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Sole Survivor Series - Game 6

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Diamond City Swatters Capture Sole Survivor Series

It was all about winning for the Diamond City Swatters -- and win they did.

There was nothing fancy in how they went about it, players said, they just prepared mentally and physically and then went out and played baseball.

"We did the little things right and we did the big things right," said third baseman Allen Bishop, who was named Series MVP. "Now we're the league champions."

Diamond City defeated the Fort Hagen Silver Shroud by a score of 6-1 at The Great Green Jewel to take the series 4-2.

Swatters' pitcher Tyler Powers earned Game MVP honors after he allowed one earned run on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts in 7.0 innings.

Diamond City took an early lead on Fort Hagen pitcher Mike Cartrette. Witcher Craft was plunked on Cartrette's first pitch and Bishop doubled to put runners at second and third. Oren Gep then hit a two-run single to make it 2-0. Gep stole second and advanced to third on a ground out, allowing him to score on Wayne Lacy's sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead in the 1st inning. The lead was extended to 4-0 when Bishop hit a 3rd-inning home run. He finished 2 for 4 with a double, a home run, two runs, and an RBI to lead the Swatters offense. Lacy added a solo home run in the 8th for the Swatters' last run of the series.

The Silver Shroud's sole run came in the top of the 5th. With one out, Bixton Moore tripled and then scored on David Driftwood's double. Six different Shroud players each had a hit.

"Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you make your own luck," said Diamond City manager Bucky Bachelor. "We got lucky a few times, but mostly we did the right things by being prepared for each game and playing the game the way it's meant to be played."



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