Friday night's fire was still burning Saturday morning, and TP once again owned the field. They won that game 7-3. J played on first base the entire game and made a couple of outstanding plays. Once again, their bats were on fire and their defense was rock solid. Late Saturday night we found out they were the 1 seed going into Sunday. We arrived for what we thought was a semi final to determine who advanced to the championship. However, due to a couple games being rained out the day before, two teams had withdrawn from the tournament, leaving only four 16U teams. So this game was it. TP was playing the same team they had played on Saturday morning. From the start the game was a nail biter. Both teams had solid defense and the game was scoreless for three innings. The opposing pitcher was excellent and TP was having a hard time getting their bats going. Then in the top of the fourth, they allowed a run to score. Not good! By the bottom of the fifth, things were getting tense in TP's dug out. They were down by a run and were in danger of giving up their championship. finally, in the bottom of the sixth, we got a hit and put a runner on base. A pop fly followed, giving TP their first out. Coach C had the third batter sacrifice bunt and advanced the runner waiting on first. And after that, TP lit up like the fourth of July. With two outs, their bats came alive and they scored four runs. In the top of the seventh, it took four batters to get three outs and end the game. They were the champs!
TP went undefeated the entire weekend, with a total of 26 runs scored. This brings their record for tournament play to 11-6-1. I've included the team picture I took following the game. J is on the far right, with Coach C to his left. Note how the little siblings managed to get in the picture, too. That's A in front of J in the pink shirt. You can click on the picture to make it larger.
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