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Tournaments  | Story  | 6/25/2018

DRB Elite Wins Georgia Qualifier

Nate Schweers     
Photo: DRB Elite (Perfect Game)

EMERSON, Ga. – DRB Elite was able to down Deep South Elite 6-4 on Monday to claim the 2018 17u PG Super25 Georgia Super Qualifier. The win gives DRB Elite an automatic entry into the Super25 National Championship next month, and maybe more importantly, momentum heading into the WWBA 17u National Championship later this week.

Kyle Bork stole the show for DRB Elite at the plate in Monday’s championship game, and a hot bat all tournament long was able to earn Bork MVP honors for the event. Bork finished the championship game just a home run short of the cycle, and he drove in a pair of runs in the process.

“I was seeing a lot of fastballs this tournament which was really good, and when I was able to spit on the curveballs and sliders I was able to get good pitches to hit,” said Bork. “I was really trying hit the ball to all fields, and I hit a triple to right field today so that was nice.”

On the mound, reliever Ty Fisher was fantastic for DRB in the final three innings. Fisher allowed just one hit and struck out two over 3 1/3 dominant innings on Monday, and he attributes much of his success to the feel he has for his secondary pitches.

“I try to focus on throwing my changeup for a strike at any time and in any count,” said Fisher. “That is what I have been trying to do all summer, and it was really working well for me today to keep them off balance.”

Fisher is a high follow in the class of 2019, and is a native of LaFayette, Georgia.

In what was a back-and-forth championship game on Monday, DRB Elite was able to put together a big sixth inning to score what would turn out to be the game-winning runs. After a double from Sam Ellis and a walk from Jake Bearden, Michael Pisacreta was able to shoot a single into left to load the bases for Mitchell Landon.

“It was a good situation for me; I love pressure,” said Landon. “I just wanted to help out my team by getting that hit. Even though I was down 0-2 in the count I had to prepare my mind to be able to just hit a ball hard somewhere.”

Landon would in fact hit the ball hard and help his team, driving in two of his teammates with a roped single into left field. The base knock would give DRB Elite their first lead of the day at 6-4, and would prove to be the game-winning hit. The single into left was Landon’s only one of the day, proving you never know when it could be your time to come up big for your team.

DRB Elite’s 17u team is peaking at the right time this summer ahead of the WWBA 17u National Championship starting in the greater Atlanta area on Friday. Monday’s win is the last time this DRB team will be at LakePoint before playing against some of the nation’s top teams.

“I think we are ready,” said Landon. “We’ve had our ups and downs so far this season, and I actually think we have gotten a lot better as a team in situations where we need to score runs and get clutch hits.”

DRB Elite head coach Josh Meade agrees with Mitchell Landon. This DRB Elite team is pitching at a high level and is hungry to prove their metal in the biggest tournament of the year.

“Our guys all summer have been throwing strikes. Pitchers have been amazing all summer, and so it was good to see the bats get going this weekend. That is the kind of momentum we need to carry over into next weekend,” said Meade.

Not forgotten in this week’s Super25 Qualifier was MV-Pitcher Dalton Rogers from Deep South Elite. Rogers allowed just one run in five innings of work, striking out nine batters in the process.


2018 17u PG Super25 Georgia Super Qualifier runner-up: Deep South Elite



2018 17u PG Super25 Georgia Super Qualifier MVP: Kyle Bork



2018 17u PG Super25 Georgia Super Qualifier MV-Pitcher: Dalton Rogers
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