The series will begin Friday at 6 p.m. and spill over into the weekend with a 1 p.m. scheduled first pitch Saturday and Sunday.
Prior to the Purple-Gold draft, catcher Travis Watkins and second baseman Charlie Yorgen were named co-head coaches of the purple squad, with graduate assistant Parker Lamm and third baseman Eric Tyler serving as co-managers of the gold squad. Watkins, Yorgen and Tyler will all participate in the series in addition to serving as coaches.
Weekend starting left handed pitchers Evan Kruczynski (gold) and Jacob Wolfe (purple) were drafted to pitch in game one, followed by right hander Sam Lanier (gold) and redshirt junior righty Davis Kirkpatrick (purple) on Saturday.