Team Citius Outlaws

April 30 - TEAM CITIUS RALLIES IN CALIFORNIA TIE-BREAKER TO DOWN TEXAS CREW 6-3. Justin Bush pitched 6 innings allowing 2 earned runs on 5 hits, walking 1 and striking out 7. As time expired, the score remained 2-2 and the California Ti-Breaker ensued. Bush then reached on an error and drove in 1 run. Mike Goller then hit a bases loaded double driving in 3 more to seal it up. JJ Kruzel pitched the 7th inning in relief and kept the damage to only one run.

April 29 - SCAFIDI, ALLEN AND GOLLER LEAD THE WAY AS TEAM CITIUS TOPS FT. WORTH CATS 3-2. Marcus Scafidi pitched a complete game allowing just two hits, one walk and 6 strikeouts. Mike Goller and Brayden Allen were both perfect at the plate to lead the offense.

April 22 - TEAM CITIUS 5TH INNING BURST HELPS BLOW OUT TEXAS FIRE 13-5. Both teams traded runs for most of the contest, leading to five lead changes in the game. Justin Bush went 3-3 with two singles and a double. Bush, JJ Kruzel and Mike Goller helped lead Team Citius combining for eight hits and six RBI.

April 21 - BROWN LEADS THE WAY AS TEAM CITIUS DOWNS TEXAS FIRE 7-3. Zander Brown went 1-2 with a triple as Team Citius took home a 7-3 victory over the Texas Fire in five innings at Oak Grove - Grapevine. JJ Kruzel put together a nice outing holding the Fire hitless over two innings, allowed no earned runs, walked one and struck out two.

MARCH 31 - STUART, WINKLER AND KRUZEL LEAD TEAM CITIUS TO DOWN BLBA BLACK 3-0. Nathan Stuart had a good game at the plate as he lifted Team Citius Outlaws to a 3-0 victory in five innings at Dr. Pepper Ballpark in Waco. Stuart went 1-3 with a triple in the third inning while driving in one. JJ Kruzel kept BLBA Black off the scoreboard for all five innings while pitching a shutout, allowing no opposing players to cross the plate on four hits while ringing up three. Team Citius stayed on top until the final out after taking the lead in the second, scoring two runs on an RBI double by Joey Winkler.

March 25 - TEAM CITIUS GETS ON TOP OF DALLAS PATRIOTS EARLY BUT CAN'T HANG ON IN 3-2 LOSS. Team Citius Outlaws built an early edge in Sunday's NIT Championship, but the Dallas Patriots roared back to steal a 3-2 victory at Nations North. While Team Citius led until the sixth inning, the Patriots worked its way back and took the lead when on a bases loaded walk. Justin Bush had great control as he threw strikes on 58 of his 95 pitches striking out six and walking five for Team Citius. Two costly errors and a unique strike zone late in the game was the difference. Team Citius finishes 2nd in the Clash at the Creek going 4-1, scoring 50 runs and allowing 18.

March 25 - TEAM CITIUS TAKES OUT FROZEN ROPES WHITE IN SEMI-FINAL 7-3 TO ADVANCE TO FINAL. Zander Brown had a good game at the plate as he racked up two RBIs on two hits doubling in the third and singling in the sixth inning. Team Citius stayed on top until the final out after taking the lead in the first, scoring one run on an RBI double by Mike Goller, then added three more runs in the top of the third. Brown doubled, scoring Nathan Stuart and Jeff Kavulich to start the inning. That was followed up by JJ Kruzel's single, bringing home Goller. Frozen Ropes scored one run in the bottom of the third to cut its deficit to four. An RBI double gave Frozen Ropes life until Kruzel got #11 to strike out to end the threat. Team Citius increased its lead with two runs in the sixth. A bases loaded walk scored Brown followed up by a single by Jim Kavulich scoring Justin Bush .