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Day #2 – 2024 USSSA Major World Series
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Day #2 of the Major World Series was one of the stranger days in the history of the tournament as hurricane Milton made landfall on the west coast of Florida but the games in Viera continued. Finally in the early afternoon the last game of the day which was I-57 Roofing vs Resmondo which was delayed multiple times by lightning had to be suspended as police warned that they were shutting down the roads in the area. The games Wednesday began at 7:30 AM in the Stadium as well as the Red Marucci field. Check out what happened below.
2024 Major World Series bracket & results link
2024 Major World Series Condensed Games link
2024 Men’s Major Picture Album link
Day #2 Condensed Games in chronological order:
MWS Game #6 – Cheap Suits vs Juno condensed game link
MWS Game #7 – Classic Glass vs Nitro Circus condensed game link
MWS Game #9 – Legendz vs Resmondo condensed game link
MWS Game #17 – I-57 Roofing vs Resmondo condensed game link
MWS Game #18 – Sonny’s vs Str8play condensed game link
MWS Game #19 – JBL vs Nitro condensed game link
Note: Games were not played in numbered order on the bracket.
Game #7 Recap – 7:30 AM
MWS Game #7 – Classic Glass vs Nitro Circus condensed game link
#14 Classic Glass/Easton (CA-AA)
vs
#3 Nitro Circus/Beloli/Ataraxis/SBT/SOL/BAF/Koval (MD-AA)
It was rainy and windy all day Wednesday with the hurricane bearing down on Viera. The 1st game in the stadium began at 7:30 AM with Classic Glass taking on fellow ‘AA’ team Nitro Circus. In the top of the 1st inning Classic pitcher Dan Kirkwood the leadoff hitter hit a home run and that sparked a bunch of doubles and a 6-0 Classic lead. In the bottom of the 1st Nitro’s Chris Greinert hit a 385 line drive home run to straight away center field and they cut the lead in half 6-3. In the top of the 2nd Classic Glass hit into a double play leading to a zero and Nitro Circus got a double to tie the game at 6-6 by Cody Collins and Greinert doubled to give them the lead 8-6. Neither team scored much in the 3rd or 4th inning although Classic manager Kyle Lee who was forced to play due to players that left because of the storm got his 2nd hit of the game. He was 2-2 at this point. And Nitro went down in order in the bottom of the 4th with a 10-7 lead. After out scoring Classic Glass 4-2 in the 5th, Nitro Circus pitcher Tom Bloom got a strike out looking in the top of the 6th and center fielder Cabot Van Til made a diving catch to hold Classic to zero. Nitro quietly picked up the victory from their 17-10, out homering Classic 4-2, with Classic leaving 10 runners on base. Greinert was 3-4 with a single, double, and homer in the game and 4 RBI. For Classic, manager Kyle Lee ended up an impressive 3-4.
Game #6 Recap – 7:30 AM
MWS Game #6 – Cheap Suits vs Juno condensed game link
#10 Cheap Suits/Republic Realty/ESP (CA-A)
vs
#7 Juno Athletics (NJ-Major)
The Cheap Suits vs Juno Athletics game was back on the Red Marucci field and Cheap Suits struggled in the top of the 1st inning leaving the bases loaded. In the bottom of the 1st Juno grounded into a double play and it was 1-0 Cheap Suits. Cheap Suits then zeroed in the top of the 2nd and top of the 3rd while Juno scored 7 on 3 in the bottom of the 2nd taking advantage of 2 infield misplays, and scored 13 in the bottom of the 3rd when Andrew Collins hit a bases clearing double and Joe Boland Brandon Jackson, and Donnie Walsh hit back to back to back home runs. In the top of the 4th Cheap Suits down 20-1 showed some life scoring 7 runs but Juno finished them off by the 20 run mercy rule in the bottom of the 4th as Joe Joe Bennett the lead off batter hit his 3rd home run (9 RBI). Juno out homered Cheap Suits in the game 10-2.
Game #9 Recap – 9:15 AM
MWS Game #9 – Legendz vs Resmondo condensed game link
#16 Legendz/CE/Adiktiv (OK-A)
vs
#1 Resmondo/All American/Restoration/O (FL-Major)
Back in the stadium it was Resmondo jumping out to a 12-3 lead in the first 3 innings as Tyler Marshburn hit a 3 run homer in the bottom of the 3rd. The Resmondo defense and pitching was on point as they held Legendz to just 3 runs in 6 innings. Legendz right fielder Earl Schlabach robbed a Greg Connell home run to force another inning and avoid the run rule, but Resmondo finished them off in the bottom of the 6th 19-3 anyways. Resmondo out homered Legendz 10-1.
