BATTLE FOR THE NORTH TOURNAMENT
#6 Roxbury 1 at #1 Nordhagen Beach 7
Chet Arthur pitched 6.2 effective innings, allowing one unearned run on seven hits with a walk and three strikeouts, to earn the victory and eliminate Roxbury. Ryan Combs' two-run double in the 7th helped the host Party Boys pull away. Dustin Mart and Brian Masterson both homered. The Punchers' Matt Ratican had four hits, including his team's only extra-base hit, a 5th inning double.
#9 Abernathy 0 vs #3 Fort Hagen 7
All Day Acosta pitched 7.1 shutout innings before giving way to the bullpen. He allowed four hits and struck out seven on 95 pitches. Jim Tiller, Mark Miller, and Sam Noob all had two hits and two RBI. Bixton Moore hit a pinch-hit home run. Abernathy was shut out in both games it played and now can go home to practice hitting the ball.
#12 Diamond City 4 vs #3 FHE 9
The Yao Guai managed a late offensive surge, including a 7th-inning grand slam, to eliminate the Swatters. 1B Tony Caps' pinch-hit grand slam turned a 4-3 lead into an 8-3 blowout. 3B Jon Hitman had three hits and scored three times. Diamond City's CF Witcher Craft was 3 for 4 with a triple, a run, and two RBI.
BATTLE FOR THE SOUTH TOURNAMENT
#9 Finch Farm 7 vs #6 Sunshine Tidings 9
Two big early innings helped the Chemists hold off a late Four Leafs' surge to win the elimination game. RF Brightsun Ramos won the Game MVP by going 4 for 4 with a double, a walk, two runs, and two RBI. Finch Farm LF Danny Honeycutt hit an 8th-inning grand slam that cut the lead from 9-3.
#11 Concord 4 vs #8 Starlight 13
The Lady Killers used three big innings to eliminate the Radstags. They were led by the bat of 1B Zeldolph Violet who went 3 for 6 with two doubles, a home run, two runs, and six RBI. Violet was recently featured in a Publick Occurrences story for hitting 11 straight home runs in batting practice. Radstags C Shawn Cherry led his team offensively, going 3 for 5 with a run and an RBI. Cram Garge of Concord and Jesus Church of Starlight went yard.
#12 Jamaica Plain 3 vs #2 Quincy 11
The Gunners scored five in the 1st and four in the 2nd to grab an early 9-3 lead. C Stuart Costantino was 3 for 5 with a double, a home run, two runs, and six RBI to lead his team. 1B Brian Drinkwater hit a three-run home run in winning the elimination game over the Red Rockets.