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Tournaments  | Story | 9/16/2018

PG Elite Champions crowned

Photo: Barrett Braves (Perfect Game)

Dirtbags rally late to earn Freshman title

EMERSON, Ga. – The Dirtbags 2022 Camo defeated Team Elite 15u Black by a score of 11-7 to win the 2018 PG Elite Freshman Championship game. An offensive slugfest and a big four-run seventh inning helped the Dirtbags capture the crown after a hard-fought battle between two very talented programs.

The offense for each team began in the first inning as Team Elite jumped out to an early 4-1 lead. Team Elite put a four spot on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first before the Dirtbags put up four runs of their own to answer back in the top of the second inning. Five hits in a row with one out in the second inning would push the four runs across as the Dirtbags then led 5-4.

Each team put up a crooked number in the third inning with the Dirtbags scoring two and Team Elite scoring three making the score 7-7. That score would remain steady for four innings. The seventh inning was the winner for the Dirtbags as Ryder Douglas would come up clutch. With a runner on second base and one out in the seventh inning, Douglas would produce the game-winning single to right field scoring Tristan Roney. The Dirtbags would score three more runs later in the inning to put the game out of reach by a score of 11-7.

The MVP of the tournament was Joshua Seth Christmas of the Dirtbags who collected a hit in each of his team’s five games, batting 7-for-13 (.538) with seven RBI.

The MV-Pitcher from the 2018 PG Elite Freshman Championship was Tyler Williams of Team Elite 15u Black. Williams pitched 5 2/3 innings of one-hit baseball and struck out four during the tournament.


2018 PG Elite Freshman champions: Dirtbags 2022 Camo



2018 PG Elite Freshman Championship runner-up: Team Elite 15u Black



2018 PG Elite Freshman Championship MVP: Joshua Seth Christmas





No-hitter leads to Excel championship

EMERSON, Ga. – Excel came out on top of the Ninth Inning Royals-Edwards 17u by a score of 3-0 to earn a victory in the 2018 PG Elite Underclass Championship. Each team hit, pitched and played defense at a high level throughout the weekend’s event.

For Excel, the story of the game was the young starting righthanded pitcher James Robert Lambert who threw a complete seven-inning no-hitter in the championship game. Lambert was in control from pitch one to pitch 77 filling up the strike zone and striking out 10 batters in the contest.

Excel’s offense was highlighted by Jackson Lindsey, who collected a pair of singles in the title game, as well as Lambert, who helped his cause with a single of his own in the cleanup spot. Lambert also scored the first of his team’s three runs, ultimately being the difference in the ball game. His performance led to Lambert being named the event’s Most Valuable Pitcher.

The MVP of the 2018 PG Elite Underclass Championship was Jamie Laframboise of the Ninth Inning Royals. The third baseman and righthanded pitcher had three hits on the weekend with six RBI on top of pitching five innings with no hits allowed and three strikeouts.


2018 PG Elite Underclass champions: Excel



2018 PG Elite Underclass Championship runner-up: Ninth Inning Royals-Edwards 17u



2018 PG Elite Underclass Championship MVP: Jamie Laframboise



2018 PG Elite Underclass Championship MV-Pitcher: James Robert Lambert





Barrett Braves ride out pitcher’s duel

EMERSON, Ga. – The Barrett Braves defeated Excel 1-0 in the championship game of the 2018 PG Elite Upperclass Championship to claim the event’s title. It was a pitcher’s duel from start to finish for Landon Comer of Excel as well as Ryan Lobus and Sean Beckstrom of the Braves.

The game was scoreless through five innings of play as neither team could get the offense rolling off of the opposing starting pitcher. The Braves had five hits in the game and threatened with the bases loaded and no one out in the second but could not break through for a run until the sixth.

Mitchell Gross was the leader on offense for the Braves as he tallied up a pair of hits including the game-winning single in the bottom of the sixth inning. Gross drove in Kelton Kieschnick, who reached on an error to start off the inning to cap off an exciting championship victory.

The MVP of the tournament was Tyler Cowan of the Barrett Braves who finished the event with five hits out of the cleanup spot. Cowan’s batting average was .455 on the weekend with four RBI and a stolen base.

The MV-Pitcher of the 2018 PG Elite Upperclass Championship was Will Griffith for Excel. The righthander threw a complete game shutout in the quarterfinals with six strikeouts while allowing just three hits.


2018 PG Elite Upperclass champions: Barrett Braves



2018 PG Elite Upperclass Championship runner-up: Excel



2018 PG Elite Upperclass Championship MVP: Tyler Cowan






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