Recap
Timely hot bats and excellent pitching are a championship combo
Mount Pleasant Drillers Blue 8, Diamond dusters 6
Owosso, MI — MP Drillers 13u Blue snagged a late lead and defeated Diamond Dusters 13u 8-6 on Sunday. The game was tied at six with MP Drillers 13u Blue batting in the top of the fourth when Garrison Zuker singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run.
Both offenses were strong at the plate as MP Drillers 13u Blue collected 12 hits and Diamond Dusters 13u six in the high-scoring affair
MP Drillers 13u Blue got things started in the first inning when Ryan Wiggins doubled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run.
Diamond Dusters 13u knotted the game up at six in the bottom of the third inning. Diamond Dusters 13u scored one run when #1 singled.
MP Drillers 13u Blue tallied three runs in the second inning. MP Drillers 13u Blue put the pressure on, lead by a single by Xavier Creguer and an error on a ball put in play by Wiggins.
Wiggins led things off on the mound for MP Drillers 13u Blue. Wiggins allowed four hits and four runs over two innings, striking out one and walking one.
#15 was on the pitcher's mound for Diamond Dusters 13u. The hurler surrendered six runs on seven hits over two innings, striking out three and walking one. #22 threw three innings out of the bullpen.
MP Drillers 13u Blue scattered 12 hits in the game. Creguer, Wiggins, and Brennen Palmer all managed multiple hits for MP Drillers 13u Blue. Palmer, Wiggins, and Creguer all had two hits to lead MP Drillers 13u Blue. MP Drillers 13u Blue didn't commit a single error in the field. Brady Edwards had the most chances in the field with six.