Martin - 6  vs  Bowie - 5

Game Summary
In the Championship game of the Bowie Tournament, the Martin Freshmen team faced the Bowie Volunteers.  It was a hard fought battle all the way through the 7 innings and was up for grabs until the final out of the game.  With one out in the first inning and Daniel Garcia and Dylan Rucker on first and second after they both reached with singles, Travis Breslin reached on a fielder’s choice scoring Christian Ballard, who was pinch running for Garcia.  During the 2^nd inning Stewart Person had a great at bat.  After being down two strikes and no balls he showed patience and took a walk.  Kyle Blackwell followed with a double.  Two batters later Trevor Slocum hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield scoring Person.  Tanner Hapeman hit a single to score Blackwell which gave the Warriors the 3 – 1 lead after two.  The Warriors added two runs in the 3^rd inning.  Breslin hit a single followed by a walk by Hunter Reinhardt.  Blackwell hit a single to score Breslin and Eric Jeske hit a single to score Reinhardt.  The Warrior’s final run came in the 4^th inning when Hapeman was on due to a double and Breslin once again hit a single that allowed Hapeman to score.  During the 5^th inning the Vols were able to rack up 4 runs.  They were threatening to tie the game with a runner on 1^st base and only 1 out when a Bowie batter hit a shot to Kyle Blackwell at short stop.  He threw out the batter at 1^st and Person threw a rocket to Slocum at third who got the tag down to complete the double play and get the Warriors out of the inning.  During the 6^th inning the Vols once again threatened.  A Vols runner was trying to take advantage of an overthrow at 2^nd base.  Centerfielder, Dylan Rucker, threw him out at third with Slocum once again making the tag.  During the final inning Bowie had runners on 2^nd and third with two outs.  A hard hit ball to 2^nd base was fielded nicely and the play was completed from Hapeman to Person to end this nail biter.  Bragg pitched for the Warriors 5 2/3 innings for the win bringing his record to 3 - 0 and Ian Johnston once again closed and got the save.    

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