Game #18 Recap – 9:15 AM
MWS Game #18 – Sonny’s vs Str8play condensed game link
#5 Sonny’s/Worsham/RedAthlete/Haymak/R (WY-Major)
vs
#4 Str8play/Rebel/LA Empire/Chad (CA-AA)
Back on the Red Marucci field Sonny’s popped out twice in the infield and hit 2 solo home runs in the top of the 1st vs Str8play then pitcher Bill Pinkham stabbed a liner in self defense in the bottom of the inning to hold Str8play scoreless. In the top of the 2nd though Sonny’s went down in order 1-2-3. In the bottom of the 2nd Str8play got on the board with a 2 out 2 run single up the middle by Joey Capparelli to go up 5-2. In the 3rd it was more Str8play as Sonny’s put up another zero on 4 batters and Str8play extended the lead to 9-2 on 3 run homers by Jeff Roxby and Bryan Dezern. In the 4th Sonny’s Austyn Dawe hit his 2nd homer of the game and they held Str8play scoreless. In the top of the 5th Sonny’s got 2 run homers from Josh Fyffe and Jeremy Yates and a straight away center field bomb by Steele Lewis to tie the game at 9-9. In the top of the 6th it was more Sonny’s power as Tyler Storey and Jason Magnum homered for a 12-10 lead but they left the bases loaded. When St8rplay zeroed in the bottom of the 6th, going down in order 1-2-3 it sort of felt like no one wanted to win this game? In the top of the 7th Sonny’s added to their lead on Daniel Cayton and Marc Wik 2 run homer’s to go up 16-10. But in the bottom of the 7th Str8play came alive as Joey Capp doubled, Dan Herren singled, Brandon Streets doubled, Jeff Roxby hit a one out single, Chad Erickson singled, Bryan Dezern hit a 2 out double, Mike Nino walked, and Ike Worlow hit a single to tie the game at 16-16 forcing extra innings! In the top of the 8th Sonny’s went down in order 1-2-3 and in the bottom half Brandon Streets drew a one out walk, Jeff Roxby a 2 out intentional walk, and Chad Erickson won the game on a single up the middle (17-16)! Str8play had won even though they were out homered 10-2 in the game. Jeff Roxby led the way for Str8play on base 5-5 with 4 runs scored.
Game #19 Recap – 11:00 AM
MWS Game #19 – JBL vs Nitro condensed game link
#6 JBL Roofing/Pauer Sports (OH-AA)
vs
#3 Nitro Circus/Beloli/Ataraxis/SBT/SOL/BAF/Koval (MD-AA)
Back on Red Marucci as the storm started to bear down on Viera, Florida it was JBL taking on Nitro Circus to get to the “Final 4”. In the early going JBL was doing well led by Kevin Miller who hit a 2 run triple in the top of the 2nd and a grand slam after 2 walks to load the bases in the top of the 3rd to give JBL a 9-1. But it was all Nitro Circus the rest of the way as they scored 13 in the bottom of the 3rd, 9 more in the bottom of the 4th, and Josh McAdams hit a run rule walk off homer in the bottom of the 5th to win 27-11. Nitro was led by Filip Washington and Jason Martel who were on base 4-4 and John Williams drove in 7 runs.
Game #17 Recap – 11:00 AM
MWS Game #17 – I-57 Roofing vs Resmondo condensed game link
#8 I-57 Roofing/Beehy’s/Royce Geo/SA (IL-A)
vs
#1 Resmondo/All American/Restoration/O (FL-Major)
The last game of the day was in the stadium and it turned out to be the best game of the tournament as hurricane Milton bearing down on Viera, Florida and causing a couple of lightning delays. In the top of the 1st inning it was I-57 Roofing’s Zane Migues opening the game with a long home run just to the left of the batters eye in center field but they onl scored 1 run as Resmondo left fielder Jason Matusik robbed a home run off of Orlando Olivera to end the half inning. In the bottom of the 2nd Greg Connell put Resmond up 2-1 on a 2 run homer. In the 2nd inning the flood gates opened as Zane Migues made Resmondo pay for a misplay and hit a bomb off the little league dugout passed the parking lot in right field and Jake Hathaway homered to make it an 8 run inning and a 9-2 lead. In the bottom of the 2nd Resmondo answered with homers by Travis Clark, Tyler Marshburn, Kevin Bazat, Bradley Jones, Phil Matte, and Marshburn homered again in a 12 run inning to go up 14-9. I-57 continued to use the wind blowing out to their advantage in the top of the 3rd scored 13 runs and making Resmondo pay for 6 wind aided walks. In the bottom of the 3rd Resmondo scored 5 runs after the 2nd out bolstered by a 3 r hr by Bubba Mack to pull within 2 runs 22-20. In the top of the 4th I-57 added 4 runs after 2 quick outs as pitcher Mitchell Carriger hit a bases loaded double and Marcus Yoder an RBI double to go up 26-20. And I-57 turned a double play in the bottom of the 4th to hold Resmondo scoreless. But I-57 answered with a zero of their own in the top of the 5th and Resmondo scored 7 runs on a 2 run triple by Phil Matte and then 3 straight homers by Clark, Mack, and Marshburn to go up 27-26. Things only got crazier in the top of the 6th when I-57 scored 7 runs on a 3 run homer by Carriger and a 2 run pinch hit single by Steve Myers to go up 33-27. In the inning there was a controversial “challenge” by Resmondo who said a scoring runner missed 3rd base. Somehow even though the video was inconclusive the challenge was granted and they took a run off the board for I-57 and gave the out? In the bottom of the 6th I-57’s David Yoder mad a leaping catch in right field and Jake Hathaway made a nice play on a grounder to hold Resmondo to 1 run. The 7th inning began with wind and rain and I-57 with a narrow 33-28 lead. The first batter made an out and lightning again delayed the game. With local police saying the roads were going to be closing due to the approaching hurricane, the decision was made to postpone the game and everyone left for the day.
The game resumed 2 days later after the hurricane and aftermath cleanup from it. I-57 picked up where they left off as Nic Perkins homered and Marcus Yoder hit a dramatic inside the park homer to go up 36-31. In the bottom of the 7th Travis Clark homered and Everett Williams hit a 2 run shot but down 5 with 2 outs they just didn’t have enough and lost 36-31. Resmondo was suddenly buried in the loser’s bracket… Resmondo out homered I-57 in the game 17-8 but I-57 had a wind aided 17-11 walk advantage and made some great plays defensively to pull off one of the biggest upsets of the year.
