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Week #8
Championship Game



2007 WEEK #8 Championship Game Scoreboard

2007 Week #8 Championship Game: August 2, 2007
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FINAL SCORE

#3 Olney Pirates (Maryland)

5
0
0
0
0
0
5

#1 Tallahassee Horns (Florida)

3
0
3
0
0
x
6

Pitchers:
Tallahassee Horns (FL): Matthew Railey: Carson Sands (1st) (winning pitcher)
Olney Pirates (MD): Greg Brown; Michael Reich (4th)

Home Runs: Errol Robinson (Olney Pirates) (1st) (none on); Carson Sands (Tallahassee Horns) (1st) (one on); Matthew Railey (Tallahassee Horns) (3rd) (two on);

Game Started at 9:33 p.m. - Game Ended at 11:05 p.m. - Game Time1:32

Olney Pirates (MD)

Tallahassee Horns (FL)


Championship Game Starting Lineups
NO
Olney Pirates (MD)
POS

NO

Tallahassee Horns (FL)
POS
3

Errol Robinson

SS

12

M.T. Minacci

SS
13

John Hanley

LF

2

Tanner Elsbernd

3B
12

Greg Brown

p

11

Carson Sands

1B
4

Cody Acker

CF

5

Matthew Railey

P
8

Antonio Pino

2B

3

Drew Dickey

CF
11

Brain Battaglia

C

10

Garrett Larkin

C
9

Andrew Craig

1B

15

Paul Palmer

LF
10

Michael Reich

3B

13

Robert Robbins

RF
7

Tyler Coleman

RF

14

Chase Barineau

2B
6

Grant Pascoe

EH

Manager: Tony Pino

Manager: David Elsbernd


Substitutes

Substitutes

5

Patrick Moriarty

4

Justin Folsom

1

Patrick Desloge


Coaches

Coaches

Jim Brown

Michael Freeman

Vince Coleman

Jep Larkin

David Craig

David Minacci

Todd Hanley

John Pascoe

Fred Robinson




Championship Game Umpires

(Left to Right) Right Field Line: Buck Schott (Chisago City, MN); First Base: Bud Walter
(Virginia Beach, VA); Second Base: Sam Inman (Charlotte, NC); Home Plate: Matt McMahon (Clifton, NY);
Third Base: John Goetz (Reynoldsburg, OH) and Left Field Line: Butch Holland (Princetton, NC)

Inning -By-Inning Championship Game Information


First Inning:
Olney Pirates (MD): Errol Robinson hit a lead-off home run to left field. John Hanley walked. Hanley advanced to second on a wild pitch. Hanley advanced to third base on another wild pitch. Greg Brown walked. Cody Acker bunted to the pitcher and beat it out with Hanley scoring. Brown advanced to second. Antonio Pino singled to center. Brown advanced to third and Acker advanced to second. Brian Battaglia doubled to right scoring Brown and Acker. Carson Sands now in to pitch for Tallahassee. Andrew Craig struck out. Michael Reich struck out swinging. Tyler Coleman struck out. Total: 5 runs, 4 hits, no errors and one left on base.

Tallahassee Horns (FL): MT Minacci struck out swinging but reached on a throwing error by the catcher which went all the way to the wall alowing Minacci to end up at third. Tanner Elsbernd fouled out to the catcher. Carson Sands hit a two-run home run to center. Matthew Railey singled right and advanced to second on an obstruction. Drew Dickey singled to right with Railey advancing to third. Railey scored on a passed ball and Dickey advanced to second. Garrett Larkin flied out to second. Paul Palmer grounded out to short. Total: 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error and one left on base.


Second Inning:
Olney Pirates (MD): Grant Pascoe struck out looking. Errol Robinson struck out looking. John Hanley struck out swinging. Total: 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors and none left on base.

Tallahassee Horns (FL): Robert Robbins singled to short. Robbins was picked off first by the catcher. Chase Barineau grounded out third to first. MT Minacci grounded out second to first. Total: 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors and none left on base.


Third Inning:
Olney Pirates (MD): Greg Brown reached first on error by the first basemen. Cody Acker struck out swinging. Antonio Pino reached first on an error by the third basemen. Brown advanced to second. Brian Battaglia walked. Brown advanced to 3B. Pino advanced to 2B. Andrew Craig struck out looking. Michael Reich struck out looking. Total: 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, and three left on base.

Tallahassee Horns (FL): Tanner Elsbernd singled to center. Elsbernd advanced to second on a balk by the pitcher. Carson Sands singled to center. Elsbernd advanced to third. Matthew Railey hit a 3-run home run to left. Drew Dickey struck out swinging. Garrett Larkin singled to left. Paul Palmer flied out to right. Robert Robbins flied out to first. Total: 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors and one left on base.

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Fourth Inning:
Olney Pirates (MD): Tyelr Coleman walked. Patrick Moriarty came in to run for Coleman. Grant Pascoe struck out looking. Errol Robinson lined into double play with Moriarty out at first. Total: 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors and none left on base.

