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Day #1 – 2024 USSSA Major World Series
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
The 54th annual USSSA Major World Series began on Tuesday morning October 8th at 11 AM at the Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida. Due to the incoming Hurricane Milton a a number of teams that were still in Florida after playing the ‘AA’ Worlds agreed to start the tournament early knowing the Hurricane would delay games mid week. The Major World Series was an 18 team double elimination tournament played over 5 days in cooler temperatures with some rain on Tuesday and Wednesday and the hurricane cancelled all games on Thursday. It was windy to start the tournament causing lots of walks. The most prestigious tournament in slow pitch softball used a good batch of the Dudley Stadium ZN balls, the all turf field dimensions were 325-365-385-365-325, and it was unlimited home runs. The higher seeded team in each game was automatically made the home team based on the seasons long Conference points standings.
2024 Major World Series bracket & results link
2024 Major World Series Condensed Games link
2024 Men’s Major Picture Album link
Day #1 Condensed Games in chronological order:
MWS Game #1 – Dirty Vegas vs Legendz condensed game link
MWS Game #2 – NFM Lending vs WestPoint condensed game link
MWS Game #8 – Bay Area Legends vs JBL Roofing condensed game link
MWS Game #3 – I-57 Roofing vs Sports Reach condensed game link
MWS Game #10 – WestPoint vs RoofX condensed game link
MWS Game #5 – LSR vs Sonny’s condensed game link
MWS Game #4 – Primetime forfeited to Str8play
Bracket to begin Day #1
Note: Games were not played in numbered order on the bracket.
Game #1 Recap – 11:00 AM
Dirty Vegas left fielder Rob Banks robs an extra base hit!
#17 Dirty Vegas/Steel/Ark Fab (TX-A)
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#16 Legendz/CE/Adiktiv (OK-A)
MWS Game #1 – Dirty Vegas vs Legendz condensed game link
In the 1st “play in” game a depleted Dirty Vegas team grounded into a double play in the top of the 1st inning. Then Legendz scored 5 runs on 3 homer’s in the bottom of the 1st inning after a double play of their own. Legendz who hit those 3 homer’s in the bottom of the 1st would only hit 2 homer’s the rest of the game though and Dirty Vegas got an assist on Jake Inness trying to stretch single into a double in the bottom of the 2nd. In the top of the 3rd inning Dirty Vegas hit 4 HR in a row (Donald Hollingsworth, Jared Hunt, Nick Day, and Erik Kanaby). In the bottom of the 3rd Dirty Vegas left fielder Rob Banks robbed Donnie Tabbs home run bid, and in the bottom of the 4th DV got another double play. In the 5th inning both teams hit into more double plays and in the top of the 6th Dirty Vegas lefty Jared Hunt hit his 3rd homer of the game but they still trailed Legendz 17-12 after 6 complete innings. In the top of the 7th needing 5 runs to extend the game, Dirty Vegas managed just 2 runs as Legendz shortstop Jake Inness made two nice plays on hard grounders and Legendz won the game 17-14 although they were out homered 8-5 and left 9 runners on base. In the game Legendz drew a total of 16 walks in the wind to just 2 for DV.
Game #2 Recap – 12:45 PM
#18 NFM Lending/KB/Chasse/BeHappy (AZ-A)
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#15 Westpoint (IN-AA)
MWS Game #2 – NFM Lending vs WestPoint condensed game link
In the noon “play in” game WestPoint drew a number of early walks and reached on error multiple times which led to some base hits and an 8-0 lead. In the top of the 3rd inning NFM Lending’s Wyatte Velasco doubled to get NFM on the board and Ross Blondin hit a 2 out 2 run homer to make cut the lead in half 8-4. But NFM would not score in the other 4 innings of the game and Westpoint got a lead off walk from Kyle Fisher in the bottom of the 3rd, his 3rd walk of the game, Westpoint drew 5 walks total in the inning, and Kendall Welborn hit a bases loaded double to make it 13-4. In the bottom of the 4th Westpoint’s Nick Canfield and Caanan Baum hit home runs as they scored 8 runs and they won in 5 innings 21-4. Westpoint out homered NFM 2-1 and Tyler Cowles, Kyle Johnson, and Kendall Welborn were all on base 4-4. Westpoint drew 14 walks to NFM’s 6.
Game #8 Recap – 2:30 PM
#11 Bay Area Legends (CA-A)
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#6 JBL Roofing/Pauer (OH-AA)
MWS Game #8 – Bay Area Legends vs JBL Roofing condensed game link
In the 3rd game of the day it was a battle between Bay Area Legends and JBL. In the bottom of the 2nd JBL Roofing’s John Radich hit a 2 out 3 run double to put them up 15-9. In the top of the 3rd Bay Area’s John Franklin, Brady Bate, and Joel Gonzalez hit back to back to back to back home runs and pitcher Shawn Jones hit a 2 out 3 run homer to put them up 18-15, but they left the bases loaded. In the top of the 4th JBL right fielder Mike Williams robbed a homer and JBL out scored Bay Area 16-7 the rest of the way and won 31-25. JBL out homered Bay Area 15-6 in the game as Chris Anninos went 5-5 with 5 HR and 7 RBI in the game!
