1st inning run by Bulldogs enough to propel 'dogs to win!
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Gm# 1000 - Wednesday
7/16/2014, 2:00PM @ Etowah HS, 6565 Putnam Ford Dr. Woodstock, GA
Worth Bulldogs 16U 1, Triad Bulls 0 (FINAL, 7 innings)
Headline: 1st inning run by Bulldogs enough to propel 'dogs to win!
The Bullsdogs scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the first inning with a double to right center and the rest of the game was all pitching and defense.
Bulls Pitching: Davis O'Brien and Alec Widmer shared the pitching duties. O'Brien allowed 4 hits in 4 innings, allowed 1 run, walked 2 and struck out 4. Widmer came on in relief and pitched the 5th and 6th innings. Widmer allowed 1 hit, 0 runs, walked none and struck out 1.
Bulls leading hitters: Ryan Harrell (2-3), Davis O'Brien (1-3), Craig Colbourne (1-3) and Alec Widmer (1-3).
Bulls finished the tournament with a 4-3 record in pool play and when compared to all 296 other teams, finished in 115th place out of 296.
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PLAYOFFS
There were 37 pools of 8 teams each. Only the 37 pool winners advanced to single elimination bracket play and all pool winners were seeded according to record and runs allowed (tiebreak scenarios).
The playoffs began on Wednesday night July 16th with 5 games at 7:00pm or 7:30pm. (#37 vs #28), (#33 vs #32), (#34 vs #31), (#36 vs #29), (#35 vs #30).
On Thursday, July 17th, The remaining 32 teams played it down to the final 4.
Note: Our pool winner: Dallas Patriots 16U Stout (TX) made it to the final 16 before being eliminated.
On Friday, July 18th, Final Four played it out for the championship!
The teams that made it to the Final Four:
* Scorpions (FL) - 7 D1 commits: 4 - Florida State, 1 S.C., 1 Duke, 1 U. Central Florida.
* Elite Roadrunners (GA) 6 D1 commits: 1 - Alabama, 1 - Mercer, 1 - Ga.Tech, 1 - UNC, 1 - Georgia, 1 - Tenn.
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* Houston Banditos (TX) - 3 D1 commits: 2 - Texas, 1 - Auburn
* BPA Demarini (CA) - 2 D1 commits: 1 - UCLA, 1 - Miss. St.
And congrats to BPA Demarina on winning it all with a victory of the Elite Roadrunners.
| BOX SCORE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
R |
H |
E |
| Triad Bulls |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Worth Bulldogs 16U |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Date: July 16, 2014
Time: 2:00pm
Venue: Etowah HS
