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First
Inning:
Clifton Park Knights (NY): Kevin
Huerter hit the first pitch over the left
field fence for a home run. Mike Spulnick
struck out looking. Nik Malachowski lined
out to the right fielder for the second
out. Mike Jeffers popped out to the third
baseman. Totals: one run, one hit, no
errors and none left on.
East Cobb Titans (GA): Xavier
Shephard grounded out second baseman to
first. Justin Fields grounded out short to
first. Chaz Wittingham homers over the
left field scoreboard. Grayson Harbin hit
a home run to centerfield. Justin Glover
walked. Glover to second on a wild pitch.
Weston Bizzle walked. Zach Daniels
courtesy ran for Bizzle. Thomas Leone
homered over the center field fence but
failed to touch first base and was called
out on appeal. and the runs did not count.
Totals: two runs, two hits, no errors and
two left on base.
Second
Inning:
Clifton Park
Knights (NY): Payton Johnson struck
out looking. Ian Anderson walked. Luke
Hicks singled to left which advanced
Anderson to second. A wild pitch moved the
runners to second and third. Marty
McCrudden grounded out pitcher to first
with no advancement. Kurt Forsell grounded
out short to first to end the top half of
the second inning. Totals: no runs, one
hit, no errors and two left on base.
East Cobb Titans (GA): Carrington
Evans struck out swinging. Jake Tuchmann
singled to center. Tuchmann stole second
base. Xavier Shephard grounded out pitcher
to first with Tuchmann staying at second.
Justin Fields grounded out short to first.
Totals: no runs, one hit, no errors and
one left on base.
Third
Inning:
Clifton
Park Knights (NY): Ethan Eichelman
popped out to the pitcher. Kevin Huerter
singled to left. Mike Spulnick struck out
swinging. Nik Malachowski flied out to the
right fielder. Totals: no runs, one hit,
no errors and one left on base.
East Cobb Titans (GA): Chaz
Wittingham lined to the third baseman for
the first out. Grayson Harin grounded out
pitcher to first. Justin Glover reached
first on an error by the shortstop. Weston
Bizzle was hit by a pitch sending Glover
to second. The runners advanced to second
and third on a wild pitch. Thomas Leone
walked to load the bases. Hatten Mitchell
came in to pinch hit for Carrington Evans.
A wild pitch allowed Glover to score with
Bizzle and Leone advancing. Mitchell
grounded out second to first. Totals: one
runs, no hits, one error and two left on
base.
Fourth
Inning:
Clifton Park
Knights (NY): Mike Jeffers singled
with Forsell in as a courtesy runner.
Payton Johnson walked. Ian Anderson hit
into a fielders choice with Jeffers out at
third. Luke Hicks grounded into a double
play with the third baseman tagging third
and throwing to first to complete the
play. Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors
and one left on base.
East Cobb Titans (GA): Nik
Malachowski came in to pich for the
Clifton Park Knights. Jake Tuchmann struck
out. Xavier Shephard ground out third to
first. Justin Fields struck out looking.
Totals: no runs, no hits, no errors and
none left on base.
Fifth
Inning:
Clifton Park
Knights (NY): Weston Bizzle came in to
pitch for East Cobb. Matt Straney struck
out. Ben Anderson struck out. Ethan
Eichelman struck out. Totals: no runs, no
hits, no errors and none left on base.
East Cobb Titans (GA): Chaz
Wittingham hommered to left center.
Grayson Harbin safe at first on an error
by the shortstop. Harbin stole second
base. Justin Glover grounded out second to
first with Harbin moving to third. Mike
Wright came in to run for Harbin. Weston
Bizzle singled driving in Wright. Thomas
Leone flied out to left. Weston Bizzle was
caught stealing to end the inning. Totals:
two runs, two hits, one error and no one
left on base.
Sixth
Inning:
Clifton
Park Knights (NY): Kevin Huerter
sturck out swinging. Mike Spulnick walked.
Nik Malachowski singled to right sending
Spulnick to third. Mike Jeffers singled to
right with Spulnick scoring and
Malachowski going to second. Payton
Johnson struck out swinging. Ian Anderson
ground to the third baseman who stepped on
third to end the game. Totals: one run,
two hits, no errors and two left on
base.
FINAL
SCORE:

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East
Cobb Titans (GA) 5 - Cliufton
Park Knights (NY)
2
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CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME FINAL BOX SCORE
CLIFTON
PARK KNIGHTS (New
York)
|
NO
|
NAME
|
POS
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
HR
|
RBI'S
|
|
2
|
Kevin Huerter
|
SS
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
14
|
Mike Spulnick
|
RF/LF
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
15
|
Nik Malachowski
|
1B/P
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
5
|
Mike Jeffers
|
P/1B
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
6
|
Payton Johnson
|
3B
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
13
|
Ian Anderson
|
2B
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
Luke Hicks
|
CF
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
12
|
Marty McCrudden
|
C
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
4
|
Matt Straney
|
PH
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
1
|
Kurt Forsell
|
LF
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
Ben Anderston
|
PH
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
10
|
Ethan Eichelman
|
EH
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
TOTALS
|
|
23
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
NO
|
PITCHING
|
IP
|
AB
|
K
|
BB
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
|
5
|
Mike Jeffers
|
3
|
17
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
|
15
|
Nik Malachowski
|
2
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
TOTALS
|
5
|
25
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
EAST
COBB TITANS
(Georgia)
|
NO
|
NAME
|
POS
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
HR
|
RBI'S
|
|
1
|
Xavier Shephard
|
SS
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
15
|
Justin Fields
|
P
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
Chaz Wittingham
|
RF
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
3
|
Grayson Harbin
|
3B
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
4
|
Justin Glover
|
1B
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
10
|
Weston Bizzle
|
C/P
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
13
|
Thomas Leone
|
CF
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
6
|
Carrington Evans
|
2B
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
Hatten Mitchell (3rd in)
|
PH
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
12
|
Jake Tuchmann
|
LF
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
Zach Daniels (4th in)
|
PH
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
14
|
Mike Wright
|
PR
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
TOTALS
|
|
21
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
|
NO
|
PITCHING
|
IP
|
AB
|
K
|
BB
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
|
15
|
Justin Fields
(winning
pitcher)
|
4
|
17
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
|
10
|
Weston Bizzle
|
2
|
9
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
TOTALS
|
6
|
26
|
8
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
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OFFICIAL
SCOREKEEPER -
Jon
Pont
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How
The Teams got
to the
Championship
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Clifton
Park Knights
(NY)
-defeated
#21 Mavericks
(CA) 14-2
-defeated #5
Charlotte
Hurricanes (NC)
9-8
-defeated #13
Caldwell
Spartans (NC)
6-2
-defeated #40
Cooper City
Cowboys (FL)
7-6
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East
Cobb Titans
(GA)
-defeated
#35 Cincinnati
Riverbats (OH)
18-11
-derfeated #19
Texas Raiders
(TX) 12-1
-defeated #6
St. Lucie Mets
(FL) 14-7
-defeated #2
Charlotte
Megastars (NC)
14-7
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2011 Week #4
Runnerup
-
Clifton
Park Knights (New
York)
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2011 Week #4
Champions -
East
Cobb Titans
(Georgia)
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Photos by JOSH BUXBAUM,
JACOB BERRIGAN and DENNIS FINN
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