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High School  | General | 9/6/2021

SE Labor Day Classic Titles Earned Monday

Blake Dowson
Photo: eXposure Upperclass Scout Team (Perfect Game)
18u Southeast Labor Day Classic

eXposure Upperclass Scout Team scored six runs combined in the second, third, and fourth innings of the championship game at the 18u Southeast Labor Day Classic, which proved to be enough to hang on to beat Devine Baseball 18u by a final score of 6-3.
 
Devine Baseball jumped out to an early lead in the top of the first inning thanks in part to a leadoff double from Landen Fernandez. A wild pitch advanced Fernandez to third base to pitches later, and an RBI groundout from Andrew McMurry brought him home.
 
Back-to-back doubles in the bottom of the second inning from Jacob Tolson and Walker Strange tied the game at 1-1, and Tolson brought in another pair on a fielder’s choice groundout in the bottom of the third to give eXposure its first lead. Tolson later came around to score in the inning on an RBI single from Caleb Nix.
 
A Henry Godbout RBI single scored two more in the fourth inning, pushing the eXposure lead to 6-1.
 
Luke Starling singled to center field in the top of the sixth inning for Devine, scoring both Fernandez and McMurry to get back to within three runs, but eXposure then handed the ball to Austin King, who closed the game out on the mound with two punchouts over his 1 1/3 innings of work.
 


17u Southeast Labor Day Classic

The Team Elite 17u Black bats were hot early and often during the championship game of the Southeast Labor Day Classic, with two-run innings in both the first and third innings, three-run outbursts in the fourth and sixth, totaling up 11 runs in their 11-4 title win over GBG Southeast 16u.
 
Team Elite got more than enough production from the top of their lineup. Leadoff man Jason Walk lived up to that name, earning himself two base-on-balls, while also tripling, scoring three runs in the game. Two-hole hitter Christian Stratis scored two runs and drove in another. Stratis was named the MVP of the tournament, as he hit .750 and scored eight runs in total. Three-hole hitter Braxton Brooks had the loudest hit of the title game, a three-run home run on a 67 mph curveball in the bottom of the third inning.
 
In total, Team Elite had eight different players score a run and seven that drove in at least one run.
 
GBG’s Tyner Simpson was named the MV-Pitcher of the event, as he tossed a five-inning gem against Team Elite 17u Grey, allowing just two hits and striking out seven during the outing.
 


16u Southeast Labor Day Classic

5 Star Atlanta 16u Black scored 23 runs across their two games on championship Monday at the Southeast Labor Day Classic, taking down ECB Texas Orange in the title game, 12-3.
 
First baseman Ayden Ray played a big part, going 2-for-4 at the plate, scoring two runs and driving in two more. He was one of four 5 Star players who drove in multiple runs, joining Bryce Herring, Madden Young, and Justin Bass.
 
Before 5 Star pulled away to win in comfortable fashion, the game was tied heading into the fifth frame. 5 Star had hung a three-spot on the scoreboard in the second inning, but two runs in the third and another in the fourth from ECB knotted things.
 
However, 5 Star countered with three in the fifth, four more in the sixth, and a two-spot in the seventh to pull away.
 
Ray was named the MVP of the 16u bracket, hitting .417 for the tournament with seven runs scored and three driven in. Xavier Holiday, pitching for ECB Texas Orange, was given MV-Pitcher honors. Holiday threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings against Team Elite 16u Grey, striking out six and allowing just two hits.
 


14u Southeast Labor Day Classic

GBSA Rays 14u scored four unanswered runs through four innings of the championship game of the Southeast Labor Day Classic, and hung on through a valiant Illinois Canes Elite comeback, winning by a 4-3 final.
 
Nox Williams singled in the first inning to bring home the first run of the game and five GBSA the lead, and Cameron Jackson extended that lead with a two-RBI single in the second inning. Two singles to begin the fourth inning from Zacchaeus Madden and Gage Litton led to a double steal by the pair, Litton advancing to second and Madden scoring to push the GBSA lead to 4-0.
 
Illinois Canes Elite wasn’t done, though. Ryan Riojas doubled to lead off the sixth inning, and Aiden Smith switched spots with Riojas with a double of his own four pitches later, bringing them within a 4-1 margin.
 
Owen Hidden and Adam Bovinett singled and doubled, respectively, to start the seventh, and both came around to score to get within one run. The GBSA pitching staff tightened up at that point, inducing a fielder’s choice and a swinging strikeout to end the contest and earn a Perfect Game championship.
 
Jackson was named the MVP for GBSA, as he hit .500 over the course of the tournament, with a home run, eight runs, eight RBI, and four stolen bases. Smith, who hit the RBI double in the sixth inning for Illinois Canes Elite, was named the MV-Pitcher of the event. Across two outings, Smith tossed 7 1/3 innings, allowing just one run, three hits, and striking out four.
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