Tallahassee Horns (FL): Changes for the Olney Pirates-Michael Reich came in to pitch, Greg Brown moved to first base and Andrew Craig moved to third. Chase Barineau fouled out behind third to shortstop Errol Robinson who make a great catch for the first out. M.T. Minacci struck out swinging. Tanner Elsbernd grounded out second to first. Total: 0 Runs, 0 hits, 0 errors and none left on base.


Fifth Inning:
Olney Pirates (MD): John Hanley lined out to the pitcher. Greg Brown was hit by a pitch. Cody Acker flied out to center. Antonio Pino grounded to third and forced Brown at second for the third out. Total: 0 Runs, 0 hits, 0 errors and one left on base.

Tallahassee Horns (FL): Carson Sands singled to right. Matthew Railey struck out swinging. Drew Dickey singled to left. Sands advanced to third on error by CF. Dickey advanced on to 2B. Garrett Larkin struck out swinging. Paul Palmer grounded out short to first. Total: 0 Runs, 1 hit, 1 error and two left on base.


Sixth Inning:
Olney Pirates (MD):Brian Battaglia struck out swinging, reached on passed ball. Battaglia stole second. Battaglia was picked off by pitcher. Andrew Craig struck out swinging. Michael lReich struck out swinging to end the game. Total: 0 Runs, 0 hits, 0 errors and none left on base.


FINAL SCORE:

#1 Tallahassee Horns (FL) 6 - # 3 Olney Pirates (MD) 5

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FINAL BOX SCORE

Olney Pirates (MD)
NO
NAME
POS
AB
R
H
2B
HR
RBI'S
3

Errol Robinson

SS
3
1
1
0
1
1
13

John Hanley

LF
2
1
0
0
0
0
12

Greg Brown

1B/P
1
1
0
0
0
0
4

Cody Acker

CF
3
1
1
0
0
1
8

Antonio Pino

2B
3
1
1
0
0
0
11

Brian Battaglia

C
2
0
1
1
0
2
9

Andrew Craig

1B
3
0
0
0
0
0
10

Michael Reich

3B/P
3
0
0
0
0
0
7

Tyler Coleman

RF
1
0
0
0
0
0
5

Patrick Moriarty

PR
0
0
0
0
0
0
6

Grant Pascoe

EH
2
0
0
0
0
0

TOTALS

23
5
4
1
1
4
NO
PITCHING
IP
AB
K
BB
H
R
ER
12

Greg Brown

3
17
2
0
7
6
3
10

Michael Reich

2
8
3
0
2
0
0

TOTALS

5
25
5
0
9
6
3

Tallahassee Horns (FL)

NO
NAME
POS
AB
R
H
2B
HR
RBI'S
12

M.T. Minacci

SS
3
1
0
0
0
0
2

Tanner Elsbernd

3B
3
1
1
0
0
0
11

Carson Sands

1B/P
3
2
3
0
1
1
5

Matthew Railey

P/1B
3
2
2
0
1
3
3

Drew Dickey

CF
3
0
2
0
0
0
10

Garrett Larkin

C
3
0
1
0
0
0
15

Paul Palmer

LF
3
0
0
0
0
0
13

Robert Robbins

RF
2
0
1
0
0
0
4

Justin Folsom

CR
0
0
0
0
0
0
14

Chase Barineau

2B
2
0
0
0
0
0

TOTALS

25
6
10
0
2
4

NO
PITCHING
IP
AB
K
BB
H
R
ER
5

Matthew Railey

0
4
0
2
4
5
5
11

Carson Sands (winning pitcher)

6
19
13
2
0
0
0

TOTALS

6
23
13
4
4
5
5


OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER - Mike Costello


Championship Game Notes:
Olney Pirates (MD)
-2006 AABC World Series Champion
-2006 AABC Maryland State Champion
-2005 AABC Northeast Regional Champion
-2005 AABC Maryland State Champion

Tallahassee Horns (FL)
-Dizzy Dean World Series Runnerup
-Sportsmanship Award Winners
-Final Four Finalist at National Triple Crown Tournament
-9U, 10U and 12U State Champions



How The Teams got to the Championship
Olney Pirates (MD)
defeated #33 Ramapo Rangers (NJ) 12-0
defeated #14 Pickerington Purple Tigers (OH) 14-1
defeated #6 TC Predators (UT) 12-4
defeated #15 OTown Knights (FL) 10-4

Tallahassee Horns (FL)
defeated #46 Herdon Hammer (VA) 16-5
defeated #9 Southwest Stars (MN) 6-4
defeated #4 Bases Loaded Bo Sox (NC) 5-4



2007 Week #8 Runnerups - Olney Pirates (Maryland)
2007 Week #8 Runnerup - Olney Pirates (Maryland)

2007 Week #8 Champions - Tallahassee Horns (Florida)
2007 Week #8 Champions - Tallahassee Horns (Florida)

Photos by JAKE BERRIGAN and LINDSAY GILBERT