Yu’s Walk-Off Home Run Lifts Team Crabtree Over Team Hoyle

DURHAM – Freshman catcher Andrew Yu blasted a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to power Team Crabtree past Team Hoyle, 3-1, in the first game of the Fall World Series on Friday evening at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Yu, a native of Nashville, Tenn., took the fifth pitch of the at-bat and sent it over the left-field wall to secure the win.

Freshman Israel Menelik opened the scoring in the bottom of the fourth inning for the winning side when he earned a walk to get a runner on base. The Lake Elsinore, Calif., native then stole second, advance to third on an error and scored on a wild pitch, making the most of his time on the base paths.

Team Hoyle tied the game…