RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky held its intrasquad Colonel World Series over the weekend.  The Camo Team won the series over the Maroon Team, 2-1.
 
The Camo Team won the first two games of the series by scores of 4-2 and 10-0.  The Maroon Team won game three on Sunday, 5-1.
 
GAME 1 RECAP
The Camo Team jumped out to a 3-1 lead after three and a half innings.  Maroon plated one in the bottom half of the fourth, but never got any closer.
 
Khalil Bell led the Camo Team with two hits in three at bats, including a double, and two RBIs.  Max Williams was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Will King and Miguel Larreal also had two hits each.  On the mound, Rian Yates allowed one run on five hits and struck out three over a three inning start.  Joe Clancy picked up the save by pitching the final inning with no hits and two strikeouts. 
 
Four Camo pitchers combined to walk only one batter in seven innings.
 
Brandon Adams led the Maroon Team with a 3-for-3 game and scored a run.  Roderick Criss II went 2-for-3 with an RBI.  Michael Schuler started and allowed two runs on five hits and struck out five in three innings.
 
GAME 2 RECAP
Team Camo scored five runs in the first two innings and never looked back.  Williams started it with a three-run home run in the first.  He finished 1-for-3 with a walk, a run and three driven in.  Ron Franklin Jr. hit a grand slam as part of a five-run sixth inning for the Camo Team.  Franklin was 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs and four RBIs.  Conner Davis went 2-for-3 with a walk, three runs and an RBI in the lead-off spot.
 
Cameron Kalandros started and pitched three scoreless innings for Camo.  He allowed just two hits.  Matthew Treadway and Bryce Travis each pitched two scoreless innings.
 
DJ Sullivan finished 2-for-2, with two walks for the Maroon Team.  Freshman Nathan Lawson pitched three hitless innings with five strikeouts for Maroon.
 
GAME 3 RECAP
Maroon broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the bottom of the second inning.  The squad added three more combined in the fifth and sixth to build a 5-0 lead.
 
Newcomer Jesse Johnson went 1-for-2 with a home run, one run and four RBIs for Team Maroon.  Jalen Jones scored two runs while going 1-for-1 with two walks at the plate.  Sullivan had a double and an RBI.  Luke Reed started on the mound and gave up just one hit and one walk while striking out five in three innings.  Logan Smothers and Brock Blanton combined for three innings of scoreless relief.
 
Santiago Peralta scored the only run for Team Camo in the third game.  Davis and Williams had one hit each.  Chase Alderman started and allowed two runs on one hit and struck out three in three innings.
 
In the three games combined, Williams went 4-for-9 with a home run, two runs, three RBIs and two walks for the Camo Team.
 
The Colonels will begin the 2023 season on Feb. 17 at South Alabama.