BATTLE FOR THE NORTH TOURNAMENT
#7 Salem 8 vs #2 FHE 5
The Witch Hats scored six in the 2nd and two more in the 3rd to jump out to an 8-0 lead over the second-seed Yao Guai. The game was also marred by the second straight day of radstorms, delaying the game in the 4th inning for more than an hour to push Game 9 past midnight. LF Tyler Spronk went 3 for 3 for Salem with two doubles, two walks, a run, and three RBI.
#11 County Crossing 9 vs #3 Fort Hagen 3, 10 inn.
The Bloodbugs exploded on the Shroud bullpen in the top of the 10th to pull away in the win and make the top three seeds in the Battle of the North Tournament fall to a combined 0-3. SS Sean Koester was 4 for 6 with a double and two runs scored. Jeff Rickashaw pitched 9.0 innings to earn the win, allowing three runs, two earned, on 11 hits with five walks and two strikeouts. Gavin Eviritts pitched a scoreless 10th.
#10 Egret 8 vs #5 Warwick 11
The Ninjas became the first team eliminated from the Battle for the North Tournament, thanks in part to an eight-run 5th by the Mirelurks. Patty Cuttooth was 4 for 5 with two runs scored and an RBI for the Game MVP. Melon Sanderson had the Mirelurks' only extra base hit, a two-RBI double. He finished with three RBI on two hits. Dustin Bowfiddle had four hits for Egret and Jason Juras drove in three runs.
BATTLE FOR THE SOUTH TOURNAMENT
#10 Atom 10 vs #2 Quincy 7
The Cats upset Quincy to make #2 seeds 0-2 on the day. Jeremy Schoolboy was 4 for 5 with two doubles, a walk, two runs, and two RBI. Stuart Costantino and Bill Black homered for the Gunners. Atom held off a 9th-inning surge by Quincy when they cut a 10-3 deficit to 10-7 before Freedom Williams recorded the final two outs.
#11 Concord 1 vs #3 The Slog 6
The Ghouls' Jason Woods pitched a complete-game win, allowing just one earned run on four hits with a walk and nine strikeouts. The only run allowed came on a 7th-inning home run by Ricky Ticky Laughy. Five Ghouls had two hits. Nick Homebody and Lernz Tentsleep both went deep.
#7 Vault 81 17 vs #5 Easy Town 6
The Dwellers scored five in the 1st and jumped out to a 12-1 lead after four innings to eliminate the Assaultrons. CF prospect Aesed Hayjen went 4 for 4 with a double, a home run, three runs, and three RBI to earn the Game MVP honors. C Ronald Raygun also had four hits. Easy Town's Joe Ransom had four hits to lead his team.