IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Four pitchers combined for a seven-hit shutout to send the black team to a 7-0 game one victory over the gold team in the 2015 Black & Gold World Series on Tuesday at Duane Banks Field.
Redshirt junior Ryan Erickson threw 4 2/3 shutout innings, scattering four hits and striking out three. Freshmen Shane Ritter and Sam Lizarraga followed by scattering three hits over 3 2/3 innings, and redshirt junior Jared Mandel got the final two outs. Ritter was credited with the victory, tallying strikeouts for three of his five outs.