NO

Jenkins, Danny

Fultz, Alec

Rhodes, Branden

McCullough, Drew

Culver, Cito

Downing, Austin

Bingo, Chad

Schwarber, Kyle

Barletta, Spencer

Leach, Alex

Finnerty, Jack

Calhoun, Cameron

Bostick, Chris

Newman, Marshall

Byrne, Taylor

Groh, Jordan

Donnelli, Luke

Tipton, Tommy

Trubia, Steve

Keough, Kory

Pascazi, Trey

Woodlan, Christian

Johnson, Shane

Mancuso, Nick

Allen, Jeff

McCullough, Dan

Culver, Chris

Schwarber, Greg

Palermo, Kurt

Cave, Jason

Palermo, Mike

First Inning:
Rochester Diamond Dawgs (NY): Danny Jenkins popped up to the second baseman. Branden Rhodes homered to right field. Cito Culver flied out to right. Chad Bingo walked and then stole second. Spencer Barletta struck out on a called third strike. One run, one hit, no errors and one left on base.

Middie Pride (OH): Alec Fultz singled to center. Fultz went to second on an error by the pitcher. Fultz stole third. Drew McCullough struck out swinging. Austin Downing homered to left-center scoring Fultz. Kyle Schwarber struck out on a called third strike for the second out. Alex Leach walked and went to second on a failed pickoff play. Cameron Calhoun singled to left with Leach going to third. Calhoun stole second and on the play Leach scored and then Calhoun tried to steal third but was thrown out catcher to third base. Three runs, three hits, one error and none left on base.


Second Inning:
Rochester Diamond Dawgs (NY): Jack Finnerty ground out short to first. Chris Bostick ground out pitcher to first for the second out. Taylor Byrne singled to right. Byrne stole second. Steve Trubia struck out to end the inning. No runs, one hit, no errors and one left on base.

Middie Pride (OH): Marshall Newman singled to right. Newman went to second on a wild pitch. Jordan Groh walked. Steve Trubia came in to pitch for Rochester. Newman and Groh advanced on another wild pitch to second and third. Tommy Tipton bunted for a hit and Newman scored. Groh advanced to third. Tipton then stole second. Kory Keough attempted another bunt but was thrown out with Groh scoring and Tipton to third. Alec Fultz grounded out pitcher to first. Drew McCullough struck out on a called third strike. Two runs, one hit, no errors and one left on base.


Third Inning:
Rochester Diamond Dawgs (NY): Danny Jenkins popped out to short. Branden Rhodes grounded out short to first. Cito Culver walked. Chad Bingo grounded out second to first to retire the side. No runs, no hits, no errors and none left on base.

Middie Pride (OH): Austin Downing singled to right. Downing then stole second. Kyle Schwarber struck out swinging with Downing stealing third. Alex Leach bunted and was out at first but Downing scored. Cameron Calhoun hit a ground rule double. Marshall Newman struck out swinging. One run, two hits, no errors and one left on base.


Fourth Inning:
Rochester Diamond Dawgs (NY): Spencer Barletta popped out to second. Jack Finnerty struck out swinging and was thrown out at first on the dropped third strike. Chris Bostick singled but was thrown out at second trying to stretch the hit into a double. No runs, one hit, no errors and none left on base.

Middie Pride (OH): Jordan Groh reach first on an error by the shortstop. Tommy Tipton singled to left. Kory Keough singled which loaded the bases. Alec Fultz sacrifice bunted the runner over with Jordan Groh scoring. Drew McCullough grounded out short to first with Tipton scoring. Austin Downing homered again, his second of the game, with Kory Keough scoring ahead of him. Kyle Schwarber struck out swinging. Four runs, three hits, no errors and none left on base.


Fifth Inning:
Rochester Diamond Dawgs (NY): Taylor Byrne reach first on an error by the third baseman. Steve Trubia flew out to centerfield. Danny Jenkins singled to right with Byrne to second. Austin Downing came in to pitch for Middie Pride. Branden Rhodes walked to load the bases. Cito Culver struck out swinging. Chad Bingo was called out on a third strike. No runs, one hit, one error and three left on base.

