Don't try telling our Warriors or the St. Albert Falcons that a consolation bracket championship doesn't matter. The teams were the first (Falcons) and second (Warriors) left out of the eight-team championship bracket in the 14U AA Iowa USSSA State Baseball Tournament. Instead of packing it in and going home, the teams put on a performance worthy of the majors.
In the third game of the day Sunday for both teams, the Falcons battled back from a 5-0 deficit to win 10-9. Zach Zingula, making his third start of the day on the mound, left after four innings (hitting the maximum allowed for the day) with a 7-4 lead.
The Warriors, the away team for the first time all weekend, opened with a five-run first inning. The Warriors led 6-1 after two innings but a three-run home run off Zingula (the first of his pitching career) brought the Falcons back in the third.
Robert Hogg relieved Zingula in the fifth inning, allowing a two-run home run that made it a 7-6 game after five innings. Had time limits been in effect, the Warriors return home champions.
After Jordy Brown collected his fourth hit in as many appearances, driving in JoJo Javier, the bottom half of the Falcons lineup scratched across four runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning to take a 10-8 lead.
Hogg scored -- after walking, stealing second and a wild pitch -- on Zingula's sacrifice fly in the seventh.
In addition to Brown, who scored two runs and had one RBI, Mitch Blades stood out, going 2-4 with a run and an RBI. Zingula and Javier each scored and had two RBIs.
The Warriors finish the year at 21-17 and proof that they're one of the 10 best teams in their class. Overall statistics and whatnot will be posted soon. Don't go away.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Warrior season ends on high note
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