Pool play at the 14U National Team Championships is officially over, and 32 teams have now booked their spots in bracket play with the goal of winning a gold medal at the end of the competition. Let’s go over all the highlights from the second group of doubleheaders in Surprise and Peoria, Arizona.
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Surprise, Arizona
The San Diego Show started off the afternoon’s slate of baseball with a close, 8-7 win over BPA. Despite being down early, San Diego put up six runs in the sixth and plated the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh to defeat BPA. Truth took down the Diablo Valley Oaks in five innings thanks to a persistent offensive effort that granted it a 9-1 win. GBG Vegas also won by a score of 9-1, downing So Cal Birds White after plating nine runs in the first two frames of its game. Top Tier Dudes beat SoCal Baseball Academy in a shootout, plating the game-winning runs in the top of the seventh in a 13-20 win.
Action at the Kansas City Royals’ spring training facilities started with a 4-4 draw between Legacy Baseball Group Gold and ZT Renegades. Next, NorCal Cardinal eked past CBA Victus San Diego in a 7-6 win in Surprise. Total Baseball Vipers - Navy captured a double-digit, 11-1 win over Sandlot Baseball Club Silver in five frames while TPA-Outlaws downed Team Kado Hawaii 6-3.
Back on the Rangers’ facilities, Truth won its second game of the day. Like its first win, Truth ran up the score, beating the San Diego Show 14-6 in a four-inning game after a 10-run first frame. The other three teams on the Rangers’ quad in the late afternoon turned in blowout wins, including BPA’s 8-0 shutout against the Diablo Valley Oaks. So Cal Birds White won the battle of the SoCal’s after beating SoCal Baseball Academy 10-1, and GBG Vegas put on a dominant 14-0 shutout over Top Tier Dudes in just four innings thanks to a nine-run third inning.
To finish off the day’s slate of baseball in Surprise, CBA Victus San Diego won a close, 7-6 bout over Legacy Baseball Group Gold, walking off CBA with a three-run, come-from-behind effort in the bottom of the seventh. ZT Renegades also plated seven runs, but held its opponents to just two as it beat NorCal Cardinal 7-2 on the Royals’ set of fields. Meanwhile, Total Baseball Vipers - Navy beat TPA-Outlaws 9-3 and Team Kado Hawaii edged out Sandlot Baseball Club Silver in a close 8-6 game despite a late comeback effort from Sandlot.
Peoria, Arizona
AZ Runners Baseball got off to a hot start on the second day of pool play with a five-inning, 9-1 win over Team California. Next on the Seattle Mariners’ spring training complex was a 7-7 draw between BPA White and Total Baseball Vipers - Fresno. The San Juan Cubs defeated the Scottsdale Dirtbags thanks to a crucial four-run sixth and MVP Hustle walked-off 5 Star West in the sixth inning of a close bout with a final line of 5-4.
Pono Baseball continued the day’s trend of high-scoring, lopsided wins with its 11-1 win over Prime Navy. Let Them Play SoCal outgunned Bombers Baseball Club of Southern California in a 12-9 shootout on the San Diego Padres’ spring training facilities while both OC Premier Navy and ZT National Prospects followed suit. OC Premier Navy beat Juggernaut Baseball 15-4 after four frames and a nine-run first and ZT National shut out West Coast A’s Baseball in a dominant, three-inning 17-0 showing.
AZ Runners Baseball, BPA White, and MVP Hustle all ran up the score in their respective late-afternoon bouts on the Mariners’ quad of fields. AZ Runners beat Total Baseball - Vipers 16-1, BPA White downed Team California 13-3 after a monstrous 10-run second inning, and MVP Hustle earned an 11-5 win over the Scottsdale Dirtbags. While high-scoring the shootout between 5 Star West SD and the San Juan Cubs was eventually won by 5 Star in a 12-10 final decision.
To end the last round of Champs Arizona’s final day of pool play, Pono Baseball outlasted Bombers Baseball Club in a 6-5 result on the Padres’ spring training fields. Let Them Play SoCal downed Prime Navy by double-digits thanks to an eight-run fourth inning that resulted in a 14-4 win. ZT National Prospects beat OC Premier Gray after a six-run first boosted it to a 10-5 win and Juggernaut Baseball walked off the West Coast A’s 4-3 after a clutch, three-run, bottom of the seventh rally.