Game #3 Recap – 4:30 PM
Sports Reach right fielder Austin Mapes makes a challenged catch.
#9 Sports Reach/DeMarini/Grizzy/SMHS (KY-AA)
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#8 I-57 Roofing/Beechy’s/Royce Geo/SA (IL-A)
MWS Game #3 – I-57 Roofing vs Sports Reach condensed game link
The high scoring continued in the 4:30 PM game between I-57 Roofing and Sports Reach as the game was tied 15-15 going into the 6th inning. In the top of the 6th I-57 lefty Jake Hathaway hit a 3 run homer and some bases loaded walks led to a game changing 8 run inning and a 23-15 lead. I-57 walked 4 times in the inning. In the bottom of the 7th Sports Reach, down 29-18, started the inning with 5 straight home runs and hit 6 total homers in the inning but still came up short 29-24 even though they out homered I-57 13-6 in the game. Zane Migues and Jake Hathaway led the I-57 offense reaching base safely 5-5 and Migues hit 3 home runs in the leadoff spot.
The umpire crew signals the booth for a challenge.
Game #10 Recap – 6:15 PM
#15 Westpoint (IN-AA)
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#2 RoofX/BadDraw/CE/Pure/Envy (IN-Major)
MWS Game #10 – WestPoint vs RoofX condensed game link
In the 6 PM game Westpoint who had already won the play in game faced #2 seeded RoofX the Major team. In the top of the 1st inning Westpoints Kyle Fisher, Nick Canfield, and Tyler Cowles all hit home runs to start game then there were 3 straight outs including a foul out. In the bottom of the 1st Westpoint had a nice defensive play by Kendall Welborn at 3rd base on a diving stop to hold RoofX to zero and Westpoint led 4-0 going into the bottom of the 2nd. In the bottom of the 2nd RoofX pitcher Kyle Center and 2nd baseman Faron Fry hit back to back homers to make it 4-3 Westpoint. In the top of the 3rd Canfield hit another homer and Welborn a 3 run shot to go up 8-3. In the bottom of the 3rd RoofX grabbed their first lead 11-8 as Arlis Miller, Jeremy Fry, Tyler Ervine, and Terry Lambright hit 4 home runs in a row after a nice play by Darrell Yoder at shortstop to start the inning. Ervine’s homer went over the scoreboard! Kyle Center and Faron Fry also home runs in the inning, Brandon Yoder an inside the park homer, and RoofX led by 3. In the top of the 4th Westpoint answered with 8 runs of their own as Tyler Cowles and Kendall Welborn hit their 2nd home runs of the game and Jess Maloney hit a 2 out 2 run homer, and they grabbed a 16-11 lead. In the top of the 5th Tyler Cowles hit his 3rd homer of the game and Westpoint held an 18-13 lead! But in the bottom of the 5th RoofX refocused scoring an impressive 19 runs on 10 home runs including a Mitch Lendenski shot that went over the right center field light tower, and a Ryan Honeycutt homer that went over the old batting cage building in right field! It was 32-18 RoofX going into the 6th where Westpoint managed just 1 run and RoofX beat them in the bottom of the 6th by the run rule 34-19 on a Kyle “Cheese” Miller pinch hit home run. RoofX out homered Westpoint 22-10 in the game, Jeremy Fry from RoofX was 5-5, and 11 of their 12 players that batted hit home runs. 8 of the players hit multiple home runs in the game.
Game #5 Recap – 8:00 PM
Kyle Pearson (OG) hits against Tommie Baugh in the nightcap.
#12 LSR/BaughFord/TRU/Slugger/Riot (IN-A)
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#5 Sonny’s/Worsham/RedAthlete/Haymak/R (WY-Major)
MWS Game #5 – LSR vs Sonny’s condensed game link
In the night cap LSR came out of the gate strong scoring 5 runs all on base hits to start the game against Sonny’s Major team. In the bottom of the 1st Jeremy Yates homered then Sonny’s had 3 straight pop outs and trailed 5-1. But LSR would not score the rest of the run rule shortened game. Sonny’s had a game tying 3 run homer by Jason Magnum in the bottom of the 2nd, Yates hit his 2nd homer of the game, and they scored 8 on 3 in the inning. Then in the bottom of the 3rd Sonny’s went off, scoring 15 runs on 9 home runs as Yates and Magnum hit their 3rd homers each in the game and when LSR didn’t score in the top of the 4th, Sonny’s finished them off by the 20 run rule in 4 innings. Sonny’s out homered LSR 14-0. Heath Barnes, Tyler Storey, Jason Magnum, and pitcher Bill Pinkham were all on base 3-3, and Magnum drove in 7 runs in the game.
Game #4 Recap – 10:00 PM
#13 PrimeTime/Easton/BallHawk (GA-A)
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#4 Str8play/Rebel/LA Empire/Chad (CA-AA)
PrimeTime forfeited to Str8play due to the incoming hurricane and players that needed to be home.
Bracket at the end of day #1
