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Tournaments | Championship | 9/18/2017

Three crowned at PG Elite

Greg Gerard

Photo: Perfect Game

Team Elite out-duels Team Louisiana for Upperclass crown

EMERSON, Ga. – Team Elite 17u Prime defeated Team Louisiana in the PG Elite Underclass Championship game by a score of 3-2.

Team Louisiana got out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning as the tournament’s MVP, Chase Dejean, parked a ball over the left field fience for a home run. The two-run shot drove in Vantrell Reed who walked prior to Dejean’s at-bat.

Team Elite 17u Prime would go quietly in the bottom of the first, but they would answer back in the second inning with three runs of their own. Led off by an Elijah Hilton walk and Joseph Mize single, Brock Marsho would drive them in with a two-run double to left field. Walker Fryer would come up with the eventual game-winning hit for Team Elite with a single to right field that drove in Marsho.

Team Elite and Team Louisiana would both go scoreless the remainder of the game thanks to outstanding pitching out of each team’s bullpen. For Team Louisiana, Austin Acree tossed two hitless innings of relief with a strikeout. Riley Bishop worked two scoreless innings for Team Elite in relief. Team Elite’s Bradley Blalock, who also won the tournament’s MV-Pitcher, was outstanding in relief as well. The Lawrenceville, Georgia native worked two perfect innings with two strikeouts to earn a save and close out the championship win.

Team Elite’s head coach talked after the game about winning the PG Elite Underclass Championship.

“It feels really good,” Team Elite’s Head Coach said after the game. “We have a good group of guys with the tournament going four days, it just shows the depth of our pitchers and hitters. We played all-around good baseball building up for Fort Myers and all of the quality events that PG puts on.”

Dejean batted 6-for-13 (.462) with a double, a triple, seven RBI, and a 94 mph home run in the championship game that traveled 354 feet to earn MVP honors.

Blalock, who was lights out on the mound in each of his outings, including closing out the championship game, had a remarkable stat line for the tournament of five innings, one hit, 11 strikeouts, zero walks and zero runs to garner the MV-Pitcher award.

2017 PG Elite Underclass Championship runner-up: Team Louisiana

2017 PG Elite Underclass Championship MVP: Chase Dejean

2017 PG Elite Underclass Championship MV-Pitcher: Bradley Blalock

East Cobb Astros edge Team Elite for Upperclass title

EMERSON, Ga. – The East Cobb Astros defeated Team Elite 18u Prime in the Upperclass age group of the PG Elite Championship on Sunday night by a score of 2-1.

With just 11 hits combined between the two teams, pitching was the story of the matchup. Cooper Stinson started for the Astros and earned the win tossing four innings allowing four hits, striking out six while allowing just one run. The opposing pitcher to Stinson was Team Elite’s Jeff Jenkins. Jenkins took a tough loss while tossing four innings and allowing two runs and striking out two.

The scoring for both teams happened early as each team pushed a run across the plate in their respective halves of the first inning. In the top half, Team Elite got their run as Noah Ledford drove in Isaiah Byars on an RBI groundout after Byars singled and Parker Meadows doubled.

East Cobb would answer right back in the bottom of the frame as Pierce Gallo scored on Bryar Hawkins’ sacrifice fly. The score would remain the same until the bottom of the fourth inning.

Hawkins was at it again as he led off the inning with a single to right field. He would later score the winning run as Taj Bradley drove him in on an RBI single. The score would remain the same as Hawkins came in to pitch the final three innings of scoreless one hit ball.

Gallo was named the MVP of the PG Elite Upperclass Championship for the champion East Cobb Astros. Gallo went 6-for-14 (.429) with two doubles, four RBI and three stolen bases.

The Most Valuable Pitcher of the event was Dawson Sweatt of Team Elite 18u Prime. The Auburn commit tossed four scoreless innings in his start on the mound, striking out six and allowing just one hit.

Triton Rays ride big arms to Freshman championship

EMERSON, Ga – The Triton Rays defeated Tri State Arsenal 2021 in the PG Elite Freshman Championship by a score of 1-0.

Both pitching staffs were on display in this game as Parker Hughes and Webb Veronese combined for a complete game shutout for Triton and Drake Donahoe and Cason Henry combined for a complete one unearned game for Tri State.

For the winning Triton Rays, they snuck their lone run on the scoreboard as Giovanni Divine’s double in the bottom of the third inning put Nick Young in scoring position at third base and would later score on a passed ball for the game’s only run.

Combining for just five total hits between the two teams, Veronese and Donahoe both appeared on the mound in the game and neither allowed a hit. They were both stellar, especially Veronese, who was perfect in his 2 1/3 innings with zeros across the stat line and five strikeouts.

The MVP of the tournament was Owen Flynn of Tri State Arsenal. In the tournament, Flynn batted 5-for-14 (.357) with a double, three triples and six RBI.

The MV-Pitcher of the PG Elite Freshman Championship was Parker Hughes of the Triton Rays. Hughes earned his award in the championship game where he tossed 4 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and only three hits allowed.

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