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9/26/2020 2:24:00 PM | Baseball
Newcomer Dax Roper Blasts a Pair in his TDAPO Debut
Omaha, Neb. -- Creighton newcomer Dax Roper took an immediate liking to his new home as the Furman transfer blasted a pair of home runs in Creighton Baseball's first scrimmage at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha (TDAPO) this season. While Roper headlined the offense for the CU-White squad, Andrew Meggs deliverd four RBI on a pair of two-run doubles to lead CU-Blue to the 7-5 win on Saturday, Sept. 26.
In his first at-bat at TDAPO in the top of the second, Roper blasted a home run over the wall in straight center field. Moments later, redshirt freshman Alan Roden went yard himself for back-to-back shots for the CU-White squad. Roden's ball just cleared the wall in the right field corner.
The Blue squad answered in the bottom of the third with four runs on four hits. Jack Peluso opened the frame with a single to center, then fellow Furman transfer David Webel reached on an infield single. Meggs knotted the game at 2-2 with his first two-run double of the afternoon. Parker Upton followed with an RBI double to make it 3-2, then Jared Wegner pushed the lead to 4-2 with an RBI ground out.
Roper and Meggs traded blows in the fourth, with Roper tying the game at 4-4 on a two-out, two-run homer to left. Yet Meggs answered with a two-run double in the bottom half of the frame to give CU-Blue a 6-4 edge.
Both squads tallied single runs late as Sterling Hays plated a run for CU-White in the top of the sixth with an RBI single to center and Upton delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh.
Each team used five pitchers in the seven-inning contest.
In his first at-bat at TDAPO in the top of the second, Roper blasted a home run over the wall in straight center field. Moments later, redshirt freshman Alan Roden went yard himself for back-to-back shots for the CU-White squad. Roden's ball just cleared the wall in the right field corner.
The Blue squad answered in the bottom of the third with four runs on four hits. Jack Peluso opened the frame with a single to center, then fellow Furman transfer David Webel reached on an infield single. Meggs knotted the game at 2-2 with his first two-run double of the afternoon. Parker Upton followed with an RBI double to make it 3-2, then Jared Wegner pushed the lead to 4-2 with an RBI ground out.
Roper and Meggs traded blows in the fourth, with Roper tying the game at 4-4 on a two-out, two-run homer to left. Yet Meggs answered with a two-run double in the bottom half of the frame to give CU-Blue a 6-4 edge.
Both squads tallied single runs late as Sterling Hays plated a run for CU-White in the top of the sixth with an RBI single to center and Upton delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh.
Each team used five pitchers in the seven-inning contest.
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