Middie Pride (OH): Alex Leach popped out to short. Cameron Calhoun singled to center and then stole second. Christian Woodlan, batted for Marshall Newman, and singled to second with Calhoun to third. Woodlan stole second base. Jordan Groh grounded out short to first with Calhoun scoring. Tommy Tipton singled to right with Woodlan scoring. Kory Keough walked. Alec Fultz singled to left with Tipton scoring from second to end the game. Three runs, four hits, no errors and one left on base.

FINAL SCORE:

MIDDIE PRIDE (OH) 13 - ROCHESTER DIAMOND DAWGS (NY) 1

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINAL BOX SCORE

ROCHESTER DIAMOND DAWGS (NY)

NO	NAME	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI'S
2	Jenkins, Danny	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0
10	Rhodes, Brandon	C	2	1	1	0	1	1
1	Culver, Cito	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	Bingo, Chad	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	Barletta, Spencer	1B	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	Finnerty, Jack	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	Bostick, Chris	LF	2	0	1	0	0	0
5	Byrne, Tyler	DH	2	0	1	0	0	0
7	Trubia, Steve	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS		19	1	4	0	1	1

NO	PITCHING	IP	AB	K	BB	H	R	ER
12	Donnelli, Luke	1	6	2	1	4	5	3
7	Trubia, Steve	3 2/3	20	4	1	7	8	1
	TOTALS	4 2/3	26	6	2	11	13	4

MIDDIE PRIDE (OH)

NO	NAME	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI'S
3	Fultz, Alec	3B	3	1	2	0	0	2
2	McCullough, Drew	C	2	0	0	0	0	1
4	Downing, Austin	SS	3	3	3	2	2	4
14	Schwarber, Kyle	P	3	0	0	0	0	0
10	Leach, Alex	LF	1	1	0	0	0	1
9	Calhoun, Cameron	CF	3	1	3	0	0	0
1	Newman, Marshall	RF	2	1	1	0	0	0
13	Woodlan, Christian	RF	1	1	1	0	0	0
11	Groh, Jordan	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1
12	Tipton, Tommy	2B	3	2	3	0	0	2
15	Keough, Kory	EH	2	1	1	0	0	1
	TOTALS		24	13	14	2	2	12

NO	PITCHING	IP	AB	K	BB	H	R	ER
14	Schwarber, Kyle (Winning Pitcher)	4 1/3	17	3	2	3	1	1
4	Downing, Austin	2/3	2	2	1	0	0	0
	TOTALS	5	19	5	3	3	1	1

OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER - Stephanie Banks

Championship Game Notes: Rochester Diamond Dawgs (NY) Established in 2001. In 2002, the organization reached the Final Four at Cooperstown Dreams Park and the Elite Eight in 2004. This year's team won the Memorial Tournament in Mentor, Ohio and the Diamond Dawgs July 4th tournament. The following players hit home runs this week: Danny Jenkins (6); Cito Culver and Spencer Barletta (5); Branden Rhodes (4); Jack Finnerty and Chris Bostick (3); and Taylor Byrne and Chad Bingo (2). C ito Culver ties the record for most games played in one season at Cooperstown Dreams Park with 38. Chad Bingo had a walk-off home run in game 7 and three 11 innings and giving up only one-earned run. Middie Pride (OH) 9 and under AABC World Series Qualifiers 10 and under participant at Cooperstown Dreams Park, lost to Broward Bulldogs in Sweet 16. 11 and under: 1st place in Southwest Ohio League-AABC. 12 and under: 1st place in Southwest Ohio League; qualified for CABA World Series; and current overall record is 54-8. Five players have hit home runs this week: Austin Downing (11); Alec Fultz (4); Cameron Calhoun (2); and Christian Woodlan and Alex Leach (1). How The Teams got to the Championship Rochester Diamond Dawgs (NY) - 14th Seed defeated #35 West Jefferson Nasty Kats (PA) 12-0 defeated #3 Jefferson Jays (LA) 18-0 defeated #27 Arizona Giants (AZ) 13-1 defeated #10 Green Mountain Ragin Rams (CO) 11-5 Middie Pride (OH) - 9th Seed defeated #24 Utah Bandits (UT) 10-4 defeated #8 Fayette Vipers (GA) 16-8 defeated #33 Colorado Yard Dawgs (CO) 15-2 defeated #12 Kansas City Stars (KS) 9-7 2005 Week #5 Runnersup - ROCHESTER DIAMOND DAWGS (NY) 2005 Week #5 Champions - MIDDIE PRIDE (OH)

Photos by Bill and Will Hallada