Taylormade and Resmondo meet again… The two teams played each other for their first games of the tournament and Resmondo sent Taylormade into the losers bracket. Taylor made, the 16th seed, worked their way all the way back and are now facing Resmondo once again in the championship game. Taylor made would have to beat Resmondo twice to claim 1st place at the 2011 Men’s Major World Series.
Although Resmondo won the coin toss, they chose to bat first. DeDonatis and Connell both put out for the first 2 outs of the game. Fulk came up to bat to score the first run on the game with a homerun to right field. Baker followed Fulk’s lead with a homerun of his own. Bisbee kept the 2 out rally going with a 3 run homer giving Resmondo a 5-0 lead.
Taylormade got their lead off man aboard, but Kennington wouls hit a perfect double play ball to DeDonatis at SS to get a quick 2 outs. Bolton would line out to 3rd to retire the side, putting 0 runs on the board. Taylormand would come back in bottom of the 2nd inning to score their first runs of the game off a 2 run homer by Aguliar. Blackburn would hit a 2 run hommer to take the lead 7-6.
Resmondo doesn’t let Taylormade keep the lead for long. Baker and Purcell would get back-to-back homeruns to go ahead by 1. Krause add to the lead with a 3 run homer. Purcell would get a 3 run homer of his own to give Resmondo a 17-7 lead. Isenhower blew the game open with a huge 2 out grand slam to pull ahead 21-7.
In bottom of 4, Taylormade gained some momentum scoring 6, cutting Resmondo’s lead to only 7 runs. Once again Resmondo doesn’t allow Taylormade’s big inning effect them and Bryson Baker delivers a grand slam, the 3rd of the game, to give Resmondo a 30-17 lead.
Resmondo took the win after another a big 13 run inning in top of 5. They will get the run rule to end the game in 5 inning for a final score of 37-19.Resmondo stayed undefeated through the entire World Series and took their 3rd consecutive World Series Title. Congratulations for a great season and an even better ending.
What a great World Series Taylormad has had. Although they didn’t take the title, they made a valiant effort to say the least. They deserve nothing less than a grand congratulations for making it all the way through the losers bracket and taking 2nd place at the 2011 Men’s Major World Series.
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