A.D. Ibarra
-Winn Stadium
The 2021 Babe Ruth 15 Year-Old World Series has begun and here are the final scores of Day 1 action.
In Game 1, New England defeated Mid-Atlantic by a score of 4-0 behind the pitching of Sean Francocur in this, the historic first game to be played at Winn Stadium.
This is how things went down.
Matt Wood reached on an error in the first and Ryan Warver singled to right and Wood scored on a fielder's choice to put Trumbull up by one.
Nick Lubuono tripled and scored on another historic moment, a two-run homer by Jake Hull in the fourth, the first home run hit in this new complex. 3-0 New England.
Francocur aided his cause with a solo homer of his own in the seventh to close out the scoring. He also insured that Mifflin County be held at bay with ten big strikeouts.
In Game 2, it was a veritable barnburner in the best game of the day as Southwest got away with a one-run thriller edging Ohio Valley 4-3.
Joey Prisinzano and Trent Renfro went at it and it would be Renfro who would get run support first when leadoff batter Peryn Bland singled and scored in the third. Then it was Jacob Hostetler who reached on an error and and scored on a hit by Chance Guisgome in the fourth.
Meridian scored again in the fifth on a home run blast by Fred Lidell to put Southwest up 3-0.
Lexington finally got on the board in the sixth when Jaylen Edmonds singled and scored on a hit by Giancarlo Gonzalez who was thrown out at second by catcher Owen Shirley to end the threat.
Lexington scored two more in the seventh to tie things up when Like Baily and Cole Mischel both doubled and scored, the latter on another double by Parker Mayo.
But it would be third baseman Jace Wiggins who sealed the deal with yet another home run shot to end Game 2 in the most exciting fashion you could dial up.
Southwest 4-Ohio Valley 3 was your final.
In the late games, Tallahassee defeated Del Rio 15-0 and Bismarck routed Eagle Pass 12-7 in the nightcap.
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(Nos vemos en el béisbol!) We will see you at the stadium! It's baseball time in South Texas!