"Seth Lintz threw the ball very well today. He threw 5 innings allowing 
only two runs. Thankfully, we swung the bats well too totalling twenty 
hits for the game. It's hard to signal out any one or two players as 
seven out of our nine starters had at least one hit. Chad Hunter and Cody 
Hawn totalled six hits between them. Blake Forsythe, AJ Kirby-Jones, 
and Chad Zurcher picked up two hits apiece. Golden Tate stole three bases 
and played a big role in us putting runs on the board. In the sixth, I 
think the boys relaxed and lost their focus a bit, and I compliment 
Mississippi for continuing to play the game hard as we were up 14-2. AJ 
(Kirby-Jones) came in relief, and we did not execute well from a pitching 
and defensive standpoint. After some hard hit balls, fielding and 
throwing errors along with three walks, and two hit batters, Mississippi 
pulled within three runs at 14-11. Clayton Gant came in and did a great 
job in relief to hold Mississipi in check and then allowing us to put up 
a couple of insurance runs in the top of the seventh. After a lead off 
single in the bottom of the inning, Clayton turned up the heat and used 
an effective slider to strike out the next three batters to end the 
game."

"Our game against Arizona was simple: win and your in the Championship 
game; lose and your playing in the Fifth Place game. We decided to 
start Sonny Gray since he was loose and warm knowing that he would be 
limited in his work. After a base on balls and a base hit, Arizona would go 
up 1-0 on a passed ball in the top of the first. We would not answer in 
the bottom of the inning, and I really thought our approach at the 
plate was poor for the first four innings. Sonny would do a great job for 
us throwing four innings and keeping the game at 1-0. In the top of the 
fifth, Michael Park would come in relief. My biggest concern was the 
game early had the same feeling as last year's game where our pitching 
was solid but our bats just couldn't find the hits needed. Due to a 
position change earlier in the game, Michael (Park) had to remain in the 
line-up to hit, and he made it look like a good decision. With one-out in 
the bottom of the fifth and us only having one hit at the time, Michael 
would hit a 3-2 double to put a much needed runner in scoring position. 
With Clayton Gant courtesy running, Golden Tate would follow with a 
base hit to left center putting runners at first and third. Golden (Tate) 
would then steal second and put us in a position to score two runs on a 
single. With Justin Miller at the plate, Clayton (Gant) would score on 
a passed ball with Golden (Tate) coming all the way from second base to 
score on the errant throw from the catcher to the pitcher covering 
home. Again, a much needed spark that would result in us scoring five runs 
in the inning to go up 5-1. Michael (Park) would have a quick sixth 
inning getting us back in the dugout and up to the plate. With momentum 
still on our side, we would answer with two additional runs to go up by 
the final score of 7-1. It was another team effort, and the boys came 
together to get the job done. It was fun to see the excitement on their 
faces at the opportunity to play in the Championship game tomorrow 
night."