The Summer championship features the two 3-seed teams from the American and Nation divisions.
Piss Missiles vs Quit Your Pitching
Game 1: Piss Missiles vs Quit Your Pitching
Piss Missiles strart out slow and don't score until the 3rd, with a solo homer from Jimmy Costar. 5 cross in the 4th, with John Erb doubling and Costar homering again. Jon Poore homers in the 5th, and Steve Day and Erb both double to score 3. They explode in the 7th and bat around, scoring 9. Shawn McCaul homers. Quit Your Pitching scores just 3 runs in this game, with just a lone extra base hit, a double, from Richie Hall. Piss Missiles win game 1, 18-3.
Game 2:
Quit Your Pitching looks to redeem themselves in game 2, and they score 3 in the 1st with a triple from Darren Hughes and a homer from Sean Murphy. Blake Margo homers in the 5th and they score 4. 4 more cross in the 6th with Trevor Watts doubling. Justin Lyons doubles in the 7th but gets stranded. Will 13 runs be enough to force a game 3? Piss Missiles get 2 runs on a Jon Pore homer in the 1st. 3 more score in the 3rd, and back-to-back-to-back doubles from Matt Bookheimer, Porre, and Steve Day net them 2 runs in the 5th. Needing 6 to tie and 7 to win in the bottom of the 7th, the 1st 3 batters reach base and then score on a John Erb homer. They fizzle out after that and Quit Your Pitching forces a game 3 with a 13-11 win.
Game 3 (The rubber match):
Piss Missiles come out hot and Jon Poore blasts a 3-run shot over the fence in the 1st. Jimmy Costar homers in the 2nd and Cameron Meyle doubles to score 2 for Piss Missiles. John Erb triples and scores in the 3rd. 2 more cross in the 5th and 3 in the 6th. Matt Bookheimer doubles and Poore homers for a second time. They add an insurance run in the top of the 7th and take a 2-run lead when Erb doubles and scores. Quit Your Pitching goes down in order in the 1st but then comes roaring back in the 2nd with a 2-run blast from Trevor Watts. 3 more cross in the 3rd with doubles from Steve Massey, Richie Hall, Sean Murphy, and Watts. They'll get 4 in the 5th with a grand slam from Murph. 1 crosses in the 6th, and needing 2 to tie and 3 to win in the bottom of the 7th, Hall doubles to leadoff, Murph ties the game with a 2-run homer, Watts walks and gets to 3rd, and Justin Lyons smack a game winning, championship winning, 2-out, walk-off RBI single for the dramatic win, 13-12.
Contrats to Quit Your Pitching on a Wednesday Summer Championship!