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Tournaments  | Story  | 7/22/2020

SBG Sox Prime 23 Runs the Table

Colton Olinger     
Photo: SBG Sox Prime (Perfect Game)
HOOVER-AL As the 15U Perfect Game summer season is nearing its end the 15U East WWBA Championship hosted 48 teams looking to either finish their summer on a high note or get them selves ready for the 15U Perfect Game World Series coming up July, 25th through July 29th in Sanford, Florida. As the five-day tournament came to a close Tuesday it was the Memphis Tigers 15U Lyons facing off with Knights Baseball 15U Platinum in one semi-final and SGB Sox Prime 23 squaring off against Top Gun Brooks in the other semi-final.

The Memphis Tiger got started early in their semi-final game putting up five runs in the first inning as they sent nine hitters to the plate. Leadoff man Ethon Melton started things off reaching base in his first at bat before steal second during Eli Ramsey’s at bat. Ramsey would then get the scoring started with a single that drove Melton in from second base. The Tiger’s would also get singles from Trent Lyons, Hutson Guinn, and Malcom Shaw in the first on there way to opening up a big first inning lead. Jacob Lott got the start on the mound for the Tigers as he would make the five-run lead stand through the first two innings hanging two zeros for his club as the lefty used a healthy mix of fastballs and curveballs to keep a potent Knights lineup at bay. With two outs in the third inning Lott gave way to reliever Will McDaniel’s who would record the final out of the third to stop the put a stop to a Knights comeback attempt. McDaniel would go the rest of the way as he allowed just one more run through his four and two-third innings on his way to securing the Tigers spot in the championship game.



In the SGB Sox Prime 23, Top Gun Brooks semi-final SBG starter Carter Kimbrell put on a beautiful display of pitching at the young righthander went seven innings allowing no runs, on two hits, while striking out four. Kimbrell used a live fastball that topped out at 85 mph as he attacked the zone and let his defensive make the plays behind him. Offensively SBG was jump started in the second inning by an Ethan Pulliam single to lead off the inning. Thomas Nichols and Caleb Lipscomb would each follow with walk to load the bases for leftfielder Coleman Mizell. Mizell, hitting with two outs drove the second pitch he saw for a double to leftfield clearing the bases and putting SBG up 3-0. As Kimbrell continued to cruise through the middle innings, and late into the game he would get some more insurance from his offense in the seventh inning. Taking advantage of some defensive miscues in the seventh SBG would go on to add three more runs with some aggressive base running making the score 6-0. Kimbrell would make that score stand in the seventh stranding two Top Guns runners and locking up SBG’s spot in the championship game.

In the championship game not even a rain delayed start could slow down the bats of SBG Sox Prime 23 as they sent 12 hitters to the plate and put up six runs in the first inning. Kade Lipscomb started the game with a double to leftfield and would later come around to score on a hard hit ball from Kaden Irving. Doby Bartling, Ethan Pulliam, and Duncan Mathews would also pick up RBI’s in the first as SBG jumped out to a comfortable lead. SBG then turned to Thomas Nichols for the start on the mound. Nichols came out pumping strikes and pitched well with the lead as he put up zero’s through the first three innings while mixing three pitches for strikes and striking out four. The SBG offense would go back to work in the fourth inning adding three runs. The inning was sparked by a triple to the right center field gap by Kaden Irving who would later come around to score on a Brayson Hubbard single. Hubbard would score later in the inning to stretch the SBG lead to 9-0. After the Memphis Tigers battled to put up two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning SBG went to Doby Bartling to record the last four outs of the game as SBG Sox Prime 23 would go on to win the championship game 13-2 in a five innings run rule and finish the tournament undefeated.

Tournament Honors

Eli Ramsey of the Memphis Tigers 15U Lyons was named tournament MVP as he finished the tournament hitting .556 as he collected 10 hits. His smooth lefthanded stroke showed some power that translated well to the plate with a slugging percentage of 1.544 as six of his ten hits went for extra bases. Ramsey was crucial in the Tigers line up all tournament hitting out of the second spot in the order where he finished with seven RBI and seven runs scored.

Jackson Evers of SBG Sox Prime 23 was named tournament MVPitcher as he through five plus innings allowing no runs while striking out eight. Evers showed a live arm with a fastball that topped out at 88 mph. The Mississippi commit also showed a tight spinning breaking ball with great effectiveness as he was able to land it for strikes.
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