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Congratulations 6-4-3 Militia

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Gallup’s local 13U USSSA travel baseball team participated in a USSSA State Tournament in Albuquerque for a tournament June 11-13. Pool play began June 11.

Team Militia’s first game was against ABA Orange. Militia pulled off the victory to get the win. The final score was 11-10. Carlos Garcia hit a 3-run homer to help seal the game.

The second game of pool play was against the DC Wranglers. Militia tried to put runs on the board, but was unsuccessful. The final score was 23-4 in favor of the Wranglers.

June 12 started the elimination bracket. Militia would have to face the ABQ Yankees. Going into the last inning with the time close to expiring, Militia was up 6-2. With one out, just needing to get two more outs for Militia to win the game and move on to the semi-finals, the Yankees rallied back, getting five runs for the win with a score of 7-6.

This gave team Militia their first loss, kicking them down into the loser bracket. Team Militia had only one game on June 12.

June 12 was the final day of the tournament. Team Militia faced the GBA Grinders at 9 am. The winner would advance and the loser would go home. Militia came out strong and got the win with a score of 11-5, promoting them into the next game, knocking the Grinders out of the tournament. Carlos Garcia had another 3-run homer in this game.

In the second game of the day, Militia faced ABA Orange. Militia came out with a vengeance shutting down ABA with a score of 14-6 and taking them into the Championship to face the undefeated ABQ Yankees. This game gave Militia their first loss, knocking them into the loser bracket.

The third game of the day was the Championship. The coin toss was won by 6-4-3 Militia. Militia came out strong striking out the first three batters. They scored three runs in the first inning, three runs in the second, four runs in the third, three runs in the fourth and one run in the fifth inning.

They didn’t allow the Yankees to score in the first inning, only allowed three runs in the second, were scoreless in the third, had one run in the fourth and were scoreless in the fifth.

6-4-3 Militia got the win with the final score of 14-4.

This was the first loss of the tournament for the Yankees,  kicking them into the “if” game.

In the fourth and final game of the tournament the winner takes all.

6-4-3 Militia was scoreless in the first inning, had two runs in the second, two in the third, were scoreless in the fourth, had one run in the fifth, one in the sixth and seventh innings. Militia allowed their opposition only one run in the first and third innings and two in the fourth.

Final score of the championship game was 7-4. After four games back-to-back beating the undefeated Yankees, 6-4-3 Militia brought home the GOLD!

By Tommy Gonzales
For the Gallup Sun