Day #3 – 2022 USSSA Major World Series
Friday, October 7, 2022
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Note: Games were not played in numbered order on the bracket.
Day #3 of the 52nd annual USSSA Major World Series started on Friday, October 7th at 8 AM at the Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida with Bay Area taking on Chick-fil-a. The weather was great in the 70’s and low 80’s with a slight wind out to the right field corner and they used the Dudley Stadium ZN ball, the all turf field dimensions were 325-365-385-365-325, and there was no home run limit. The higher seeded team in each game was automatically made the Home team based on the seasons long Conference points standings.
Friday Game Recaps!
Game #13 Recap – 8:00 AM
Bay Area’s Justin Mucciarelli not known for his offense went 3-3 batting left handed due to an injured shoulder.
#14 Bay Area Legends (CA-AA)
vs
#6 Chick-fil-a/Slugger/BAF/LBT (VA-AA)
Friday opened with Bay Area and Chick-fil-a as the loser’s bracket played out all day long and then the winner’s bracket finals between Competitive Edge and MPT was the final game of the day. Bay Area scored early and often taking a 13-0 lead into the bottom of the 3rd. Chick-fil-a never could get the offense going and even though they scored 6 in the last 3 innings they still came up short 13-7. David Johnson, Brady Bate, Dante Broom and Justin Mucciarelli at the bottom of the order all reached base safely 3 times for Bay Area. And Chick-fil-a’s Tre Porter and Jacob Clifton hit the games only home runs.
Bay Area’s last minute pickup Capp in left field robbed Stidham of a homer.
Game #14 Recap – 9:30 AM
#13 Rock Run/All Hustle/Pure/Beloli/Koval (IN-B)
vs
#12 Westpoint Softball (IN-A)
Rock Run used early hustle to take advantage of 3 Westpoint errors in the 2nd inning to take an early 4-0 lead. Westpoint then played catchup in a low scoring game the rest of the way and they had their chances with runners on in the bottom of the 7th down 2 but came up a run short.
Game #15 Recap – 11:00 AM
S&E SS Joel Sanchez hit not one but two home runs out of center field vs Baugh Ford!
#15 Baugh Ford/Grizzy (AL-A)
vs
#10 S&E/Dan Smith (NC-AA)
In a year where some games at the Major had zero home runs between opponents in the entire game, this one between Baugh Ford and S&E was a “slugfest”. Baugh Ford got out to an early lead 4-0 on a Billy Sanders homer but it was all S&E the rest of the way as 6 different players combined to hit 7 home runs and S&E won 30-15 by the run rule in 6 innings taking advantage of 17 Baugh Ford walks. Peter Seiden the S&E right fielder was on base 5 out of 6 and Joey Kampfer 6 out of 6 in the win.
Billy Sanders hit 4 home runs in 4 at bats for Baugh Ford vs S&E
Game #16 Recap – 12:30 PM
L&S Glass kept it close with some great plays by the outfield vs Nitro Circus.
#18 L&S Glass (CA-A)
vs
#9 Nitro Circus/Klutch/Team 199/BRC (MD-A)
Nitro’s Daniel Herrin set the tone for the game with a 3 run homer in the bottom of the 1st inning vs L&S Glass. Nitro extended their lead to 8-2 in the 2nd even though L&S outfielders Kade Christensen and Tyler Espland made great plays to rob Greinert and Hall of extra bases. L&S mounted a comeback in the 4th and 6th but Nitro Circus was too much too early as every player had at least one hit and Nitro held on to win 11-8.
Game #21 Recap – 2:00 PM
Smash Its Andrew Collins robs Jacob Hoskins home run attempt in the 2nd inning
#10 S&E/Dan Smith (NC-AA)
vs
#1 Smash It Sports/Thunder/Chosen/Pure/RF/BD/TDB (NY-Major)
S&E/Dan Smith held an early 3-2 lead and tied the low scoring game at 5-5 in the top of the 5th. But Smash It finally burst through with a 7 run bottom of the 5th as Andrew Collins and Dale Brungardt hit the only home runs of the game and the SIS defense closed out S&E in the 6th and 7th innings. Rich Racobaldo had 3 hits and Buddy Wolf walked 3 times in the win.
