CANYON, Texas – Adam Becker finished the night with three hits and a homerun shy of the cycle on Monday night as Team Maroon started off the 2022 Fall World Series with a 7-4 victory at Wilder Park in Canyon, Texas.
 
White jumped on the board in the bottom of the first inning as Landon Gaber grounded into a fielder's choice with the bases loaded to plate Kason Haggard for the 1-0 advantage. White added to their lead in the second as Haggard doubled to the left center field gap with two outs to score Kix Ferrel and make it 2-0.
 
Maroon responded in the top of the third as Hunter Huggins scored from third on a passed ball with no outs followed later in the frame by back-to-back RBI doubles with Adam Becker and Patrick Donovan to take the 3-2 lead.
 
White tied up the game in the home half of the fourth inning as Ferrel singled home Luke Stine with no outs before Maroon locked down on defense highlighted by a bang-bang play at the plate on a throw by Clay Artho to keep it 3-3 headed to the fifth.
 
Maroon retook the lead in the top of the fifth as team captain Will Fuenning singled up the middle to drive in Eddy Savoie with one out followed by a triple by Becker to make it 5-3. White took advantage of an errant throw on what looked to be an inning-ending double play ball as Cameron Loy scored to cut the lead to 5-4.
 
Maroon added to their lead in the top of the seventh inning as Artho singled to right center with two outs to drive in Fuenning followed by a Clayton Jenkins single thru the left side to plate Donovan to run the lead to 7-4. 
 
The two teams return to the diamond on Wednesday night as first pitch of Game 2 is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wilder Park in Canyon. Those unable to attend can follow the WT Baseball Twitter Account (@WTAMUBaseball) for live updates or watch a free stream on the LSC Digital Network.