University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Butler Shines in Southern Miss’ Second Preseason Scrimmage
1/28/2024 4:43:00 PM | Baseball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Billy Butler finished 3-for-4 with two homers and three RBI in the Gold team's 5-2 win at Pete Taylor Park. The two-hour, 22-minute scrimmage was the Golden Eagles' second of the preseason and went eight and-a-half innings at Pete Taylor Park.
After ending the first inning scoreless, a Lawson Odom (Laurel, Miss.) walk set up for a two-run home run for the Billy Butler (Foster, R.I.). The Rhode Island transfer hit a solo shot in the fourth to give Gold a 3-0 lead.
Gold's pitching kept the Gray team off the board and mostly off the bases as the visitors had just seven base runners through eight innings. Will Armistead (Mooreville, Miss.) relieved Nick Monistere (Brandon, Miss.) in the second and sat down his last five batters. Cole Boswell (Collinsville, Miss.) got out of a jam in the fourth inning to keep Gray off the board.
Butler reached for the third time on the day with a single to left field and scored in the next at bat when Eli Collins (Laurel, Miss.) turned a shot up the middle into an inside the park home run.
Ozzie Pratt (Oxford, Miss.) came through for Gray in the top of the ninth, reaching on an infield single. Pratt then stole second and executed a double steal with Carson Paetow (Vancleave, Miss.) to place two runners in scoring position. A wild pitch score Pratt and Paetow came home on a Davis Gillespie (Birmingham, Ala.) groundout to bring to score to 5-2.
Gray when down swinging to end the game as Drew Druckenmiller (Mobile, Ala.) recorded the final out. Will Armistead got the win on the day, throwing two complete innings and allowing just one hit.
The Golden Eagles will have more scrimmages this coming weekend with times to be announced later this week.
Golden Eagle baseball returns for the 2024 season on Friday, Feb. 16, at Pete Taylor Park at 4 p.m. against Marist.
After ending the first inning scoreless, a Lawson Odom (Laurel, Miss.) walk set up for a two-run home run for the Billy Butler (Foster, R.I.). The Rhode Island transfer hit a solo shot in the fourth to give Gold a 3-0 lead.
Gold's pitching kept the Gray team off the board and mostly off the bases as the visitors had just seven base runners through eight innings. Will Armistead (Mooreville, Miss.) relieved Nick Monistere (Brandon, Miss.) in the second and sat down his last five batters. Cole Boswell (Collinsville, Miss.) got out of a jam in the fourth inning to keep Gray off the board.
Butler reached for the third time on the day with a single to left field and scored in the next at bat when Eli Collins (Laurel, Miss.) turned a shot up the middle into an inside the park home run.
Ozzie Pratt (Oxford, Miss.) came through for Gray in the top of the ninth, reaching on an infield single. Pratt then stole second and executed a double steal with Carson Paetow (Vancleave, Miss.) to place two runners in scoring position. A wild pitch score Pratt and Paetow came home on a Davis Gillespie (Birmingham, Ala.) groundout to bring to score to 5-2.
Gray when down swinging to end the game as Drew Druckenmiller (Mobile, Ala.) recorded the final out. Will Armistead got the win on the day, throwing two complete innings and allowing just one hit.
The Golden Eagles will have more scrimmages this coming weekend with times to be announced later this week.
Golden Eagle baseball returns for the 2024 season on Friday, Feb. 16, at Pete Taylor Park at 4 p.m. against Marist.
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