Eagle Pass showed that they would not be denied as Brandon Villaseñor got on on an error, moved over to third on a passed ball and tried to score on another, but Tri-County catcher Ryan Becka threw perfectly to pitcher Mason Muras to get Villaseñor at home!
But Braulio would begin his heroics early with a hit followed by another RBI single by Christian Del Bosque plating the first run for the home team, 1-0 after one.
Adams would deliver in the third inning with a base hit to right field scoring on another hit by Hermes knotting up the score.
Eagle Pass responded in the fourth inning when Rodriguez was hit by a pitch, Del Bosque got on on an error on the second baseman scoring Rodriguez to put the Columbia-blue clad Eagle Pass squad up 2-1.
The flood gates opened up in the fifth inning when Cory Heber reached on a base on balls, Adams singled to right, Jerrette Brown got on on a fielder's choice scoring Adams, Muras aided his cause with another single and came in to score on an error putting Tri-County ahead 5-2.
Isaac Gonzalez reached on an error and came in to score on an RBI single by Roly Riza as they inched closer 5-3.
Rodriguez was hit by another Muras pitch and he came around to score on back-to-back singles by Del Bosque and Francisco Ballones making the score 5-4 with one at bat to go.
Brandon Villaseñor was called upon to close it out and he held the Tri-County bats at bay in the fifth, sixth and seventh which he did in spectacular fashion.
In the bottom of the seventh, we needed a run to keep our championship hopes alive and that's when Ivan Ramirez was hit by a pitch and Mario Galvan saved the day with a towering double to tie it and the crowd went absolutely wild
Ballones came in to close out Texas Tri-County in the eighth the it was down to this. Villaseñor drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the seventh when Braulio Rodriguez squared to bunt and the ball got past the catcher putting Villaseñor on third then Braulio took a Scooter Adams pitch and put it in the deepest part of right field to score Villaseñor with the winning run!
The victory set up a showdown with Nederland on Tuesday for the right to advance to the 2014 Babe Ruth World Series in Virginia. Nederland had to defeat both Bryant, Arkansas and Tri-County in an extra-inning game on Monday 10-9 to get to this point.
Results of this game between Eagle Pass and Nederland were not available at press time.