, 2011

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (October 13, 2011) – The ETSU baseball team will conclude fall practice with the annual Blue-Gold World Series on Saturday and Sunday at Joe O’Brien Field in Elizabethton.

This year's annual fall intra-squad scrimmage will consist of two games over beginning on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. The Bucs will take the field for the last time during the fall on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Admission for each day is free for all Buccaneer fans.

ETSU returns 18 letterwinners from last year’s squad that finished with a 36-21 overall record.

Also stepping onto the diamond for the Bucs are nine new faces, which consist of junior college transfers Mason Hershey (Altoona, Pa.) and Jake Long (Anderson, S.C.), as well as seven true freshmen: Zach Thompson (Johnson City, Tenn.), Will Carter (Johnson City, Tenn.), Chris Riopedre (Cooper City, Fla.), Kuehl McEachern (Mt. Dora, Fla.), Jordan Sanford (Powell, Tenn.), Jimmy Nesselt (Plantation, Fla.) and Shade Jett (Dandridge, Tenn.).

For more information on ETSU baseball please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the baseball link.