Brungardt and Collins hit 2 run homers in the bottom of the 5th to spark the win for Smash It.
Game #22 Recap – 3:30 PM
Greg Connell hit 2 clutch homer’s for Resmondo in the game.
#14 Bay Area Legends (CA-AA)
vs
#4 Resmondo/SmashIt/All American/Menosse (FL-Major)
Bay Area Legends playing their 2nd game of the day jumped out to a 4-0 lead on Resmondo as Toby Letak hit a 3 run homer. Resmondo used extra base hits and home runs to grab a 12-7 lead going into the 6th where Bay Area scored 2 and Bay Area grabbed a 13-12 lead in the top of the 7th on a Dante Broome sacrifice fly in an entertaining upset bid attempt after blanking Resmondo in the bottom of the 6th. In the bottom of the 7th Bay Area pitcher Justin Mucciarelli got a strike out on a foul out and then a flyout and Resmondo was down to their last out down 1 run. But Greg Connell hit a clutch home run to right field to tie the game and Bradley Jones hit a solo walk off homer for the 14-13 victory. Survive and advance! Resmondo out homered Bay Area 4-2 and 2 of their homer’s came right there at the end with 2 outs and no one on base. David Kessler and Randy Frederick were on base 4 out of 4 in the loss for Bay Area.
Bradley Jones hits a 2 out walk off homer as Resmondo beat Bay Area by a run and advanced to Saturday.
Game #23 Recap – 5:15 PM
Classic Glass lefty Dan Kirkwood had a home run, 3 RBI, and 3 Runs scored in the win.
#11 Classic Glass/Easton (CA-AA)
vs
#9 Nitro Circus/Klutch/Team 199/BRC (MD-A)
Classic Glass jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning over Nitro Circus on a Greg Downing 2 run double then got out of a bases loaded jam. The Ramirez brothers pushed the lead to 7-0 in the 3rd on a homer by Ryan and a triple by Reid. They added 5 more on walks and base hits in the top of the 6th to go up 16-5 and then withstood homers by Drew Hall, an inside the park homer by the rookie Steven Hathaway, and a 3 run homer by Chris Greinert to win 16-11.
Nitro Circus right fielder Jordan Blanchette robs a home run bid vs Classic Glass.
Game #24 Recap – 7:00 PM
Rock Run left fielder Marcus Miller made 3 spectacular plays and went 2 for 3 at the plate with 2 runs scored vs Precision.
#13 Rock Run/All Hustle/Pure/Beloli/Koval (IN-B)
vs
#7 Precision/3rd Street/Red Athlete (IL-AA)
Rock Run used a number of spectacular defensive plays to hold down Precision when the ball wasn’t flying and they inched away to a 6-3 victory to make it to the Saturday “Final 8”. There were no home runs hit in the game and Rock Run out hit Precision 11-6.
Rock Run pitcher Erik Lehman stabs a hot shot.
Winner’s Bracket Championship!
Game #31 Recap – 8:30 PM
MPT’s Ryan Harvey homered twice in the winner’s final against Competitive Edge.
#5 Competitive Edge/Olmito/Suncoast (FL-Major)
vs
#3 MPT Rentals/Juno Athletics (NJ-Major)
Competitive Edge made it to the winner’s final as a ‘AA’ team beating Westpoint, Resmondo, and Proton in the 1st two days and many thought they had a good shot to win the Major and become only the 3rd ‘AA’ team to ever do this. But they came out flat and put up zero’s in the 1st, 2nd, and 7th innings vs MPT Rentals. Meanwhile Ryan Harvey homered in the bottom of the 1st and Joe Joe Bennett went 4-4 batting for the “cycle” for MPT. In the top of the 4th Competitive Edge grabbed a narrow 4-3 lead on back to back solo homer’s by Ryan Honeycutt and Joe Boland and Competitive Edge had a 6-5 lead in the top of the 5th on a Tyler Ervine homer but it was all MPT the rest of the way as they put CE away with a pair of sac fly’s in the bottom of the 6th and held CE scoreless in the top of the 7th to win 10-7.
Competitive Edge where their yellow Autism awareness jerseys.
