Big inning sends Missouri past Massachusetts at BRWS
P-J photo by Christian Storms Southeast, Missouri's Drake Ritter beats the tag by Westfield, Massachusetts' Eric Dean to score a run in Game 13 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series at Diethrick Park in Jamestown on Tuesday.
P-J Photo by Christian Storms Westfield, Massachusetts' JJ Gonzalez beats the throw to second as Southeast, Missouri's Braxton Leible extends for a throw from second baseman Ollie Wengert during Game 13 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown.
P-J photo by Christian Storms Southeast, Missouri's Drake Ritter beats the tag by Westfield, Massachusetts' Eric Dean to score a run in Game 13 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series at Diethrick Park in Jamestown on Tuesday.
P-J Photo by Christian Storms Westfield, Massachusetts' JJ Gonzalez beats the throw to second as Southeast, Missouri's Braxton Leible extends for a throw from second baseman Ollie Wengert during Game 13 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown.
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One inning can make all the difference in a baseball game and a big bottom of the third was all Southeast, Missouri needed to defeat Westfield, Massachusetts 9-2 in Game 13 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series at Diethrick Park in Jamestown on Tuesday morning.
After giving up two runs in the top of the third, the Mid-West Plains Regional Champions were looking for a response and it came immediately with eight runs as the team hit through the lineup.
Ron Tellefsen Player of the Game Jackson Browne got things started off for Southeast, Missouri as he connected for his second hit of the game with a leadoff single and stole both second and third before scoring on an RBI groundout by Waylon Basler that ended up being an error -- keeping the Mid-West Plains Regional Champions at just one out before really pulling away in the contest.
Colby Kutz tied the game a few batters later with an RBI single to CF and Ollie Wengert's RBI single to left grabbed the lead at 3-2. Westfield, Massachusetts had the chance to get out of the jam when a short hopper came to short with the bases loaded following Wengert's single, but the second throwing error of the inning went over the catcher's head and Southeast, Missouri added another two runs with a 5-2 lead.
A walk loaded the bases again with just one out and even after a pitching change the walks kept coming with RBI bases on balls earned by Browne and Kayson Bauwens making the lead 7-2. Drake Ritter then scored on a wild pitch, giving Southeast, Missouri a commanding 8-2 lead.
Westfield, Massachusetts got the scoring started in the top half of the third with Jackson Daley hitting an RBI single to plate Jake Moltenbrey and then JJ Rodriguez scored in the next at bat with an error in the infield. The team was looking to replicate that inning and possibly more in the fourth, but Southeast, Missouri stranded Eric Dean on second after he hit a two-out single and maintained the 8-2 lead.
Browne capped off his Player of the Game performance in the bottom of the fifth when he connected on his third and final hit of the day, stole both second and third, then scored the final run of the contest on a balk making it 9-2.
With the 9-2 result, Southeast, Missouri earned its first win of the World Series and will hope to keep that going Wednesday night against Jamestown at 7.
Daley earned the Ron Tellefsen Player of the Game for Westfield, Massachusetts after hitting 1 for 3 with an RBI single. Daley and his teammates are still in search of a win and the next opportunity will come on Wednesday morning at 11 against Nederland, Texas.